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

EASTWOOD PARISH Christ’s resurrection and SUNDAY ascension are not things of the past. They are very much present and powerful in our world today if FRIDAY 2 we allow them to affect our vision of life FERIA and to guide us in our search for the ultimate 9.10 Morning Prayer meaning of our common existence. Jesus 9.30 l Special Intention 15.30 m St. Margaret’s Mass promises to be with us until the end of time. SATURDAY 3 ST CHARLES LWANGA & COMPS 9.10 Morning Prayer 9.30 l Julio Isidro RIP ASCENSION 10.00 Holy Hour & Confessions SUNDAY 4 OF THE LORD PENTECOST SUNDAY (DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH) 8.30 l People of the Parish and Intentions of PARISH PRIEST: Fr. Jeff Woolnough Angela Sangster & Family 59 EASTWOOD ROAD NORTH 10.15 l Kevin Kelly RIP LEIGH-ON-SEA · ESSEX SS9 4BX 18.00 l Andrzej Marian Hall Bookings and Parish Office: (01702) 522879 28TH MAY 2017 Sasiadek RIP 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. Youth Poll on Life, Faith and Vocational Discernment Would all our young people between 13-29 contribute their views to this poll at: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ cathnews-synod-youth-poll It closes on 5th June 2017 and can be completed in less than half an hour. These resources will be used by the of England and Wales in a report to be sent to the Vatican ahead of the 2018 Synod on: ‘Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment’. Diocesan Centenary Exhibition A special exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the Diocese will be held at World Pilgrimage to House Conference Communications Walsingham Room Foyer, Ingrave Road, There will be a second Saturday, 22nd July. Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AT. collection after all Masses The coach is now full but there Until 29th June 2017. Opening today, Sunday, 28th May for is a waiting list if you would times: Saturday, 10.00am- World Communications Day. like to put your name down. 5.00pm; Sunday, 9.00am- More details will follow. 1.00pm and 3.00pm-8.00pm. St. Margaret’s Mass Other times by arrangement Parish Website You are welcome to come via e-mail to: archives@ For information about our dioceseofbrentwood.org or and celebrate Mass at parish and activities, visit: telephone (01277) 265238. St. Margaret’s, Rayleigh Road, www.stpetereastwood.org Eastwood on Friday, 2nd June Sunday Bulletin at 3.30pm and to stay for Find us on Facebook E-mail your news items to: a cup of tea and a chat with Please like and join our page: [email protected] the residents after the Mass. facebook.com/StPeterEastwood Parish Catechetical Coordinator Brentwood Cathedral has a CENTENARY CELEBRATION EVENTS vacancy for a person required for paid position of full Sun 5 February: Annual Lourdes Mass, Wanstead, 3pm time Parish Catechetical Sat 11 February: Parish Day of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Coordinator. 35 hours per week. The role requires Wed 22 March: Mass in Brentwood Cathedral with Cardinal & Nuncio, 7pm flexibility, working daytime, Wed 22 March-Thursday 29 June: Exhibition of History of the Diocese, evening and weekends. If Brentwood Cathedral Conference Hall Foyer you – or any of your family/ CENTENARY CELEBRATION EVENTS friends – are interested, Sat 29 April: Centenary Choir Celebration, St Antony, Forest Gate, 5.30pm please contact Brentwood Wed 7,S 1u4n, 52 1F,e 2b8ru Jaurnye: :Annual Centenary Lourdes Lectures Mass, in Wanstead, Brentwood 3pm Cathedral Parish Hall, 7.30pm (Fr Stewart Foster; Brian O’Shea; Cathedral on (01277) Sat 11 February: Parish Day of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 265235 for a job description Fr Martin Boland; Dr Paul Docherty) Wed 22 March: Mass in Brentwood Cathedral with Cardinal & Nuncio, 7pm and person specification Sun 18 June: Brentwood Cathedral Centenary Celebration, 11.30am or download it from: www. Wed 22 March-Thursday 29 June: Exhibition of History of the Diocese, Thurs 22 June: Schools’ Mass in Brentwood Cathedral, 11am cathedral-brentwood.org/ Brentwood Cathedral Conference Hall Foyer blog-2/catechetical/ Sat 22 July: Centenary Celebration at Walsingham, 12 noon You should then send in your Sat 29 April: Centenary Choir Celebration, St Antony, Forest Gate, 5.30pm Sat 28 October: Centenary Music Concert in Brentwood Cathedral, 7pm CV, with a covering letter Wed 7, 14, 21, 28 June: Centenary Lectures in Brentwood Cathedral demonstrating how your Parish Hall, 7.30pm (Fr Stewart Foster; Canon Brian O’Shea; experience and skills match Fr Martin Boland; Dr Paul Docherty) www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/diocese/centenary the essential requirements and Sun 18 June: Brentwood Cathedral Centenary Celebration, 11.30am attributes of the role. Closing date for CVs/applications The TwoThurs 2Elizabeths2 June: Schools’ Mass in BrentwoodDiocesan Cathedral, Centenary 11am is Monday, 19th June. Elizabeth SDunlopat 22 July :and Centenary CelebrationBrentwood at Walsingham, Cathedral 12 noon Choir ElizabethSat 28 Upsher October: Centenaryand Pupils Music Concerthas in commissioned Brentwood Cathedral, a new 7pm Mazenod Hall Hire present: a Summer Afternoon Missa Brevis, for choir Please contact the Parish Concert on Saturday, 1st July and organ, from the Office for information about at 5.00pm. In www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/diocese/centenaryaid of Havens composer Diana Burrell, hiring our New Mazenod Hall Hospices. Tickets cost £10 for the Diocesan Centenary. in the Church grounds. (includes cake and tea). In the Diana Burrell is a parishioner E-mail: eastwood@ Parish Hall, St. Helen’s Road, at the church of Our Lady, dioceseofbrentwood.org Westcliff SS0 7JP. Telephone Queen of Heaven, Harwich, Elizabeth on (01702) and her most recent Repository 347369 to book your seats. commission was for the Come and see our display (Please do book in advance BBC Symphony Orchestra at of religious gifts, cards and for catering purposes). All London’s Barbican Centre. other items on sale today. profits to Havens Hospices. The Missa Brevis will receive its first performance at the REGINA CAELI 11.30am Mass in Brentwood Cathedral on Sunday, Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven. Alleluia! 18th June. Parishioners He whom Thou wast meet to bear. Alleluia! are very warmly invited He promised hath arisen. Alleluia! to this celebration of the Pour for us to God Diocesan Centenary. thy prayer. Alleluia! V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. Messages for R. For the Lord is risen indeed, alleluia. Parishioners Let us pray: Please check the table in O God, who through the resurrection of Thy Son our Lord Jesus the Church porch from Christ didst vouchsafe to give joy to the world: grant, we beseech time to-time to see if there thee, that through His Mother, the Virgin Mary, we may obtain is any correspondence the joys of everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. from the Church or Parish Office for your attention. Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to World Pilgrimage to Pilgrimage to War I Cemeteries Aylesford Lourdes July 2017 and Battlefields Pilgrimage to Aylesford Alan will lead the Tuesday, 30th May – It is Priory in Kent, for the Feast of diocesan annual pilgrimage rare to find a single family Our Lady of Mount Carmel. from Sunday, 23rd July to that hasn't been scarred by Sunday, 16th July. Coach Friday, 28th July. Accompanied this most brutal of wars. from St. Peter’s. More details by an experienced medical The Knights of Saint Columba nearer the time or telephone team, there will be plenty of grew out of this human Anne on (01702) 527307. help for those with mobility tragedy. As our centenary needs. The pilgrimage is approaches we will follow Gift Aid your no less ideal for couples, in our ancestors footsteps Donations individuals, and groups of on this incredibly emotional The Inland Revenue will give friends; all are welcome. pilgrimage to Passchendaele's our parish an extra 25% to There is a full programme to battlefield, New British your offertory giving every opt in and out of. There are Cemetery and many of the Sunday. Just one condition brochures at the back of famous landmarks including has to be met: You must be the Church. For more the Memorial Museum, a taxpayer, either from your information or for a before travelling on to Ypres employment, pension, or brochure, please telephone where you are free to visit the investments. Even better for the pilgrimage administrator Menin Gate, where 54,000 those who are higher rate Cathy O’Connor on names of men are displayed taxpayers, each year your tax (01206) 735623. who were lost in battle, the will be reduced by a similar World War I museum, enjoy 25% on the total of your Study Day at a meal in one of the many annual offertory giving. restaurants, before gathering For more details, please Gidea Park at the Menin Gate for the last contact your parish Gift Aid Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, post and heading home. Pick organiser, Anne-Marie Director of the Vatican up points 6.45am Sacred Heart Abbott on (01702) 522879. Observatory, and well known Church, Southchurch; 6.55am to readers of ‘The Tablet’ Nazareth House, Westcliff; Diocesan Centenary will speak at Gidea Park. and 7.05am Our Lady of He will lead a study day Lourdes Church, Leigh-on- New Publication entitled ‘God and the Cosmos’, Sea. Obviously passports The Diocese of Brentwood in which he will explore how are required. Arriving back – 100 Years in Pictures, a looking at the immensity of in Southend shortly after souvenir booklet to mark creation leads us to become midnight. Adults £49 and our Diocesan centenary – more familiar with who God is children free (8 places only on 110 pages with more than and how God loves us. The day a first come first served basis, 300 colour and black & white will take place on Saturday, thereafter children will need photographs. Copies may 10th June from 11.00am to pay £49). Tickets available be ordered from: Centenary until 3.00pm (coffee from from Liam Rand on 07952 Booklet, Brentwood Diocesan 10.30am), at the Catholic 954833, or Damian Dillon on Archives, Cathedral House, Church of Christ the 07887 678741, or e-mail: Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Eternal High Priest, Gidea [email protected] Essex CM15 8AT. The Park, RM2 6DH. Admission suggested donation is £7 per is free and tea and coffee Magnificat copy (plus £2 postage and will be provided, but please Magnificat is published packing). Cheques should be bring a packed lunch. Ample monthly in a convenient made in favour of BRCDT. free parking is available at format for fitting in the the Church, which is three pocket. In addition to the Mobile Phones minutes’ walk from Gidea texts and prayers of each daily Please remember to put your Park Station. It is essential Mass, it contains morning mobile phone in ‘silent mode’. to book your place (early and evening prayers. whilst inside the Church. booking is advised) and this If you would like to order, should be done by e-mail to: it can be done online at; Brentwood Youth [email protected] www.catholicherald.co.uk Visit: http://bit.ly/fb-bcys Fatima June 2017 SVP Summer Camp Knights of Saint This year the holy shrine This is an activity-packed Columba Pilgrimage of Fatima, which is fully camping holiday in the Essex approved by the Church, countryside. It is open to to Aylesford Priory celebrates 100 years since the boys of 8-13 years old and On Sunday, 11th June, join first apparition to the children. girls of 9-12 years old. us at Aylesford Priory to The parish of Canvey Island The boys’ camp week one takes celebrate the feast of Saint is planning a pilgrimage there place from 22nd-29th July. Columba with an open air from the 10th-15th June 2017 The boys’ camp week two Mass, picnic in the grounds or and travelling with Anam takes place from enjoy a meal in the restaurant Cara Travel. The price will 29th July-5th August. and process with the Knights be approx. £595 with full The girls’ camp will take through the beautiful Rosary board and travelling with place from 5th-12th August. Walk in the afternoon. British Airways. Anyone The suggested donation Adults £14 – Children free interested should either for each child is £145. (limited places available telephone Canvey Island n What do the children do? on a first come first served parish on (01268) 682599 Football, netball, table tennis, basis). Pick-up points: Sacred or e-mail Fr. Eamonn at: mountain biking (bikes Heart Church, Southchurch (8.30am); Nazareth House, [email protected] provided), boating, fishing (rods provided), climbing, Westcliff (8.40am); Our Lady Fatima October 2017 swimming, orienteering, and of Lourdes, Leigh (8.50am). arts and crafts. All activities To book your place please Pilgrimage to Fatima telephone Mike Warren on and The Eucharistic take place on the 43 acre site (except swimming that 07948 515288 or e-mail: Miracle of Santarem [email protected] 1917-2017: Centenary. takes place at the local leisure From 9th-15th October 2017 pool), and of course all (6/7 days). £760 per person activities are well supervised. St. Thomas More n sharing. Transfer from the Where is this held? High School’s parish of St. Helen’s, Westcliff. At St. John Bosco Centre, Ford Street, Aldham, Governing Body Breakfast, lunch and dinner Colchester, Essex CO6 3PH. Vacancy for School all included. 100 years ago Should you think this a good Foundation Governor. Our Lady appeared to three idea and would like to talk The role of the governing shepherd children at Fatima, about it, please telephone body is crucial to the Portugal. She foretold the wars Cath on 07919 200186. preservation and development and chaos happening today. We hope some children of the Catholic character And she gave us the solutions! will find this fun, but do of the Church’s schools. If you are weighed down by get in touch soon if you Foundation Governors the many trials and difficulties think one of your children on our school governing of modern life, then read her would like to attend. body enable us to fulfil our maternal message of Fatima. mission as a Catholic School. To book a place, please HARP This is why encouraging contact Salvatore or Many thanks for your practising Catholics to Patricia on (01702) 432458 continued support throughout become Foundation or Salvatore mobile: the year, in March alone Governors is so important. 07753 203129 or Patricia HARP served 503 free cooked For more information please mobile: 07946 687623. breakfasts, 149 free hot visit: www.st-thomasmore. ATOL certificated. lunches and 221 free night southend.sch.uk or e-mail: packs to local homeless nparr@st-thomasmore. Catholic Singles people. We couldn’t do this southend.sch.uk Catholic Singles is an without the support of the Please see poster in the church organisation which helps public and the amazing porch for further details. single adult Catholics of all dedication of our staff and ages meet, either one-to-one volunteers. If you require Fr. Jeff’s Mobile or through social events. a list of donation, visit: For pastoral emergencies, Please telephone 0161 941 www.harpsouthend.org/ please contact Fr. Jeff on 3498, or visit the website: can-you-help or see the list 07956 801381 or e-mail him www.catholicsingles.org.uk at the back of the church. at: [email protected] Large Candles A Useful Website... Diocesan The large candles at the Sacred www.catholicscomehome.org/ Centenary Lectures Heart and St. Peter’s Shrine find-meaning-purpose/ Wednesdays at 7.30pm at can be bought at the Repository Cathedral Hall, Ingrave Road, to light in the Church or to Information for Brentwood, CM15 8AT: take home. Price: £2.00 each. all Volunteers n 7th June: Fr. Stewart Foster, Diocesan Archivist: Hospital Visits in the Parish ‘The Foundation and Early Years In emergencies, please contact Online safeguarding of the Diocese (1917-1951)’. Fr. Gerry Drummond at training is available free n 14th June: Canon Brian Rochford on (01702) 544334. to all volunteers. To O’Shea, Parish Priest of Grays: access this training please ‘The Development of the Diocesan Website e-mail: safeguarding@ Diocese (1951-1979)’. www.dioceseofbrentwood.net dioceseofbrentwood.org n 21st June: Fr. Martin Boland, to request registration. of the Cathedral ‘The Need Help? Diocese Today – A Reflection’. Is your house in need of a Diocesan Directories n 28th June: Dr. Paul Doherty, regular clean or a one-off The 2017 Diocesan Headmaster, Trinity Catholic spring clean? Enquiries to Directories are available High School, Woodford Green Angela Allen, a parishioner of to buy from the Church ‘The Patron Saints of the St. Peter’s, on 07940 952459. Repository priced at £2.75. Diocese of Brentwood’ . Admission is free and a bookstall will be available What’s on this week in at each evening. the New Mazenod Hall S.V.P. Money Jars Should anyone wish to have an S.V.P. collecting jar in their Sunday, 28th May Coffee Morning (11.15am) home, there are plenty to be Monday, 29th May Martial Arts Course taken from the Church porch. (8.00pm-9.00pm) www.essex-martialarts.co.uk What Good News Discover the Good News of Tuesday, 30th May Tai Chi (10.30am-12.30pm) Jesus Christ! Visit the website: Contact: 07816 790016 www.whatgoodnews.org Wednesday, 31st May Handicraft Club (1.45pm-3.00pm) Contact: Joan (01702) 523751 Finding and Wednesday, 31st May Irish Dancing (4.00pm-7.00pm) Broadcasting Contact: Cecily 07737 226545 the best Catholic Wednesday, 31st May Martial Arts Course Musical Talent (8.00pm-9.00pm) Are you a Catholic singer www.essex-martialarts.co.uk or musician? Or part of a choir Thursday, 1st June Tai Chi (1.00pm-3.00pm) or band? Do you know anyone (7.30pm-9.30pm) who is? Do you have your Contact: 07816 790016 work recorded? If so, Heaven’s Road Catholic Radio would Friday, 2nd June Freestyle Drama (4.45pm-6.45pm) love to broadcast your music Contact: Jake 07888 822733 as it could be featured in Saturday, 3rd June PRIVATE HIRE (6.30pm-10.30pm) their ‘Album of the Week’ spot and played in their Sunday, 4th June Coffee Morning (11.15am) music mix. The station is really keen to showcase Catholic talent, so please facebook.com/StPeterEastwood get in touch about yourself or your group. E-mail: twitter.com/StPeterEastwood [email protected] New Hall School ASCENSION Staff Vacancies OF THE LORD n School Marshall Closing date for applications: LIVING Midday, Monday, 5th June 2017. Interview date: Monday 12 June 2017. n Aquatics & Senior Sports Facilities Assistant Closing date: Midday, Tuesday, 6th June 2017. PASS Interview date: Thursday 13 June 2017. IT ON! n Security Guard Closing date for applications: Midday, 8th June 2017. Interview date: 15th June 2017. Bill was a barber but wasn’t one of the brightest or most For further details and an tactful people around. But he always took the priest’s sermon application form please visit: to heart. One was about the need for every Christian to www.newhallschool.co.uk/ witness to their faith in Jesus, at home, on the street and job-opportunities or at work. So Bill decided to take the plunge. After he had alternatively, please contact lathered up a customer for a shave, he stood with the cut- the HR Department on throat razor and said, “Are you ready to meet your maker?” (01245) 467588. The man fled with his face covered in shaving soap! It’s amazing the number of people who think that Missio Red Boxes passing on the good news (“evangelising” as it’s called) There are a number of Missio is something that is for the professionals, for those who Red Boxes awaiting homes. have trained for many years or those who hold prestigious Please take one from the degrees. Yet today in the Ascension gospel Jesus commands porch and leave your name, all of his followers to go out and meet people, to teach address and telephone them, making them disciples and baptising them. number at the repository. This command of Jesus is sometimes called the Great If you are a tax payer please Commission. It’s the most fundamental aspect of Christian life, state whether you wish to witnessing to what we believe. If we stop witnessing Gift Aid your contribution. then clearly we will die out. If there was no one who first introduced us to Christ, or introduced our parents and Nazareth House grandparents, then we would not be Christians ourselves. Do you have some spare time? Then why Many of us feel uncomfortable about certain types of not volunteer at witnessing to Christ. Groups of hymn-singing Christians in the Nazareth House? middle of the market on Saturday morning can do as much The Sisters are looking for damage as good. Yet we each have a duty as Christians to people to enhance the life bring the good news to those around us. How do we do it? of the residents, by sitting The most basic way is by example. People notice. They with them, assisting at notice the way we do or don’t talk about others, the way we meal times, bringing the are prepared to volunteer our time to help others, the way resident out for a walk/ we treat others on our street or at work. And if they know that shopping etc. You can help we do this out of our belief in God and our faith in Christ then for as little or as long as this attracts others. They may then get to the point of asking you can and if you are there us about our faith, why we bother to go to church, why we during meal time then believe what we do believe. It’s then that we have another you will be provided with opportunity to tell people the good news. If there are things a hot meal. If you would that we can’t explain we can always offer to put them in touch like to help, please contact with people who can. And just in case we think that we can’t Sister Brigid on (01702) cope alone, Jesus tells us today that as we undertake this 345627 or e-mail: superior. spreading of this good news he will always be at our side. [email protected] ROTAS holic Church

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CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES I am with ANNIVERSARIES CLEANERS you always, n 2nd June Nora O’Keefe Tony Muller Mrs. Harris Joan Milsom John Vincent until the n 9th June James Cole John Cullen Joseph Murray Sadie Mary Chalkley end of time. Mrs. Batley Mona Lawton Michael McGlone Kathleen Cushion George Heard (Matthew SUNDAY COFFEE Paul Aldridge Joseph Joyce n 28th May Rosina Kohle Caroline Kudla 28:20) Sharon & Sally n 4th June WORD Matthew Stewart

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KEY: l Mass at St. Peter’s m Mass at St. Margaret’s, Rayleigh Road SUNDAY 28 TUESDAY 30 FRIDAY 2 THE ASCENSION OF THE VISITATION OF THE FERIA THE LORD (HOLYDAY BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 9.10 Morning Prayer OF OBLIGATION) NO SERVICES 9.30 l Special Intention 8.30 l Carlo Apicella RIP 15.30 m St. Margaret’s Mass 10.15 l James Martin RIP WEDNESDAY 31 18.00 l People of the Parish DEDICATION OF THE SATURDAY 3 & Peter Abbey RIP CATHEDRAL CHURCH ST CHARLES LWANGA & COMPS OF ST MARY & ST HELEN, 9.10 Morning Prayer BRENTWOOD 9.30 l Julio Isidro RIP MONDAY 29 FERIA 9.10 Morning Prayer 10.00 Holy Hour & Confessions 9.30 Liturgy of the Word 9.30 l Rita Kilcar & Holy Communion SUNDAY 4 THURSDAY 1 PENTECOST SUNDAY (DAY OF ST JUSTIN PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH) l 9.10 Morning Prayer 8.30 People of the Parish 9.30 l Vincent Halloran RIP and Intentions of Angela Sangster & Family 10.15 l Kevin Kelly RIP The Blessed Sacrament Lamp Intention 18.00 l Andrzej Marian In loving memory of May Carroll (28/5-3/6) Sasiadek RIP