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21st Aug 2011

MASSTIMES AND INTENTIONS

ADORATION & PRAYERBEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

TUESDAYS 9.15am to10.15am & 10.45am to 11.15am

SATURDAY (20^th) 11 – 11.30 am & 5pm to 5.30 pm

MASS ATTENDANCE7^th August 2011 (previous week) Total522 (502): 6pm Mass 129 (122) 9am Mass 127(141), 11am Mass 174 (114),

5pm Mass 92 (125)

OFFERINGS THANKYOU so much for your generous Offerings of £1214.83 for our parish last weekend. There is a wall money box in ourChurch porch (under the CAFOD notice board) for more donations to theAfrican Famine Appeal. Thanks also for the £49.02 put inour CAFOD Box for our CAFOD Parish ProjectConnect2Rwanda.

CHURCHESTOGETHER IN BILLERICAY Copiesof the July newsletter are in the Church porch

THEASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 14.08.2011

Dearfriends,

Today’s feast of theAssumption of our Lady is a day of joy. God has won. Love has won. Ithas won life. Love has shown that it is stronger than death, that Godpossesses the true strength and that his strength is goodness andlove.

Mary was taken up bodyand soul into Heaven. It is no longer a very remote sphere unknown tous. We have a mother in Heaven. And the Mother of the Son of God isour Mother. He made her our Mother when he said to the disciple andto all of us: “Behold, your Mother!”

Mary is Queen of Heavenand earth. While she lived on this earth she could only be close to afew people. Being in God, who is close to us, actually, “within”all of us, Mary shares in this closeness of God. Being in God andwith God, she is close to each one of us, knows our hearts, can hearour prayers, can help us with her motherly kindness and has beengiven to us, as the Lord said, precisely as a “mother” to whom wecan turn at every moment.

Our Lady has beenexalted, and so we rejoice because we too will be exalted. We willjoin her in the praise of heaven. She waits for us with open arms.She prays for us as only a mother can. She so wants us to reach thejoys of heaven.

Remember, O mostloving Virgin Mary, that it is a thing unheard of, that anyone everhad recourse to your protection, implored your help, or sought yourintercession, was left forsaken. Filled therefore with confidence inyour goodness I fly to you, O Mother, Virgin of virgins. To you Icome, before you I stand, a sorrowful sinner. Despise not my poorwords, O Mother of the Word of God, but graciously hear and grant myprayer.

May God bless andprotect you all, and may Mary help you to find the path of her Sonevery day. Fr. Dariusz

WHAT’SON THIS WEEK

WE PRAY FOR OUR SICK ATHOME AND IN HOSPITAL:

Bridget Edwards, DorothyWheeler, Irene Yarrow, Mary de Souza, Peter Bion, Marie Wheeler,Barbara Flynn, Marie Liddall, Maura Stone, Maeve Walmsley, BernardRegan, Mavis Reed, Jacques Visser, Denzil Reeves, Elizabeth Smith,Isabel Jasinska, Delia Birch, Aileen Fleetwood, Pam De Keyser, EileenBeard, Ken Brook, Maureen Travers, Lily Warner, Regina Barnes, SarahStewart, Janice Bignall, Miriam Gregory, Ruth Gillespie, Jim& Diane Bowen, Dorothy Robertson, Ann Hurcombe, George &Julia Pritchard, Patricia Nicholson, Elsie Jackson, Maureen Phillips,Marlene Hawkins, Isabella Butler, Pauline Wallace, EileenMolloy, Julie Bouchel, Kirsti Dennett, Julie Halstead, Gertie Walsh,Jill Field, Debbie Dowds, Jean French, Mary Shane, Maureen Tall,Rhona Sullivan, Beryl Barclay, Mary Carr, Mary Keilthy, Kay McCabe,Margaret Sefton, Anne Cannon, Tony Wilkinson, Michael Glavin, MichaelPierce, Erroll Newman, Brian Mardle, John Nolan, Francis Monk, TommyCampbell, Nick Ramsey, Lyle Wheeler, Bryce Smith, Jamie Taylor.Clergy: Fr John King, Bishop Michael Rowland, Fr DavidPapworth, Mgr Chris Brooks, Fr Dick Ashton, Rev Warner Pidgeon.Children: Amy Gander, Savannah & Cayde Lewis, HelenSlattery, Mark Selwood, Daisy Locker, John Quilligan & Grace.

May the healingpower of the Holy Spirit come down upon them.

WE PRAY FOR OURDECEASED RELATIVES & PARISHIONERS:

ANNIVERSARIES:Allan McHugh, Louise Harper, Felicitas Lopez-Nunez, Tracy Harte,Charlotte Treter. Clergy: Canon Peter Prendergast, CanonVincent Hurley, Fr Stephen Keane. May they rest in peace and risein glory, and may the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, console theirbereaved families.

THE NEW TRANSLATION OFTHE MASS

From the 1^stSunday of September we will use the new revisedtranslation of the Mass. There are some very good and lovely Bookletsin the Mass, in bookstand in the Church porch. There is also a freebooklet and sample Mass sheet in the porch prepared by the Brentwoodpriests.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION &RECONCILIATION PREPARATION Application forms to enrol childrenwho will be in School Year 3 and above in September 2011 can becollected from the Repository Shop in the Church porch before orafter weekend Masses. The forms must be returned to the Parish Officeby this Monday, 15^th August.Application forms received after that date will be put on file forthe course, which starts in September 2012.

THEPAN-AFRICANANNUALMASS-2011willheldonSunday18thSeptemberat3pmatStGeorge’sCatholicChurch,132ShernhallStreet,Walthamstow.TheprincipalCelebrantwillbeBishopPaulHendricks(AuxiliaryBishopofSouthwarkArchdiocese).InattendancewillbethevariousAfricanChoirsfrom,Congo,Ghana,Uganda,Zambia,andZimbabwe,IvoryCoastandNigeria.AllareinvitedtojointheAfricanCommunitiestocelebratethisMass,followedbyaReceptionintheParishHall.Fordetails,contact:DeaconJosephBaffour-Awuahon020-85212359;email:africath@clara.co.uk

THE CHURCHES INBILLERICAY have agreed to a joint public reading of the whole ofthe King James translation of the Bible as part of its fourthcentenary celebrations this October. It is widely regarded by peopleof all Christian traditions and none as a great work of literatureand scholarship that has played a major part in shaping the Englishlanguage. The venue is St. Mary Magdalen Church, Billericay HighStreet. Our Church is providing readers for Thurs 20th October 5.30pm– 9pm and Fri 21st October 9am – 1pm. If you would be willing torepresent our Church by taking on a 15 or 30 minute slot in thismarathon reading relay, please contact Seán Owen 655693 for details.

BRENTWOODCATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETYlooking for individuals to represent their  parish and take partin ‘ Run for a Child’.  This is a 5K run on Wednesday 7^thSeptember  at 7pm, Westley  Heights Country Park, Basildon,with the support of Pitsea Running Club.  All runners MUSTpre-register for the event and  under 16’s will need to beaccompanied by an adult.  Do something amazing and help uscontinue our work supporting children and families in the Diocese –register today! Contact Julie on 01268 784544jabbott@childcareuk.org.

SOUTHEND GIRLS’CHOIR Charity Concert in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support onFriday 9^th September 8pm St Basil’s Church. Tickets £5or £4 for concessions from Sue 01268 493434 or Mary 01277 284825.

CHERNOBYL CHILDREN’SLIFELINE After the success of our last Quiz evening we areholding one on 24^th September, 7.30 at the Canon RocheCentre.  Tables of 8, but individuals can be added to make up atable.  Tickets £5; bring your own Drinks and Nibbles. Tickets from Kate Venables on 01277 650608.

Full BrentwoodUrsuline uniform for sale.  Perfect condition. For more information contact Tracy on 07708 928968.