WEEKDAY AND SUNDAY MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS OUR LADY OF LOURDES

SUNDAY 9.30am MASS – Germaine Lucette Maingard RIP 2 September 11.30am MASS – People of the Parish 22ND Sunday in 6.30pm MASS - John Payne RIP Ordinary Time [B] 1/2 SEPTEMBER 2018

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B) ST GREGORY THE GREAT MONDAY 8.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 3 September 8.45am Angelus & Morning Prayer 9.00am MASS – Holy Souls

TUESDAY 8.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 4 September 8.45am Angelus & Morning Prayer 9.00am MASS – Sean McHugh RIP 12 noon Funeral Mass Sarah Hipperson RIP

WEDNESDAY 8.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 5 September 8.45am Angelus & Morning Prayer 9.00am MASS – Mary A Davies RIP

THURSDAY 8.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

6 September 8.45am Angelus & Morning Prayer “You put aside the commandment of God 9.00am MASS – Kathleen Egan RIP [[ to cling to human traditions.”

FRIDAY 8.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament PARISH TELEPHONE NUMBER – 020 8989 2074 7 September 8.45am Angelus & Morning Prayer 9.00am MASS – Winifred Zuber RIP E-mail address [email protected] 10.30am Mass Our Lady of Lourdes School Website www.ourladyoflourdeswanstead.com 9.45am-3pm & 7-9pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Parish Facebook Page is at https://www.facebook.com/OLOLE11

Pastoral Team – Reverend Patrick J. Sammon THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SATURDAY 8.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Luisa Bonomo – Jackson, 8 September 8.45am Angelus & Morning Prayer Catechetical, Youth Co-ordinator 9.00am MASS – David Jawed RIP Pastoral Assistants Frank Adesegha, Terry Chimes, 6.30pm MASS – Private Intention Carmel Docherty, Clare Losty.

Chair of Parish Council Fiona Christison SUNDAY 9.30am MASS - Doris Wallace RIP OLOL Site Manager Bernie Dando 9 September 11.30am MASS - Ints Catherine Joan Ford Pastoral Centre Caretaker Camille Mouquet 23rd Sunday in 6.30pm MASS – People of the Parish Ordinary Time [B] EDUCATION SUNDAY

THE WEEK AHEAD

Sunday 2 Sept Teas after 9.30am Mass [Hall] MATHS TUITION IN THE PARISH CENTRE. Chris Leonard runs small group Monday 3 Sept 2-4pm NHS [Hall] 7pm Junior Choir Maths tuition here at Our Lady of Lourdes. Groups run from Year 5 in Primary 9am-1.30pm and 4.30-7.30pm Function in Hall School all the way through to A-Level in Year 13. Currently there is a lot of space Tuesday 4 Sept Function in Hall 9am – 3pm in the Year 6 group in preparation for SATs. Chris is CRB/DBS-checked, has a 3.30pm-6pm Perform [Hall] First Class Honours Maths degree, works in a local school, and has several 7.30pm-9.30pm Tai Chi [Hall] years of tuition experience. There is more information at http://maths-tutor- Wednesday 5 Sept 9am-12noon & 4pm-6.45pm Function in Hall group.co.uk/ For availability and tuition rates please contact Chris on 07910 882 1.30pm Sheila Lovell Club [Hall] 778 or [email protected] 7.15 & 8.15pm Pilates [Hall] ST BEDE, – Organ Recital by Richard Brasier who has 8pm Meditation Group [Mark Room] been described as ‘one of Europe’s finest young organists’ on Saturday 15 Thursday 6 Sept 9am – 3pm Function in Hall September at 7.30pm. Entrance free with a retiring collection. 3.30pm-7pm Perform [Hall] 8pm Senior Choir ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY – Brentwood Central Council Festival on 3.45-7.45pm Maths Tuition [Matthew Room] Sunday 16 September 1.30pm at Brentwood Cathedral. 7.45pm Baptism Course [1] in the Hall APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA -Mass in honour of our patron Stella Maris, Our 8.45pm-9.45pm Choir [Booker Room]. Lady Star of the Sea. Come pray for the work of Apostleship of the Sea and for Friday 7 Sept 9.45am-3pm & 7-9pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament seafarers on Thursday 20 September at 9.15am in the Cathedral of St Mary & St 10.30am Pilates [Hall] Helen, Brentwood. Bishop Alan Williams will celebrate Mass, followed by a 3.30pm – 6pm Perform [Hall] reception. All invited. Please RSVP by email to Sunday 9 Sept 4.30pm Confirmation [Hall] [email protected] www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk BCYS YOUTH GATHER: 20 - 21 October, Outdoors, East Mersea. READERS ROTA 8/9 SEPTEMBER 2018 ST ND Open to those in school year 9 and above. One of our speakers for this Autumn TIME 1 READING 2 READING BIDDING PRAYERS will be Fr Paul Keane, Vice Rector of St Mary’s College, Oscott. Cost includes 6.30pm P Flynn V Castillo-Guevara F Pereira lunch and dinner on Saturday 20, breakfast and lunch on Sunday 21, two Mersea 9.30am OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL activities, 2 BCYS workshops, and a night in a Mersea log cabin – for just £50. . 11.30am P Godin L Affleck S Crowley Applications for this year’s Youth Gather are now open! Apply by creating an 6.30pm M Lonergan L Houghton M Mouquet account at www.bcys.net and applying on the Events page. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION 8/9 SEPTEMBER 2018 SVP’S KERALA APPEAL - Terrible floods have been taking place in Kerala in Saturday Sunday Sunday Sunday southern India. Hundreds of people have been killed and many more are 6.30pm 9.30am 11.30am 6.30pm missing However, they desperately need funds. To donate visit www.svp.org.uk, Davighi M Fonseka P McBride M Godin P telephone 020 7703 3030 or send cheques made out to SVP (write ‘Kerala Davighi J Gyamfi A Serafini L Gorczak J appeal’ on the back) to SVP, Romero House, 55 Bridge Road, Flynn S Hassan J Simmonds J Heeney A SE1 7JB. Hamilton P Howarth F Kelly D Heeney G MULTI-FAITH WALK OF PEACE ~ ‘THE RIGHT to PEACE’ Harrison A Jayaram H Sister V.A. Hicks G organised by Redbridge Faith Forum Sunday 23 September 12.30 at the Holocaust Memorial Luckie C Joseph A Ryan C Kiernan M WELCOMING GROUP 8/9 SEPTEMBER 2018 Garden , finishing approx 4.30 at Karamasar Gurdwara 400 High Rd , stopping at Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu and Christian faith venues on the Saturday Sunday Sunday Sunday 6.30pm 9.30am 11.30am 6.30pm way. See poster for approximate times at different venues. The walk through Ilford celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human ------CLEANERS - 3 September – Team 3 AM. Rights & marks International Peace Day. All welcome for all or part of the walk Feel free to join/leave at any point ~ light refreshments on route! COUNTERS - 9 September – I Doves and S Wong. CATECHISTS 9/9– Leader:A Hohmeyer. Helpers: J Whitton, K Parmassar, A Blakesley, M Flack, I Feely, J Alphonse, R Delahunty, N Zakarauskaite.

SACRAMENTAL, CATECHETICAL, LITURGICAL, SPIRITUAL, PARISH TEAS AFTER 9.30AM MASS – Sunday 3 September in the Hall. THANK YOU – The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children have written to NHS GROUP – Monday 3 September 2pm in the Hall. thank parishioners for the sum of £872.83. donated. SHEILA LOVELL CLUB – Wednesday 5 September 1.30pm in the Hall. PILATES – Wednesday 5 September 7.15 & 8.15pm and Friday 7 September LET IT BE - We are launching an exciting new course later this month in the 10am in the Hall. Pastoral Centre, designed to refresh and deepen our understanding of the place MEDITATION – Wednesday 5 September 8pm in the Mark Room. of Mary in our lives as Catholic Christians. The course, with a DVD presentation BAPTISM COURSE [1] – Thursday 6 September 7.45pm in the Hall. each week, explores how Mary helps us to be filled with God. There is an CHOIR –Thursday 6 September 8.45-9.45pm Booker Room. accompanying book. The 5 sessions will be on consecutive Friday nights from CONFIRMATION SESSION – Sunday 9 September 4.30pm in the Hall. 8pm and will finish before 9:30. Dates: 28th Sept., 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th October. If you can’t make every session, come when you can. More details on the parish BAPTISM COURSE – Thursday 6 and Thursday 13 September at 7.45pm in the website, www.ourladyoflourdeswanstead.com. Pastoral Centre. And Thursday November 1 and November 8 at 7.45pm. WELCOME – We welcome into the family of God Thomas Hay and Luke Pong 100 CLUB WINNERS , AUGUST - First Prize £100 Liz Clarke, Second Prize who were baptised during August. £50 Roy Bates, Third Prize £50 Paul Grant. Congratulations! EXTRAORDINARY EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS OF COMMUNION – If you know of someone who you think is suitable to become an Extraordinary Minister CAN YOU HELP? – We need families, individuals to act as Welcomers at the of Communion, please forward the name to Father Pat but check with the person four Sunday Masses. That involves distributing Mass Books, Hymn Books and first. Newsletters. Could your family help out at a Mass, on a rota basis? Children are THE SECRET GARDEN This week, as part of the Wanstead Fringe Festival, a welcome to help parents. For information contact Debbie Selner, the professional theatre company will be performing a musical adaptation of this well Co-ordinator of the Welcome Group. Telephone Number 020 8989 5251. loved children's classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Suitable for everyone and Email address [email protected]. appearing one of our own parishioners, Fiona Christison. It will run at various We also need help in the Respository Shop at the 11.30pm Sunday Mass. If you times on Sat 8 and Sun 9 September. For info and tickets please visit can help please speak to Father Pat. Thank you. wansteadfringe.org. Tickets are also available to buy from Petty Son & Prestwich Wanstead Branch. CONFIRMATION 2019 – The first meeting for the Group will be on Sunday 9 URGENT - Doctor needed to travel with an Across group taking sick and September at 4.30pm in the Pastoral Centre. All are asked to attend. Details of terminally ill patients by jumbulance to Lourdes on the 20th of April travelling from the programme will be given out. This meeting is for the young people only. . Would only be needed for the journey there so could fly back from No admission after 4.30pm. Lourdes on the 21st but would be very welcome to remain with the group for the THE FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMME 2018/19 will commence on week . If you are able to help please call Siobhan on 07932634589. Saturday, 15 September and will start promptly at 9:15am. Please remember to TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL – Require Sixth Form Administrator as bring a copy of your Child’s Baptism Certificate. Enrolment for FHC has now soon as possible and Examinations Manager. Candidates can download details closed. NO ENROLMENT ON 15 SEPTEMBER. of the role from the schools website http://fc.tchs.uk.net/vacancies.shtml and email applications to [email protected]. ABOUT BEING CATHOLIC – Have you expressed an interest in becoming or RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLORS & MARRIAGE PREP FACILITATORS want to find out more about being a Catholic? - Were you baptised as a Catholic NEEDED – Would you like to help us in our mission to support couples in as a child but have not received the sacraments of Confirmation or Eucharist? - distress regardless of their ability to pay? Marriage Care are looking for qualified Have you just lost contact with the Church? Then the sessions which explore relationship counsellors [with 150 hrs supervised practice] and Marriage what Catholics believe and what it means to be a member of the Church are for Preparation Facilitators for our local centre. Volunteering with Marriage Care is a you. There is a “Come and See” session on 10th September at 8pm in the truly rewarding experience. You will find support from like-minded people and Pastoral Centre, to see what is involved, meet with others in a similar position have opportunities to increase your knowledge and skills in this role. Please and the small team who help lead the sessions. Just come along, there is no contact us @ [email protected] to find out more. commitment!

PRAY FOR THE SICK - Lilian Abdallah, Denis Raines, Katie Cox, Peter Hain, Mrs Crolley, Carl Dean, Robert Britt-Hazard, John Defries, Stephen O’Riordan, Mary Martin, Mrs Carldan, Des Howells, Pat Hetherington, Noreen Cavanagh, Julia Taylor, Christopher Browne, Justina Paul, Tom Kelly, Maureen Walker, Fiona Robinson, Gerald Foreman, Mary O’Riordan, Grace Smith, James McGovern, Pauline McKenna, Mary Higgins, Erasmo Valiente, Joe Cox, Ann Silcock, Katharine Bramwell, Norma Cohen-Johnson, Connor Colgan, Olive Flynn, Bridie Connolly, Simon Griffith, Mary Oldcorn, William Roche, Glafira D’Souza, Prem Kumar Menon, Riley James McShane, Sister Bernadette, Violet Ruttledge, Mary P. Sullivan, Baby Diego Ralon, Mary O’Sullivan, Pat Barrett. RIP ANNIVERSARIES : (Mon 3 September – Sunday 9 September) Emma Nicholson, Margaret Drury, Joseph Nolan, Martin Long, Eammon Fahy, Margaret Burns, William Spashett, Stella Murphy, Chris Piper, Amelia Savino, Father Wladyslaw Duda, Germaine Maingard, Charlie Cleary, Josephine Jones, Karen Thompson, Michael Garvey, Anne Sharkey, Dr Nicholas Lawlor, Kathleen Goddard, Winifred Cook, Alice O’Leary, Vincent Mansi, Nell Titley, Winnie Zuber, Michael Dignan, Reginald Ruppert, Victoria Servid, Pauline O’Keefe, David Kelly, Phillip Gallagher, Thomas Bushby, Geoffrey Hawkins, Mary Sullivan, Shirley Oatham. RIP – Please pray for the repose of the souls of the following – Sarah Hipperson. Her body will be received into the church on Monday 3 September at 5pm. Funeral Mass on Tuesday 4 September at 12 noon followed by cremation at the City of London Crematorium. Peter D’Souza – Died suddenly on 18 August. Our sympathy and prayers to his mother Glafira, brother and sister, Diane and children Lee-Michael and Daniel. Funeral Service at Forest Park Crematorium on Friday 7 September at 3pm. Beatrice [Camilleri] Graffy – Mother of Father Adrian Graffy who has died at the age of 102. We extend our sympathy and prayers to their families. May they rest in peace. AUTUMN SPIRITUALITY TALK: CONFERENCE CENTRE, BRENTWOOD. Saturday 15 September 10.30am-12.00noon. Topic: One Bread One Body. Speaker: Thomas McMahon, Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood. For further details: tel. 01277265285 email: [email protected] SILENT WEEKEND RETREAT 'SPEAK LORD, YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING'. FRI 12TH - SUN 14TH OCTOBER. Led by Allegra Mutanda. At Sion Community, Brentwood. How do we discern the voice of God today amidst all the voices that surround us? How do I grow in my listening attitude towards God, learning to listen and respond like a disciple? This weekend is an opportunity to spend time with the Lord in quiet prayer and reflection and allow God to speak to us in the silence of our hearts. For more information or to book, email [email protected] or call 0790 3648639. Alternatively, e-mail [email protected] or call 01277 215011.