We are inevitably approaching the possibility of a second wave of the pandemic. Many of us will naturally be worried and anxious for our wellbeing and for our loved ones. As Catholic Christians we must have the hope and trust in God’s loving protection for us from the harm and danger of being infected with this dreadful virus.

I encourage you to fervently pray for the development of a safe and effective vaccine and also that the people of our society will act responsibly and behave unselfishly for the good of everyone by adhering to Government’s guidelines and restrictions.

Below is a prayer that I share with you as we continue to journey in these unprecedented times.

Dear Lord, During this trial

I offer up to you my confusion, give me clarity.

I offer up to you my despair, give me hope.

I offer up to you my weakness, give me strength.

I offer up to you my pettiness, give me generosity of spirit.

I offer up to you all my negative thoughts from Satan,

so that when he asks “where is your God now?”

I may respond, “Right here with me, giving me His grace as a Heavenly beam of light penetrating your darkness!”

AMEN

May the Lord grant you peace and everything good as we live our lives to take care and support one another.

Fr. Anthony

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TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
SUNDAY, 17th OCTOBER 2020
Give the Lord glory and power.
God alone is king and to him we
must give the homage of
our love and obedience.
All temporal power is subordinate
to God’s rule over the universe.
We must get our priorities
right - God first; all others only

in relation to Him.

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Latest COVID 19 Advice

Please click on the green to go to our COVID 19 news page

Please look for this poster in church

MHSQR

NHS QR USER GUIDE

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Congratulations to Joan and Dave West who recently celebrated their 50th (Golden) Wedding Anniversary

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Please pray for the sick

Brian S	Lydia L	Christine V	Philip K
Jeannie B	Kieron W	Fr Jean L M	Michael Q
Carmel W	Jan H	Noreen W	Marian B
John B	Mike H	James W	Alan H
Albert	Barbara S-L	Marie I	Doreen W
Irene M	Annie S	Dominic B	Miriam A

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Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of the following:

Cyril McKinney	Shirley Judge	Ron Waters	Phyllis Fill
Annie Wiltshire	Denis Igiewe	Milagros Holub	Rosario Gaye
Diana Sparkes	Betty Ward	Mary Bennett	Margaret Kennedy
James Griffin	Frank Elliott	Dennis O’Brien	Molly Nunn
Gwen Perkins	Pat Simmonds	John Avery	Andrew Yong
Pat McDonald	Pat Fitzpatrick	Mary Kavanagh	Angela O’Reilly

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Anniversaries

John Power 15th 1984, Christopher Reynolds 16th 2016, John McNicholas 17th 1969, Edward French 17th 1985, James O’Brien 17th 2009, Yvonne Reynolds 17th 2016.Mary Ratajezak 18th 1991, Edward Wright 18th 1996, John Crawley 18th 1999, Ann Jasper 18th 2005, Anthony Spooner 19th 1985, Kathleen Cecil 20th 1994, Margaret Morrissey 20th 1989, Lawrence French 21st 1981, Philip Smith 21st 1990, Adrian Keeling 21st 2017, Mrs Coughlan 22nd 1973, Irene McGowan 23rd 1989.

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Mass Ints. and Anniversaries for the coming week:

9.15am Thursday 15^th October - Ints. Canon Brian O’Shea

9.15am Friday 16^th October - Ints. Iris Shepherd

11.00am Sunday 18^th October - Ints. George Cluer

11.00am Sunday 18th October - Ints. George Clue

9.15am Tuesday 20th October - Ints. Sr. Monica

11.00am Wednesday 21st October - Requiem Mass Angela O’Reilly RIP

11.00am Sunday 25th October - Margaret Sadler RIP

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Mass Intentions for October

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URGENT MESSAGE FOR PARENTS

SCHOOL FORMS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ONLY

Fr. Anthony will be available to sign school Certificate of Catholic Practice forms from 21st September until the following dates :-

Stanford-le-Hope- Every Monday and Tuesday 10.00 – 10.30 a.m. until 27th October

If parents in Stanford-le-Hope are unable to attend this time slot please go to Tilbury on Thursday and Friday evening.

Tilbury - Every Thursday and Friday 7.30 – 8.00 p.m. until 23rd October

Fr. Anthony will not be signing school forms after Sunday Masses.

PLEASE NOTE Forms for Primary School will not be signed until a later date.

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Regular Offertory

NEW!!!!

Please go to our new pages Donations and Gift Aid to find out more and the

on line Gift Aid page to join our Gift Aid scheme

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A Personal Message from Father Antony

While Mass is still being celebrated every Sunday at 11.00am and on Monday and Tuesday’s at 09.15am I do appreciate that you may find it difficult or unsettling to attend a gathering at Mass at the moment. Please be assured that, when we meet as a parish, all of you are remembered in our prayers.

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continuing generosity in these strange and difficult times, without which we could neither maintain our parish life and parish family with the worship of Christ in the way we do now. I am very aware of the straightened times in which we live, and I marvel at the kindness of all of you who continue to help me in the vital work of upkeeping our parish.

As, with yourselves, the bills for the parish do keep arriving!

These bills are normally met by your generosity of your donations to the weekly offerings.

You will understand that, in these strange times, the offertory collections are much reduced.

While you may not feel able at the moment to attend Mass I am asking that you consider how you could continue to support the parish financially for the good of the future of the parish.

Opportunities for giving can be found in the ‘Offerings / Gift Aid tab of the website.

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link to Job Opportunities Page

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Link to Victim Support information Link

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SPUC News 2020 Link

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Father Brian O'Sheas Retirement page

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Virtual Open Evenings

BRENTWOOD URSULINE CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL Link