of Saint Peter Served by clergy of The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham DIOCESE OF BRENTWOOD

EASTWOOD PARISH The eucharist that we SUNDAY celebrate is the very food that nourishes us on our Christian journey of life. It’s not so FRIDAY 23 much a reward as a medicine, THE MOST SACRED HEART not just for good people but OF JESUS for those who know their 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.30 l O’Hart Family Intentions faults and want to be better.

SATURDAY 24 NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST THE BODY AND 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.30 l Tony O’Hart RIP 10.00 Holy Hour & BLOOD OF CHRIST Confessions

SUNDAY 25 PARISH PRIEST: Fr. Jeff Woolnough 12TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 59 EASTWOOD ROAD NORTH 8.30 l Matthew Sheed RIP LEIGH-ON-SEA · SS9 4BX 10.15 l Eileen Patricia Barber Hall Bookings and Parish Office: (01702) 522879 18TH JUNE 2017 18.00 l People of the Parish E-mail: [email protected] PARISH

Second Collection There will be a Diocesan second collection after all the Masses today (Sunday, 18th June) for the ‘Day for Life’. Blessed Sacrament Lamp at St. Peter’s The Blessed Sacrament Lamp can be sponsored for an intention to burn for seven days. The cost of this will be £5.00. Place your intention and donation in an envelope for the attention of the Parish Office. Diocesan Centenary Exhibition A special exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the Diocese is being held at Cathedral House Conference Room Foyer, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AT. Until 29th June 2017. Opening times: Saturday, 10.00am- 5.00pm; Sunday, 9.00am- 1.00pm and 3.00pm-8.00pm. Other times by arrangement via e-mail to: archives@ dioceseofbrentwood.org or telephone (01277) 265238. Pilgrimage to Walsingham Saturday, 22nd July. The coach is now full but there is a waiting list if you would like to put your name down. More details will follow. Sunday Bulletin E-mail your news items to: [email protected] Find us on Facebook Please like and join our page: facebook.com/StPeterEastwood Parish Catechetical Coordinator has a vacancy for a person required for the paid position of full- time Parish Catechetical Coordinator. 35 hours per week. The role requires ATHOLIC HURCH OF AINT ETER flexibility, working daytime, C C S P evening and weekends. EASTWOOD PARISH IN THE DIOCESE OF BRENTWOOD If you – or any of your family/ friends – are interested, Ss. Peter and Paul a Holy Day of Obligation please contact Brentwood FEAST DAY SUNG MASS 29th JUNE 7.30PM Cathedral on (01277) 265235 for a job description and Followed by a reception in the New Mazenod Hall person specification Guest Preacher - Fr. Gerard Hatton or download it from: www.cathedral-brentwood.org/ blog-2/catechetical/ Pilgrimage to St. Thomas More You should then send in your CV, with a covering letter Aylesford School Memorial demonstrating how your Pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory Mass and Social experience and skills match to celebrate the Feast of The annual St. Thomas More the essential requirements and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. High School Memorial Mass attributes of the role. Closing Sunday, 16th July. Holy Mass and Social will take place this date for CVs/applications at 12 noon. Coach departs coming Thursday, 22nd June is Monday, 19th June. St. Peter’s at 9.30am. To in the school at 8.00pm. book a seat on the coach, All past pupils, governors please telephone Anne on and members of staff are HARP Volunteers (01702) 527307. Coach fare HARP the local homeless invited to attend to remember is £12.00. Please bring a charity are looking for those deceased members packed lunch. All welcome. volunteers to help collect of the school community donations on Saturday, 15th and, after the Mass, enjoy July between the hours of National Day a sumptuous buffet whilst 9.00am-5.00pm at Waitrose, of Prayer and renewing acquaintances Fossetts Way, Southend-on- with past school friends and Fasting for life former teachers/colleagues. Sea SS2 4DQ. If you have an Wednesday, 21st June. On the hour or two spare on that day vigil of Ss. John Fisher and please contact Lisa Walton on Thomas More, please pray and Diocesan (01702) 415834 or e-mail: lisa. fast for the end of abortion Centenary Lectures [email protected] in this country. Thousands of Wednesdays at 7.30pm at babies are saved from abortion Cathedral Hall, Ingrave Road, The Two Elizabeths each year by catholic, pro-life Brentwood, CM15 8AT: Elizabeth Dunlop and work, backed up with your n 21st June: Fr. Martin Boland, Elizabeth Upsher and Pupils prayer and fasting. Visit: Dean of the Cathedral ‘The present: a Summer Afternoon www.goodcounselnetwork.com Diocese Today – A Reflection’. Concert on Saturday, 1st July n 28th June: Dr. Paul Doherty, at 5.00pm. In aid of Havens Parish Website Headmaster, Trinity Catholic Hospices. Tickets cost £10 www.stpetereastwood.org High School, Woodford Green (includes cake and tea). In the ‘The Patron Saints of the Parish Hall, St. Helen’s Road, Mazenod Hall Hire Diocese of Brentwood’ . Westcliff SS0 7JP. Telephone Please contact the Parish Admission is free and a Elizabeth on (01702) Office for information about bookstall will be available 347369 to book your seats. hiring our New Mazenod Hall at each evening. (Please do book in advance in the Church grounds. for catering purposes). All E-mail: eastwood@ Brentwood Youth profits to Havens Hospices. dioceseofbrentwood.org Visit: http://bit.ly/fb-bcys St. Thomas More ‘Meeting the Getting more from High School Living God’ our Catholic Faith Open Evening Seminar Series 2017 Monday evenings at Thursday, 6th July, 6.00pm Saturdays from 10.30am- St. Peter’s. In response to to 9.00pm. For families 12.00pm at Conference Hall, requests during the Stewards who have a son due to Cathedral House, of the Gospel consultation, transfer to secondary school Brentwood CM15 8AT: Fr. Jeff is beginning a series of courses designed to enthuse in September 2018, come n Seminar 5 – Saturday, the love of our great faith. and see the school, meet 24th June: ‘God has a We begin with an eight part the staff and pupils. dream for each one of us’ series condensed into 4 weeks. The headteachers talk will with Bishop Emeritus n ‘Mary, a Biblical walk begin at 7.00pm. Prospective Thomas McMahon, with the Blessed Mother’ sixth form students for Former . We meet at 7.30pm in the September 2018 are also n Seminar 6 – Saturday, narthex on Mondays, 19th & welcome, although there 15th July: ‘Contemplative 26th June and 3rd & 10th July. Prayer – is it for me?’ with will be an open evening In Mary, a Biblical walk with Bishop , SM, for students currently in the Blessed Mother, we will Bishop of Brentwood. Year 10 on Thursday, 23rd experience an extraordinary For further information November 2017. Parents of pilgrimage through Our Lady’s please e-mail: boys attending non-Catholic life and see just why she is an [email protected] primary schools who wish to essential part of our faith! or telephone (01277) 265285. apply to St. Thomas More This DVD series by Dr. Edward school for a place in Sri visits the places key events September 2018 should Verdi Requiem in salvation history occurred. complete the Local Education ‘Verdi Requiem’ to be We will learn on a personal Authority Single Application given by the Southend level, how Scripture, history Form (SAF) and fill in the Choral Society together and Jewish culture reveal the Supplementary Information with Eastwood Chorale and sorrows, anxieties and joys Form (SIF) that can be Southend Concert Orchestra that Mary would have held collected at the open evening. at Brentwood Cathedral in her heart. The aim of this If you are unable to come on Saturday, 24th June at DVD course will be to deepen to the open evening, please 8.00pm. Tickets are £10 our devotion to Our Lady and contact the school in order each, £8 concessions which to be drawn closer to Christ to get the Supplementary are available in advance in a deep and profound way! Information Form. The form from (01702) 465460 or Admission is free and tea can also be downloaded alternatively, on the door. and coffee will be available. from the school website: www. This charity concert is to Looking forward to beginning st-thomasmore.southend.sch.uk raise funds for Silver Birch a varied series of courses Dementia Care, so please throughout the year and Pilgrimage to do help to support this what better way to begin Walsingham very worthwhile cause. than by walking together Next Saturday, 24th June, led on this pilgrimage of by Monsignor . Messages for learning with Our Blessed 11.40am – Sprinkling in the Parishioners Mother? Ave Maria! Abbey Grounds followed Please check the table in by the Holy Mile Rosary the Church porch from Lunchtime Procession of Reparation time-to-time to see if there Organ Recital and Reconciliation. On is any correspondence All are welcome to a lunchtime arrival, confessions will from the Church or Parish Organ Recital at Brentwood be heard at the Basilica. Office for your attention. Cathedral on Wednesday, 3.00pm – Sung Mass in 21st June at 1.00pm, to be the Ordinariate Rite in the S.V.P. Money Jars given by Alan Montgomery Chapel of Reconciliation. Should anyone wish to have from the Royal College of Please see Fr. Jeff for further an S.V.P. collecting jar in their Music London. Refreshments details. We are making our home, there are plenty to be will be provided afterwards way by car NOT coach. taken from the Church porch. in the Song School. Annual Diocesan SVP Summer Camp Summer Concert Pilgrimage to This is an activity-packed The Deanery Orchestra camping holiday in the presents ‘Music for a Summer Lourdes July 2017 Essex countryside. It is open Evening’ next Saturday, 24th Bishop Alan will lead the to boys of 8-13 years old June 2017 from 7.30pm at diocesan annual pilgrimage and girls of 9-12 years old. The New Mazenod Hall, from Sunday, 23rd July to The boys’ camp week one St. Peter’s Church, Eastwood. Friday, 28th July. Accompanied takes place from Come and enjoy an evening by an experienced medical 22nd-29th July. of popular and classical team, there will be plenty of The boys’ camp week two music. Please bring your help for those with mobility takes place from own food and drink to enjoy needs. The pilgrimage is 29th July-5th August. during the evening. Tickets no less ideal for couples, The girls’ camp will take £5 (16 and under FREE). individuals, and groups of place from 5th-12th August. Contact Penny on 07810 friends; all are welcome. The suggested donation 707910 or visit the There is a full programme to for each child is £145. website: www.thedeanery opt in and out of. There are n What do the children do? orchestra.weebly.com brochures at the back of Football, netball, table tennis, The orchestra was originally the Church. For more mountain biking (bikes set up by John Askew, a former information or for a provided), boating, fishing teacher and deputy head at brochure, please telephone (rods provided), climbing, St. Thomas More High School. the pilgrimage administrator swimming, orienteering, and Our aim is to provide young Cathy O’Connor on arts and crafts. All activities (01206) 735623. players from the churches take place on the 43 acre and schools of the Southend site (except swimming that Deanery, the opportunity to Fatima October 2017 takes place at the local leisure Pilgrimage to Fatima play in an orchestra while at pool), and of course all and The Eucharistic school and carry on when they Miracle of Santarem activities are well supervised. leave. However, players of all n 1917-2017: Centenary. Where is this held? ages are always welcome. From 9th-15th October 2017 At St. John Bosco Centre, During the orchestra’s history, (6/7 days). £760 per person Ford Street, Aldham, we have been pleased to sharing. Transfer from the Colchester, Essex CO6 3PH. welcome many old girls and parish of St. Helen’s, Westcliff. Should you think this a good old boys together with their Breakfast, lunch and dinner idea and would like to talk friends (and sometimes with all included. 100 years ago about it, please telephone their own children!). It’s a Our Lady appeared to three Cath on 07919 200186. great way to share and enjoy shepherd children at Fatima, We hope some children music together. Please visit the Portugal. She foretold the wars will find this fun, but do website for more information. and chaos happening today. get in touch soon if you And she gave us the solutions! think one of your children Gift Aid If you are weighed down by would like to attend. The Inland Revenue will give the many trials and difficulties our parish an extra 25% to of modern life, then read her Catholic Singles your offertory giving every maternal message of Fatima. Catholic Singles is an Sunday. Just one condition To book a place, please organisation which helps has to be met: You must be contact Salvatore or single adult Catholics of all a taxpayer, either from your Patricia on (01702) 432458 ages meet, either one-to-one employment, pension, or or Salvatore mobile: or through social events. investments. Even better for 07753 203129 or Patricia Please telephone 0161 941 those who are higher rate mobile: 07946 687623. 3498, or visit the website: taxpayers, each year your tax ATOL certificated. www.catholicsingles.org.uk will be reduced by a similar 25% on the total of your Fr. Jeff’s Mobile ‘The Portal’ annual offertory giving. For pastoral emergencies, The online magazine For more details, please please contact Fr. Jeff on of the Ordinariate. contact your parish Gift Aid 07956 801381 or e-mail him Download your copy at organiser, Anne-Marie at: [email protected] www.portalmag.co.uk Abbott on (01702) 522879. Large Candles A Useful Website... Finding and The large candles at the Sacred www.catholicscomehome.org/ Broadcasting Heart and St. Peter’s Shrine find-meaning-purpose/ can be bought at the Repository the best Catholic to light in the Church or to Information for Musical Talent take home. Price: £2.00 each. Are you a Catholic singer all Volunteers or musician? Or part of a choir Hospital Visits in the Parish or band? Do you know anyone In emergencies, please contact Online safeguarding who is? Do you have your Fr. Gerry Drummond at training is available free work recorded? If so, Heaven’s Rochford on (01702) 544334. to all volunteers. To Road Catholic Radio would access this training please love to broadcast your music Diocesan Website e-mail: safeguarding@ as it could be featured in www.dioceseofbrentwood.net dioceseofbrentwood.org their ‘Album of the Week’ to request registration. spot and played in their Need Help? music mix. The station is Is your house in need of a Diocesan Directories really keen to showcase regular clean or a one-off The 2017 Diocesan Catholic talent, so please spring clean? Enquiries to Directories are available get in touch about yourself Angela Allen, a parishioner of to buy from the Church or your group. E-mail: St. Peter’s, on 07940 952459. Repository priced at £2.75. [email protected] Diocesan Centenary New Publication What’s on this week in The Diocese of Brentwood – 100 Years in Pictures, a the New Mazenod Hall souvenir booklet to mark our Diocesan centenary – Sunday, 18th June Coffee Morning (11.15am) 110 pages with more than 300 colour and black & white Monday, 19th June PRIVATE HIRE (1.00pm-5.30pm) photographs. Copies may Monday, 19th June Martial Arts Course be ordered from: Centenary (8.00pm-9.00pm) Booklet, Brentwood Diocesan www.essex-martialarts.co.uk Archives, Cathedral House, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Tuesday, 20th June Tai Chi (10.30am-12.30pm) Essex CM15 8AT. The Contact: 07816 790016 suggested donation is £7 per Wednesday, 21st June Handicraft Club (1.45pm-3.00pm) copy (plus £2 postage and Contact: Joan (01702) 523751 packing). Cheques should be made in favour of BRCDT. Wednesday, 21st June Irish Dancing (4.00pm-7.00pm) Contact: Cecily 07737 226545 Magnificat Wednesday, 21st June Martial Arts Course Magnificat is published (8.00pm-9.00pm) monthly in a convenient www.essex-martialarts.co.uk format for fitting in the pocket. In addition to the texts and Thursday, 22nd June Tai Chi (1.00pm-3.00pm) prayers of each daily Mass, it (7.30pm-9.30pm) contains morning and evening Contact: 07816 790016 prayers. If you would like to Friday, 23rd June Freestyle Drama (4.45pm-6.45pm) order, it can be done online Contact: Jake 07888 822733 at: www.catholicherald.co.uk /magnificat or alternatively Saturday, 24th June Deanery Orchestra you can also write to: The (7.00pm-10.00pm) Catholic Herald, Herald House, Sunday, 25th June Coffee Morning (11.15am) Lambs Passage, Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TQ. E-mail: [email protected] Missio Red Boxes THE BODY AND There are a number of BLOOD OF CHRIST Missio Red Boxes awaiting homes. Please take one from LIVING the porch and leave your name, address and telephone number at the repository. If you are a tax payer please state whether you wish to Gift Aid your contribution. EUCHARIST: Nazareth House Do you have some spare time? PAST, PRESENT Then why not volunteer at Nazareth House? AND FUTURE The Sisters are looking for people to enhance the life of the residents, by sitting PAST: 2,000 years ago on a Thursday evening Jesus ate with them, assisting at what was probably a Passover meal with his disciples in the meal times, bringing the Upper Room. This meal was a memorial of how God had resident out for a walk/ freed the Jewish people by liberating them from slavery and shopping etc. You can help providing them with a promised land. During his meal Jesus told for as little or as long as the disciples that from now on they were to eat this meal not in you can and if you are there remembrance of Moses and the Exodus but in memory of him. during meal time then For the bread that they would eat was his body that the next day you will be provided with would be nailed to the cross, and the wine that they would drink a hot meal. If you would was his blood that on the same Friday would be shed on Calvary. like to help, please contact PRESENT: Today we Christians have a living memorial of Sister Brigid on (01702) that saving action of Christ. It is the eucharist. Over the centuries 345627 or e-mail: superior. Christians have never ceased to follow that command of Jesus [email protected] at the Last Supper. They have gathered together, listened to God’s word in the scriptures and then, when they have taken, Mobile Phones blessed and broken the bread, they have shared communion Please remember to put your by eating and drinking what Christ tells us is his body and mobile phone in ‘silent mode’. blood. In this sacrament of the eucharist Jesus is really present whilst inside the Church. to those who receive him. His flesh is real food and his blood is real drink because both of them nourish, they sustain us and Abbotswick keep us spiritually healthy. As we eat and drink from the one House of Prayer bread and cup the eucharist becomes a sign of the unity that There will be a 30th we share and at the same time it also makes us one in Christ. Anniversary Celebration FUTURE: The eucharist is food for our journey, medicine of Abbotswick Diocesan for our health and strength for our future. Not simply about House of Prayer, Brentwood the past and present it directs us towards two futures. The first from 11.30am to 4.30pm future means that the eucharist is a sign of our commitment to on 8th July. A Thanksgiving building up the kingdom of God here on earth. So receiving the Mass will be celebrated at eucharist is not just an act of devotion; it commits us to action. 2.00pm by Bishop Alan Through the grace of the Holy Spirit we pledge ourselves to Williams and Bishop Emeritus playing our full part in the Church’s work of bringing about Thomas McMahon. You a world in which justice, peace and holiness reign. And the are invited to bring a second future is in the afterlife. The eucharist is a pledge of packed lunch. Cake and the heavenly banquet that God has promised to those who refreshments will be provided. listen to the voice of his Son. What we experience in the food For further information of the eucharist is a foretaste of an eternal feast with God. please telephone (01277) The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ 373959 or visit the website: allows us to thank God for this wonderful gift. www.abbotswick.org ROTAS lic Churc The blessing-cup ROTAS Catho h of

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CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES communion with ANNIVERSARIES CLEANERS the blood of n 22nd June Kitty Bond James Gallagher Christ, and Mrs. Joyce Maureen Marsland Thomas Power the bread that n 30th June Mary Baynes Robert Corr Grace Hegarty Fedelma Rodgers we break is a Ms. Carroll Louise Raher John J. O’Reilly communion with Rita Unsworth I Sullivan SUNDAY COFFEE Michael Costello William J. Percival the body of Christ. n 18th June Johanna Mary Munford Robert Miller (I Corinthians 10:16) Wan Family Sydney Coleman Dennis Carey n 25th June John Tutty Mary Badman Kelly & Samantha Michael Kelly WORD

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KEY: l Mass at St. Peter’s SUNDAY 18 TUESDAY 20 FRIDAY 23 THE BODY AND BLOOD FERIA THE MOST SACRED HEART OF CHRIST (DAY FOR LIFE) 14.30 Memorial Service – OF JESUS (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION) Matthew Sheed RIP 9.10 Morning Prayer 8.30 l People of the Parish 18.30 Holy Hour 9.30 l O’Hart Family Intentions 10.15 l Rita Kilcar 19.30 l Leo Cardosi RIP 18.00 l Ivan Van de Vyver RIP WEDNESDAY 21 SATURDAY 24 ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA NATIVITY OF MONDAY 19 9.10 Morning Prayer ST JOHN THE BAPTIST FERIA 9.30 l Abigail Leonard (Sick) 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.30 l Tony O’Hart RIP 9.30 l Anne Snell RIP THURSDAY 22 10.00 Holy Hour & SS JOHN FISHER Confessions & THOMAS MORE 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.30 l Vincent Halloran RIP SUNDAY 25 12TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 8.30 l Matthew Sheed RIP The Blessed Sacrament Lamp Intention 10.15 l Eileen Patricia Barber In loving memory of Vincent Halloran (18/6-24/6) 18.00 l People of the Parish