Admission is free and you are invited to bring a packed lunch. Please book your place by email to [email protected] or by phone 01708 449914. CATHEDRAL OF ST MARY AND ST HELEN HOLY CROSS AND ALL SAINTS WALSINGHAM HOUSE AT ABBOTSWICK – COME AND SEE! The refurbished House is now open, and we love receiving visitors to enjoy the Father Martin Boland Father Patrick Daly grounds and chapel. You will find pictures and information at www.bcys.net/WHabbotswick. The date of the “official opening” is Saturday 1st Email: [email protected] September, when you are very welcome to Midday Mass with Bishop Alan, and Website: www.cathedral-brentwood.org then to stay for the afternoon, enjoying the beautiful grounds. Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrentwoodCathedral/ WALSINGHAM HOUSE AT ABBOTSWICK – support our fundraising. Over Twitter: cathedralb £320,000 has been raised, including £90,000 from parish collections and Clergy House: 01277 265235 parishioners’ donations. Thank you. There is £200,000 left to raise – if 500 people each donated £400, our refurbishment debt would be cleared. Could you Deacon Paul: 01277 810321 Deacon Quentin: 01277 200925 do that? Every penny is being invested in our young people, and in Abbotswick as a house open to all. Contact [email protected], call 01277 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (B) 373959, look at www.bcys.net/WHabbotswick/donations to make an online donation or post cheques to Walsingham House at Abbotswick, Navestock Side, Sunday 8th April 2018 near Brentwood, Essex CM14 5SH. Thank you for your support. VACANCY St. Helen’s Catholic Infant School. Applications are invited for the post of full-time Caretaker. For any further information please contact the school office after the Easter holidays from Monday 16th April by email at [email protected] or call 01277 215626. VACANCY Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School, Rayleigh. The Governing Body is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated KS1/2 Class Teacher to start in September 2018. This post would suit either an experienced teacher or an NQT. Please contact Mr Parascandolo via the school office 01268 785741. Application forms and further information are available on the school website www.olorcps.net. Closing date: 26th April, (4 pm). VACANCY New Hall School are seeking an enthusiastic individual to teach in Pre-Prep Division (EYFS & KS1). Competitive salary on the New Hall Pay Scale, excellent benefits and training, staff fee remission, superb working environment, London Stratford 20 minutes by train, complimentary lunch and refreshments. Closing Date: Midday, Friday 20 April SACRED HEART OF MARY GIRLS' SCHOOL ALUMNI wish to warmly invite you to a Reunion to be held at the school on Saturday 7th July between 2.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. Come back, meet up with some old friends and teaching staff and have a look around the school to spark fond memories! Please follow the link to our school website https://sacredheartofmary.net/about/alumni/ where you will be able to complete a simple form to ensure we have your contact details on record. Please ensure that you are aware of the position of The Brentwood Diocesan Trust – Registered Charity No. 234092 all the emergency FIRE EXIT doors in the Cathedral CHORAL VESPERS will recommence on Wednesday 19th April; everyone is CATHEDRAL PARISH NEWS welcome to join us. Parish Office Hours: 8.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. Monday to Thursday KNIGHTS OF ST. COLUMBA CHARITY FUNDRAISING EVENING on THANK YOU to the parish for your kindness and generosity to Fr Martin, Fr Saturday 21st April 7.00 for 7.30 p.m. with the theme of the History of Rock and Patrick, Deacons Paul and Quentin over the Easter period. They are blessed to Roll, including participation in songs and dance of the era. Tickets are £17.50 serve such a wonderful parish. May the Risen Lord bless you, your families and including hot and cold buffet. Contact Paul Redfearn on 07779 966989 or Peter your friends for your generosity. Thank you also for the collection taken on Ayer on 07983 594534 for tickets. Good Friday for Holy Places: £596.34 of which £51.00 was Gift Aided. Thank you for your continued generosity. 5p SUNDAY on July 1st. Now is the time for all of us to get hold of an empty jam jar and start collecting up those fiddly 5p pieces! All money raised goes to PLEASE PRAY for the repose of the soul of Steven Thorogood died recently; help our four World Youth Day ambassadors get to Panama and Costa Rica and Steven’s Funeral Service will be celebrated in the Cathedral on Thursday 19th towards the parish. April at 11.30 a.m. May he rest in peace and rise in glory. Important Date for your Diary COFFEE after 9.30 a.m. Mass this week will be hosted by the First Holy Communion Group; next week will be the turn of the Children’s Liturgy Group. Please remember to put in your diary Simon Conrad’s ordination which Why not join us for a cuppa and a chat? will be celebrated in the Cathedral on Saturday 16th June; everyone is very welcome to attend and will be most welcome. Further details will FOOD BANK COLLECTION: The parish will be holding its annual Lent follow in due course collection for the Food Bank next weekend. Please leave donations in the narthex on Sunday (15th) and at the back of Holy Cross Saturday (14th) CATHEDRAL CAR PARK: With the closing of the Council Car Park and the only. Thank you for your continued support, it really does make a difference to number of services at the Cathedral that attract very large numbers, if you the families that find themselves in need of this invaluable service. decide to park here when attending Mass, please do so only in marked bays and be considerate to others when parking. There have been occasions recently FIRST HOLY COMMUNION homework will recommence next weekend 14/15 when careless parking could have prevented safe evacuation from the site in an April, the weekend before the new school term starts. emergency or could easily have caused a serious accident. If the car park is full please park in one of the surrounding public car parks: (i) Sainsbury’s, William WE ARE APPEALING FOR THE FOLLOWING to sell at the Vintage Tea on Hunter Way or (ii) Coptfold Road/Crown Street car park; both are five minutes Sunday 20th May: Jam, Marmalade, Chutney, Garden Plants, Chilli Plants, and from the Cathedral. More details of these are now available on the Cathedral home-made Cakes and Bread. Please leave non-perishable items in the basket website http://www.cathedral-brentwood.org/blog-2/parking-2017/ Better still, in the narthex and cakes and bread Saturday 19th May or on the day. if possible, leave your car at home, enjoy some exercise and a have a stress Alternatively we can collect from you if you need us to. We are also looking for free day. donations of small teapots to use on the day. Any queries please contact Patricia Whiteley on [email protected]. NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19, 1 John 2:1-5 and Luke 24:35-48. GIFT AID ENVELOPES There are still a large number of unclaimed boxes of Gift Aid envelopes in the Cathedral Narthex. If you signed up for Gift Aid and to PLEASE NOTE that the deadline for any newsletter articles is now midday on a use envelopes, PLEASE pick up your boxes. If you do not use these envelopes, Tuesday as printing generally takes place on Wednesday. we cannot claim the Gift Aid back on your offering. Thank you. CATHEDRAL PARISH HALLS and ST PETER’S HALL BOOKINGS: Please MOTHERS PRAYERS are held fortnightly; the next meeting will be next email Dawn Cockerton at [email protected] or phone her on 07756 Wednesday 11th April at 10.00 a.m. in Clergy House. All are very welcome to 765567. come along and join us. REFERENCES FOR WORK AND OTHER POSITIONS: Fr Martin has many UPPER ROOM PRAYER GROUP The Upper Room Prayer Group will next meet requests for references which he is happy to write for people that he knows. this Thursday 12th April in the Upper Room of the Cathedral from 8.00 – 9.15 However, it is not helpful to mention to him in passing that you have given his p.m. A time of prayer, praise, reflection and intercession. For details, Chris name as a referee or for him to receive unexpected reference requests. 07974 702771 or Gabrielle 07817 515207 or email: [email protected]. Therefore, before you give his name as a referee, please make an appointment to meet with Fr Martin to discuss the position you are applying for. ESSEX RECUSANT SOCIETY (Brentwood Diocesan Historical Society): the next meeting will be at 2.30 p.m. next Saturday 14th April at The Grange, 93 THE PROTECTION OF OUR CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS is a Queens Road, Brentwood CM14 4EY. Father Fergus Kelly C.M. (Chaplain to the priority for our parish community. We also have a duty of care and protection Marillac Hospital, Warley) will speak on ‘The Gordon Riots, London, 1780.’ All for all those who work with or are involved with our children and vulnerable are most welcome to attend, including non-members of the Society. adults in any way. It is important that as a community we maintain the highest standards and vigilance in this area.