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

EASTWOOD PARISH We did not earn the forgiveness SUNDAY that Jesus brings. It comes to us freely and with no strings attached. And it is precisely this type of forgiveness that we are called on to offer FRIDAY 22 others in return. We have no “hold” on FERIA those who have offended us and the degree 9.10 Morning Prayer to which we forgive is the degree to which 9.30 l Jane & Gavin Allard we ourselves will be forgiven by God. (60 years Married) 11.00 l Mass prior to CWL AGM SATURDAY 23 ST PIUS OF PIETRELCINA 24TH SUNDAY (PADRE PIO) 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.30 l Moya & Bill Campbell RIP OF THE YEAR 10.00 Holy Hour & Confessions SUNDAY 24 25TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR PARISH PRIEST: Fr. Jeff Woolnough (HARVEST SUNDAY) 59 EASTWOOD ROAD NORTH 8.30 l Carlo Apicella RIP LEIGH-ON-SEA · ESSEX SS9 4BX 10.15 l Anthony Connolly RIP Hall Bookings and Parish Office: (01702) 522879 17TH SEPTEMBER 2017 18.00 l People of the Parish E-mail: [email protected] PARISH

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. Home Mission Day Second Collection Please note that there will be a second collection for Home Mission Day after all the Masses today (Sunday, 17th September). Harvest Sunday (24th September) We shall be giving thanks for this year’s harvest on Sunday, 24th September, during the 10.15am celebration of Mass. We have much to be thankful for, not least for all those whose work on land and sea bring to our homes the fruits of the earth. We shall be having a ‘Bring and Share Lunch’ afterwards, so please join us and sign up to bring something along. List available in the Church porch. This is a great way to meet new people in your Church family. Organ Recital You are welcome to an Organ Recital on Wednesday, 20th September from 1.00pm-1.40pm at Brentwood . This Recital will be given by Christopher Strange from the RCM London. Refreshments will be provided afterwards in the Song School. RSCM-EEL Annual Legion of Mary Essex Recusant Choral Festival 2017 Legion of Mary Retreat at (Historical) Society This year the RSCM-EEL Our Lady of Canvey & English The next meeting will be at Annual Choral Festival will Martyrs Church, 224 Long 2.30pm on Saturday, 30th be a very special occasion Road, Canvey Island, SS9 0JS September at The Grange, celebrating the Centenary of next Saturday, 23rd September, 93 Queens Road, Brentwood the Diocese of Brentwood. led by Fr. Eamonn Power. CM14 4EY, when Jennie Starting with 10.00am Mass It will be held in the beautiful Guthrie-Stevens will speak and a talk by Fr. Eamonn, setting of Brentwood on ‘The Final Days of St. John’s followed by shared buffet Cathedral on Saturday, Abbey, Colchester (1539)’. lunch. After lunch, Exposition 21st October, from 10.00am All are welcome to attend, of the Blessed Sacrament with until 5.00pm with the especially non-members of meditation/talk. Confessions Festival Thanksgiving Service the E.R.S. Further details from will be available during at 4.00pm. The service will Tony Galcius (Chairman) the afternoon. The day will be conducted by Andrew on (01708) 346219. Wright, Master of Music at end with Benediction at Brentwood Cathedral. We approx. 3.15pm. All auxiliary ‘Meeting the invite all singers to join us for members are invited to a memorable and enjoyable attend, as is anyone interested Living God’ day of singing, finishing with in the Legion of Mary, you Autumn Seminars the Thanksgiving Service. would be most welcome. n Topic: The Legacy of Individual singers are warmly For further Information Saint Pope John Paul II, with telephone (01702) 527307. welcomed, as are members of speaker: Fr. Martin Boland, all choirs, robed or unrobed. Cathedral . 7th October The choirs of Chelmsford and Dinner and from 10.30am-12.00 noon. Brentwood will be Dance in aid of n Topic: Endings and joining the service. The music Nazareth House Beginnings, with speaker: this year has been specially This is a Knights of Saint Emeritus Thomas chosen and is included in Columba event. Next Saturday, McMahon. 11th November a booklet which has been 23rd September at Nazareth from 10.30am-12.00 noon. printed by the Royal School House Main Hall – Doors n Topic: The Advent Journey, of Church Music. Copies open 6.30pm for 7.00pm with speaker: Bishop Alan of the booklet are £5. For start. Delicious fish ‘n’ chips Williams, sm. 25th November further information, e-mail: supper with wonderful live from 10.30am-12.00 noon. [email protected] music and the opportunity These events take place at to choose your partner and Cathedral House Conference Calling take to the dance floor. All Centre, Ingrave Road, Married Couples profits go to the Sisters of Brentwood, CM15 8AT. Could you give two hours Nazareth to aid them in the For information, telephone once to change the lives of 20 wonderful work they do with (01277) 265285 or e-mail: students? The Explore Project the elderly, in many cases our [email protected] brings together married loved ones. The evening will couples with young people conclude at 9.30pm so as not Information for to have an open conversation to disturb the residents. Ticket all Volunteers about the realities of both price is £10, available from marriage and family life. This Bruno Coultrup after Mass in the Parish exciting project is running or telephone Liam Rand on Online safeguarding training is in catholic schools in your 07952 954833 or e-mail: available free to all volunteers. area and this is an invaluable [email protected] To access this training please and also fun way for you and Please inform us when e-mail: safeguarding@ your spouse to give back to booking if you have specific dioceseofbrentwood.org your local community. Please dietary requirements. to request registration. e-mail: anna.mccormick@ dioceseofbrentwood.org or Hospital Visits Repository telephone 07972 438179 In emergencies, please contact Come and see our display if you would like to get Fr. Gerry Drummond at of religious gifts, cards and involved or hear more. Rochford on (01702) 544334. other items on sale today. Magnificat Catechism Lecture HARP (Homeless Magnificat is published Bishop Mark O’Toole, Charity Southend) monthly in a convenient head of the Department of The Really Big South Essex format for fitting in the Evangelisation and Catechesis Sleep Out is back! Last year, pocket. In addition to of CCBEW will give a our amazing ‘Sleep Out the texts and prayers of lecture entitled, ‘How to be Survivors’ helped to raise each daily Mass, it contains a disciple making disciple: just over £8,000 to help local morning and evening prayers. Prayer, Faith, Loving Service people. This year it’s going to If you would like to order, and the Sacramental Life’ be even bigger and better, and it can be done online at: to commemorate the 25th we want you to be a part of it. www.catholicherald.co.uk/ anniversary of the publication Taking place on 7th October magnificat or alternatively of the Catechism. Monday, to mark World Homeless Day, you can also write to: 2nd October at St. Patrick’s families and community The Catholic Herald, Church, Soho Square. Doors groups from all across South Herald House, Lambs Passage, will open at 6.30pm and Essex can choose to brave Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TQ. Bishop Mark will begin his the elements with just a E-mail: magnificat@ lecture at 7.00pm. Admission sleeping bag, or get the tent catholicherald.co.uk is £5 at the door. Registration: out and camp in the garden Telephone: 020 7448 3618. guildofourladyandstjoseph@ with the whole family. gmail.com Once again, everyone will Large Candles receive a free pack with The large candles at the Sacred S.V.P. Money Jars activities for kids to do, Heart and St. Peter’s Shrine Should anyone wish to have along with free wristbands can be bought at the Repository an S.V.P. collecting jar in their and sponsorship forms. to light in the Church or to home, there are plenty to be This is a great way for take home. Price: £2.00 each. taken from the Church porch. children and adults alike to have a fun evening, learning about a local issue whilst What’s on this week in raising money for HARP, so the New Mazenod Hall that we can help more local people overcome homelessness for good. So what are you Sunday, 17 September Coffee Morning (11.15am) waiting for? Sign up now at: Monday, 18 September Martial Arts Course www.essexsleepout.org (8.00pm-9.00pm) www.essex-martialarts.co.uk Pilgrimage to Tuesday, 19 September Tai Chi (10.30am-12.30pm) the Holy Land Our Lady of Canvey and the Contact: 07816 790016 English Martyrs parish in Wednesday, 20 Sept. Handicraft Club (1.45pm-3.00pm) Canvey invite you on their Contact: Joan (01702) 523751 pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Wednesday, 20 Sept. Irish Dancing (4.00pm-7.00pm) from Thursday, 10th May to Thursday, 17th May 2018, Contact: Cecily 07737 226545 travelling in the footsteps of Wednesday, 20 Sept. Martial Arts Course Christ and the Holy Family. (8.00pm-9.00pm) The cost will be £1,415. If you www.essex-martialarts.co.uk are interested or for further Thursday, 21 September Tai Chi (1.00pm-3.00pm) information please contact Cathy on 07885 577342. (7.30pm-9.30pm) Contact: 07816 790016 Diocesan Directories Friday, 22 September CWL AGM (afternoon) The 2017 Diocesan Directories Friday, 22 September Freestyle Drama (4.45pm-6.45pm) are available to buy from the Contact: Jake 07888 822733 Repository priced at £2.75. Sunday, 24 September Harvest Shared Lunch (11.15am) Diocesan Website www.dioceseofbrentwood.net East Thurrock Road, Grays RM17 6SR St Thomas of Canterbury, Grays SOLEMN EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT FORTY HOURS DEVOTION

st rd Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 September 2017

"During this centenary year of the forming of the Brentwood Diocese, come and pray for Bishop and the Diocese of Brentwood. During this centenary year of the apparitions at Fatima come and pray for the Intentions of Our Lady of Fatima and place your petitions before the Blessed Sacrament - all petitions will be taken to the Chapel of Apparition and presented to Our Lady of Fatima during October 2017"

st nd rd Thursday 21 September Friday 22 September Saturday 23 September

09:00 hrs - Morning Prayer 07.00 hrs - Exposition throughout the day 07.00 hrs - Start of Exposition 09:15 hrs - Mass of St Matthew 09:00 hrs - Morning Prayer 09:00 hrs - Morning Prayer 12 noon - Angelus followed by the 09:15 hrs - Mass 09:15 hrs - Mass of St Padre Pio & Joyful Mysteries of the 12 noon - Angelus followed by the Veneration of Relic Rosary Sorrowful Mysteries 11:00 - 12 noon - Confessions 18:00 hrs – Vespers of the Rosary 12 noon - Angelus followed by the 19:30 hrs - Solemn Mass with 15:00 hrs - 3 O'clock Prayer & Chaplet of Glorious Mysteries Eucharistic Procession & the Divine Mercy of the Rosary Litany of the Saints 18:00 hrs – Vespers Celebrant: Fr Brian O’Shea 22:00 hrs - Sorrowful Mysteries of 16:00 hrs - Concluding with (Parish Priest) the Rosary Solemn Benediction & 22:00 hrs - Luminous Mysteries of 23:45 hrs - Night Prayer Homily by the Rosary Rev. David Pearce. 23:45 hrs - Night Prayer Exposition continues until midnight

Exposition continues until midnight Study Day at Christ Memorial Mass for “Defying Poverty” the Eternal High Sister Mary Stephen A feast of music to support Priest, Gidea Park Saturday, 7th October at some of the world’s poorest 11.30am at St. Bernard’s High people will take place at The next study day at Christ St. George’s Church, the Eternal High Priest, School. If you knew Sister Mary Stephen and wish to 96 Ness Road, Shoeburyness, Gidea Park, will be led by SS3 9DH, next Saturday, Mgr. David Manson, former come to the Memorial Mass you are very welcome. We 23rd September at 7.30pm. Vicar General of the Diocese Featuring the St. George’s of Brentwood and expert ask that you let the school know, so seating is adequate Youth Choir and a host of in Liturgy. He will take as talented musicians. Hosted his topic ‘The Significance and the venue is appropriate. sboga. by St. George’s Youth Justice of Sunday’, and will explain Please e-mail: [email protected] and Peace Group. Free entry, the contents of Pope John if you would like to attend. but donations are welcome. Paul II’s Apostolic Letter Telephone (01702) 292726. Dies Domini (The Day of the www.saintgeorgeschurch.co.uk Lord). The study day will New Hall School take place on Saturday, 28th New Hall School, Chelmsford School Nurse/ October, with coffee available requires, as soon as possible, from 10.30am and ending at suitable persons for the Paramedic Vacancy 3.00pm. There is no charge following vacancies: New Hall School, Chelmsford n for the days. You are invited One-to-One Learning requires, as soon as possible, to bring a packed lunch. Support Assistant (LSA), an experienced School Nurse Please make your booking fixed-term: one academic (RGN)/Paramedic/EMT in the usual way by e-mail year 2017/2018 (9.00am to (Tuesday to Thursday, to: [email protected] 3.30pm, Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm, during 27.5 hours per week term-time term-time only), to support only). 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Breakfast, lunch and dinner all included. 100 years ago Our Lady appeared to three CREATING shepherd children at Fatima, Portugal. She foretold the wars VICTIMS and chaos happening today. And she gave us the solutions! If you are weighed down by the many trials and difficulties of modern life, then read her maternal message of Fatima. To book a place, please Today’s gospel teaches us one of the most important lessons contact Salvatore or of our faith. Jesus makes no bones about it: if we want to be Patricia on (01702) 432458 forgiven then we must first forgive others. “I can never forgive or Salvatore mobile: 07753 203129 or Patricia him/her” cannot be part of the Christian’s vocabulary. mobile: 07946 687623. Forgiveness is so central to Christianity that it is the reason ATOL certificated. why we baptise. We believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins, says our Creed. And the principal reason we follow Gift Aid Christ is so that we might experience the forgiveness of God Your Donations and be set free to lead the lives that God intended us to The Inland Revenue will enjoy. The Church is the community of God’s forgiven. give our parish an extra If we refuse to forgive then we create victims. The first victim 25% to your offertory is us. When we withhold forgiveness we take refuge in self-pity. giving every Sunday. We see ourselves as the one who is hurt and injured and we Just one condition has end up wading in bitterness, anger and resentment. How could to be met: You must be anyone do this to me of all people? Me? We allow ourselves a taxpayer, either from to dwell on the memory of hurt and injury and this begins to your employment, pension, affect the way we view life, for anger and resentment only eat or investments. away at the heart. Lack of forgiveness is a heavy burden to carry. Even better for those who And the second victim we create is the person we refuse are higher rate taxpayers, to forgive. We keep them chained up with the guilt of what each year your tax will they have done and we prevent them from moving on in their be reduced by a similar relationship with us. To receive forgiveness is a joyful thing that 25% on the total of your brings peace of mind, and if we hold back on forgiving someone annual offertory giving. then we are not playing our part in helping them to move on. For more details, please Sometimes people forgive in such a way that they humiliate contact your parish Gift Aid the other person. They are so high-handed that they make organiser, Anne-Marie Abbott the person crawl before they are forgiven. They forgive on (01702) 522879. with their lips but not with their hearts. Yet forgiveness is not something that we possess off our own bat. Forgiveness Messages for belongs to God, the same God who has forgiven each of Parishioners us and who demands that we do the same in return. Please check the table in Living in a place of unforgiveness is a life- the Church porch to see if depriving and dreadful experience. “And that is how there is any correspondence my heavenly Father will deal with you unless you each from the Church or Parish forgive your brother and sister from your heart.” Office for your attention. ROTAS holic Church THIS WEEK Forgive your ROTAS Cat of

neighbour CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES the hurt he CLEANERS does you, and n 22nd September Doris Wilde Jessie Broad Mrs. Studds Theodora Troy Brenda Margaret Ryan when you pray, n 28th September Thomas Saggers John Morton Lake Mary Cullen Maud Jukes your sins will Mrs. Joyce Florence Bradford Pauline Bacon Sean Greenfield John Dennis Brady be forgiven. SUNDAY COFFEE Edward Patrick Cutler John Seaman (Ecclesiasticus n 17th September Winifred Warner Alice Condon 28: 2) Carmel & Clare John Hartley n 24th September Margaret, Mike WORD & Barbara

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KEY: l Mass at St. Peter’s SUNDAY 17 TUESDAY 19 FRIDAY 22 24TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR FERIA FERIA (HOME MISSION DAY) 18.30 Holy Hour & Confessions 9.10 Morning Prayer 8.30 l Peter Green RIP 19.30 l Divine Worship: 9.30 l Jane & Gavin Allard 10.15 l John & Pamela Emberson Bill Herman RIP (60 years Married) (50th Wedding 11.00 l Mass prior to CWL AGM Anniversary) WEDNESDAY 20 18.00 l People of the Parish ST ANDREW KIM TAE-GON SATURDAY 23 & PAUL CHONG HA-SANG ST PIUS OF PIETRELCINA MONDAY 18 & COMPS (PADRE PIO) FERIA 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.30 l Anne McDermott RIP 9.30 l Moya & Bill Campbell RIP l 9.30 Barrie Sanderson RIP THURSDAY 21 10.00 Holy Hour & Confessions ST MATTHEW 9.10 Morning Prayer SUNDAY 24 9.30 l Intentions of Mary Dixon 25TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (HARVEST SUNDAY) 8.30 l Carlo Apicella RIP The Blessed Sacrament Lamp Intention 10.15 l Anthony Connolly RIP Emil Krzoska (17/9-23/9) 18.00 l People of the Parish