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ANNIVERSARIES
Please remember the following whose
Anniversaries occur in February :
FrankAxson,WilliamBliss,Ada
Braithwaite,John Breen,Kathleen Burke
StellaByrne,Archie Carmichael,Catherin
eCollins,Michael Cox,Mrs. L. DeViell
Bonita Dodd,Simon Dodd,Kathleen Do
wling,AnneDowney,Anthony Drozdzicki
,BernardFeeney,John Gillies,Samantha
G l o v e r, F r a n k G l y d e K a t h l e e n
Gooding,Malcolm Goodwin,Susan Hick
ey,RonaldHorsteadMaeve Knights,Alice
Elizabeth MacKereth,John Maguire,
MaryMichellElizabeth
Murray,Heather
Notarianni,Donny O’Rourke,DenisO’Sulli
vanLeslie Paterson,Harry Pither,Florence
Porter,Jillian Saunders,Katy SmithWalter
Watson,Mary Kathleen Tinson,Keith
John Dixey,Maureen Baker
MASS RESPONSES
Responsorial Psalm : O that today you
would listen to his voice! Harden not
your hearts.
Gospel Acclamation : Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you,Father, Lord of heaven
and earth, for revealing the mysteries of
the kingdom to mere children.Alleluia!
LOW GLUTEN HOSTS
Anyone needing low gluten host, please
notify sidespeople when arriving in
church & this can be arranged.
MEDITATIVE ROSARY
The Rosary Group meets every Tuesday
at 8pm in St. George’s. All welcome.
Parish Priest: Fr. Graham Smith
96 Ness Road, Shoeburyness, SS3 9DH
Telephone: 01702 292726
Website: www.saintgeorgeschurch.co.uk
Gift Aid - Jim Filmer - Tel: 585839
Suggestions Email: [email protected]
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
Those who receive Holy Communion
at home: - Eileen Sweet, Betty & Roy
Wallen, Jo Williams, Phyllis Green, Eileen
Barber, Kitty Grange, Doreen Brown,
Tom Costello, Eileen Glyde, Margaret
Harrington, Roland de Cruz, Carmel
Collis, Christine Leaver, Patrick Casey,
Patricia Connoly, Neil O’Boyle, Kathleen
Constable, Patricia Priggs, James Wate,
Dolly Poskitt. Maria Vasili
Other friends and family in our
prayers:- Jane Barker, Robert Walliker,
Sonia Curtis, Joyce Brown, Julie Stubbs,
Mitchell Thorne, Karel O’Rourke, Colin
Bennett, Edith Kemp, Janet Bernard,
Eileen Malone, Margaret Button, Eileen
Wilson, Janet Slatford, Theo Kalogerides,
Michael O’Donovan, Norman Sach,
Maureen Woodcock, Gabriella Drewer,
Geraldine Knights, Maria Tullio, Rosie
Stubbs, Mark Whitton, Ernest Standing.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT
Adoration continues on Friday mornings, following the morning Mass.
Benediction will take place at 11.45am.
HOMELESS COLLECTION
In February we are collecting tinned
meat and tinned potatoes. Please leave
in the porch. Many thanks.
FUND RAISING 2015
We are starting to put together dates for
2015 in the Parish Calendar. If you would
like to book a date for fundraising in 2015
please email Tania in the parish office:
[email protected]
Parish Administrator: Tania Hadley
Office hours this week : Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.00am to
3.30pm Hall Bookings - 292726 in office
hours.
Email: [email protected]
The Brentwood Diocesan Trust Registered Charity Number 234092
The Catholic Parish of
St. George and the English Martyrs
Dear Friends
Saint Blaise and the blessing of throats
Saint Blaise’s feast day is this Tuesday, he is known for his protection of those with
throat troubles which apparently comes from a legend that a boy was brought to him
who had a fishbone stuck in his throat. The boy was about to die when Saint Blaise
healed him. Tradition tells us that he was born in to a rich and noble family who raised
him as a Christian. After becoming a bishop, a new persecution of Christians began. He
received a message from God to go into the hills to escape persecution. Men hunting
in the mountains discovered a cave surrounded by wild animals who were sick. Among
them Blaise walked unafraid, curing them of their illnesses. Recognizing Blaise as a
bishop, they captured him to take him back for trial. When Blaise was sentenced to
be starved to death, the woman, in gratitude, sneaked into the prison with food and
candles. Finally Blaise was killed by the governor.
Fr Graham
31st JANUARY – 8th FEBRUARY 2015
4th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (EDUCATION DAY)
Saturday 31st Vigil Mass
6.00pm Dianne & Charlotte & Terry RIP (Chris & Tom)
Sunday
1st 8.45am For all Parishioners
10.45am Elsie Winckworth RIP (Marcelle Wade)
Monday
2nd The Presentaion of The Lord (World day of prayer)
9.15am
Tuesday
3rd St Anne Line / St Blaise & the Blessing of throats
9.15am * Tony Cooper RIP (Monica McGrath)
4.00pm Reception of the body of Pat Hollingsworth
Wednesday 4th 12.00pm Requiem Mass for Pat Hollingsworth RIP
Pat Hollingsworth (P&B Corcoran)
Thursday 5th St Agatha
9.15am Clemente Mancino RIP (Margherita Mancino
Friday
6th St Paul MiKi and Companions
9.15am Father Foster Special Intentions
5th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Day of prayer for victms of trafficking and those who work to combat it)
Saturday
7th 6.00pm Les Dowie RIP (Eileen Jones)
Sunday
8th 8.45am For All Parishioners
10.45am John Gillies Senior RIP Anniversary
Please note: Morning Prayer will begin at 9am, followed by Mass at 9.15am on Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday this week (books are available in the porch).
CONFESSION : SATURDAY 5.15PM TO 5.45PM
*At St. Gregory’s, Thorpe Bay
The Georgian
Ernest is retiring!! Our occasional publication is need of a new editor ( and
helpers!) Please leave your details in the
office and someone will get back to you.
Many thanks Fr Graham.
OFFERTORY
The offertory last week came to £1023.59
excluding standing orders and Gift Aid.
Thankyou everyone for your support.
COFFEE MORNING
This weekend we are raising money for
FoSG. Next weekend we will be raising
money for Meningitus Trust
In Memoriam
Please pray for the repose of the soul of
PAT HOLLINGSWORTH
who passed away
recently
Requiem Mass will take place at
St. George’s
on 4TH
FEBRUARY AT 12pm
Requiescat in Pace
ECUMENICAL STUDY DAY ON
THE HOLY LAND
Departing 1st April with British Airways,
7 nights Half Board accommodation,
guide and transfers for £499. Or join
50,000 young people for the Medjugorje
Youth Festival departing 30th July.
Contact Jonathan on 02032892627
The next Ecumenical Study Day
organised by the Commission for
Evangelisation and Formation will
be entitled ‘Jerusalem: the Spiritual
Heart of the World: Recognition and
Responsibility for the Holy Land’. It will
be given by Della Shenton, who has
led bespoke, reflective pilgrimages to
Israel, Palestine and Jordan over the last
nine years. Della will explore the place
of Jerusalem in Jewish thought and in
our Christian faith, and consider how
we can move from faiths in conflict to
lasting peace. The Study Day will take
place on Saturday 7th March from 10.30
until 3 p.m. at Brentwood Cathedral Hall.
Please book your place by email to cef@
dioceseofbrentwood.org or by phoning
01277 265 289. There is no charge and
a light buffet lunch is provided.
WOMEN’S WORLD DAY of
PRAYER
Brentwood Catholic Children’s
Society
ST GEORGES CHURCH 300
CLUB
This is still running unchanged from
previous years and is totally unconnected
to the School. We need 300 numbers to
be bought to keep this club running and
at the moment we have only sold around
50. In order to keep this club running we
need more members. Please pick up a
form from the porch of either church.
Pilgrimage to Medjugorje this
Easter.
Friday March 6th at 2.00 p.m. St.
Gregory’s Church, The Broadway,
Thorpe Bay. The theme this year is “Jesus
said to them “Do you know what I have
done to you?”” and the service has been
prepared by the Christian Women of The
Bahamas.Our Parish will be hosting a
service at St. Gregory’s, Thorpe Bay.
Refreshments will be served at The
Methodist Church, Thorpe Bay, after the
Service.
is holding its annual Valentine’s Gala
Dinner at Stockbrook Golf and Country
Club, Billericay on Friday 13th February.
Tickets for this Black-Tie event are £50
per person to include a drinks reception,
3-course dinner and dancing. Places
are limited and we would recommend
you book early in order to secure your
tickets. Please contact Julie Abbott
on 01268 784544 / 07912277413 or
[email protected]
Blessing and anointing of the sick on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Februar y 11th
On this special feast of Our Lady of Lourdes I would like to invite all people who want to
receive the anointing of the sick in the parish to come to a special mass on Wednesday
11th February at 11:30. In the letter of St. James we read “Is any among you afflicted?
Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? Let him call
for the priests of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.” (James 5:13-15)
Through the sacraments of healing, the whole person is reconciled to God and the
Church. This is a repeatable sacrament. This sacrament takes place as the community
gathers in faith as the priest prays over and lays hands on those who are sick, because
the Church, like Christ, desires the health of the whole human person. It is for those
who are seriously ill, suffering from the difficulties of old age, or in danger of death. No
longer called extreme unction or “last rites”, it is intended to provide wholeness of body
and mind and soul and spirit, in the wider context of the pastoral care of the sick. What
better time than on this special feast of Our Lady of Lourdes through whom so many
people have benefited from her intercession to receive this healing sacrament.
A word about the new confession
time
Diocesan Celebration of Our Lady
of Lourdes.
Please join Bishop Alan and parishioners
from across the Diocese at Brentwood
Cathedral at 3.00pm on Sunday 15th
February, for Mass to celebrate one of
the Patrons of Brentwood Diocese, in
the week of the Feast of Our Lady of
Lourdes and World Day of Prayer for
the Sick. Many hundreds take part in
our Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
each year – Cathy O’Connor, the pilgrimage administrator, will be on hand
to answer any queries you have, and
the Brentwood Catholic Youth Service
will also be assisting, just as they do in
Lourdes. This special celebration will
include candles blessed in Lourdes, and
everyone is very welcome. There will be
refreshments after the Mass. For more
information about the annual Diocesan
Pilgrimage to Lourdes please visit www.
brentwoodlourdes.org or call Cathy on
01206 501146.
As you know confessions are now heard
before the Saturday evening mass
between 5:15pm-5:45pm (although I’m
normally in the confessional until just
before the start of mass). I would also
like to say that I am available to hear
confessions half hour before each mass
on Sunday at both St. George’s and
St.Gregory’s and so will be in the confessional at your convenience.
Seeking Silence for Lent?
For those wishing to take up the practice
of Silent prayer during Lent. SUNDAY
15TH FEB OUR LADY OF LOURDES
PARISH CENTRE 2.00-4.00PM The tradition of Silent prayer (Contemplative
Prayer; Christian meditation)The roots in
Monasticism in the Early Church Helpful
hints & support Led by members of the
Contemplative prayer Group Suggested
donation £3.00 To book contact Fran
McEvoy 01702 330178 or franmcevoy@
hotmail.com