St. Edmund of Canterbury & St. Thomas More
Parish Newsletter
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time- June 2024
Parish Priest: Fr Adrian Lowe
Parish Phone: 0208 508 3492/ E-mail: loughton@brcdt.org
9 Traps Hill Loughton, Essex IG10 1SZ
The Brentwood Diocesan Trust Registered Charity No. 234092
PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK
Margaret Baldwin, Evelyn Bearne, Karl Britz, Brenda Bryant, Bernadette Hall, Ann Hawkes, Claire Howes, Angela Long, Lilian Mothersole, John McKernan, Rosemary O’Rourke, Remy, Geraldine Taylor, James Wright, Pamela Gibson, Peggy Howes, Geraldine Stains, Linda Moriarty, Andrew Godsave, Victoria Leahy, Jean Collins, Barbara Searl and all our loved ones who are unwell.
REVEREND FRANK WESTCOTT’S ORDINATION:
Reverend Frank will be ordained to the Sacred Priesthood here at St. Edmunds on Saturday 22 June at 11:30am. After Mass there will be a buffet reception. All are welcome.
Reverend Frank will celebrate his first Mass at 11:00am on Sunday 23 June. Again, all are welcome.
Both of these Masses are a wonderful celebration for our parish and the diocese. Please keep Reverend Frank in your prayers as he makes his final preparations for ordination.
CHURCH CAR PARK – IMPORTANT
Please note, there will be no car parking available at the church Saturday and Sunday 21 and 22 June, 2024.
NOTE FOR OUR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP
We will next be singing and playing at the 11am Mass on Sunday, 7th July and holding a practice beforehand 7 to 8pm on Monday, 1st July.
Please make every effort to come to the practice as well as the Mass as we want to go through the psalm for the day and also look at music for the ‘Our Father’.
If any new singers or musicians in our Parish would like to consider joining us, you will be made very welcome – simply come along!
ORDINATION OFFERING: If you would like to make an offering online for the benefit of Rev Frank Westcott’s Ordination the details are as follow
Sort Code: 40-13-22
Account number 11019651
Account Name: Catholic Church Loughton St Edmund
Reference: “Frank Ord . 123”
SCOUTS: The Parent’s Committee for the 7th Epping Forest Scout Group invite you to a Bingo Fundraiser at St Edmund’s Hall on Saturday 29th June 2pm-4pm.
£5 for 8 Bingo cards, Tea and Coffee. Homemade cakes available for purchase. All monies raised will go to supporting exciting activities for our Scout Groups in 2024. Tickets will be available after all masses weekend 22/23 June or contact us at 7ef.parcom@gmail.com.
UPDATE ON OUR TWO CHOIRS’ SPONSORSHIP OF OUR VERY OWN BCCS BEAR!
As you know, our two choirs have adopted Ed the Ted and, during this year, like other groups throughout the Diocese, we’ll be collecting money from our singers to support the invaluable work of the Brentwood Catholic Chiildren’s Society during this their 40th anniversary year.
A couple of weeks ago, Fr. Adrian kindly allowed us to shake our collection boxes after each of the masses and we can bearely wait to tell you that you contributed close to £300 as well as several scanned donations! We delivered a cheque for what we’ve raised so far to BCCS and they are very grateful. As an example, this amount will pay for a number of counselling sessions for young people with emotional or other problems, so your contributions make a direct and valuable difference. Thank you from our two choirs and, of course, from Ed!
Later this year, Fr. Adrian has agreed that we can shake the boxes again after the weekend masses and meanwhile we’ll persuade our singers to keep the collection boxes topped up!
CONCERT FOR THE LOURDES ACROSS CHARITY
: There is a lovely summer concert of classical music on Saturday 29th June, 7.45pm, at St Thomas of Canterbury Church in Woodford. It features music like The Lark Ascending and Vivaldi choral works. Tickets are £15 available from St Thomas’s parish office 0208 504 1686.
FINANCE: Please note if you are writing a cheque to the parish for mass intentions, offertory etc. it should be made payable to:
“CATHOLIC CHURCH LOUGHTON ST EDMUND”
Our bank has informed us they may reject cheques if they have any other wording written.
TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL VACANCIES
1. Science Technician, 36 hours p/w, September 2024
2. SEN TA, 32 hours p/w, ASAP
3. School Counsellor, 14 hours per week, ASAP
4. Teacher of English, F/T or P/T
5. Teacher of Science, F/T
6. Teacher of Maths, F/T or P/T
Please visit the school’s website https://www.tchs.org.uk/about-us/employment/ for further job information.
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER: are seeking to recruit a KS2 teacher to join our small, supportive and friendly team from September 2024. Applications from Early Career Teachers are welcome.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. To arrange a visit please contact Mrs Marrion (Interim Headteacher) via the school office (01277-227282) or email us at admin@st-josephworker.essex.sch.uk
Closing date: 24th June 2024
Interview date: 27th June 2024
IN CASES OF EMERGENCY: If there is no answer from the parish phone and you are seeking a priest in an emergency, please call one of the local parishes, either in Epping – Tel 01992 572516, or the St. Thomas of Canterbury Friary at Woodford Green – Tel: 020 8504 1688.
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY IN THE CHURCH
Please follow instructions given by The Priest and/or Stewards.
For fires at the back of the church we will exit via the sacristy into
the hall or side exit.
For fires at the front of the church we will exit by front doors.
For fires in the middle of the church use the safest exit.
Fire extinguishers are to be used by competent trained persons only
MASS INTENTIONS -FROM 22nd June, 2024
Confessions 5:30-6:00pm on Saturday | ||||||
| Sat 22ndJune | 111:30am6:00pm | ORDINATION- REV. FRANK WESTCOTTPeople of the parish | ||||
| Sun 23rdJune | 9:00am | Shelia Tremble(Tremble Family) | ||||
| Sun 23rdJune | 11:00am | REV. FRANK WESTCOTTFirst Mass of Thanksgiving | ||||
| Mon 24thJune | 9:30am2pm | Pat & Margaret INTS (Veronica & Steve Short)FUNERAL EILEEN LEE – RIP | ||||
| Tues 25thJune | NO MASS | |||||
| Wed 26thJune | 9:30am | Andrew & Karen Burrowes INTS- 25th WeddingAnniversary ( The Burrowes Family) | ||||
| Thur 27thJune | 9:30am | Kazimierz Michalik RIP(Ewa Michalik) | ||||
| Fri 28thJune | 9:30am | Nicky- INTS( Marjorie Fairlamb) | ||||
| Sat 29thJune Sun 30thJune Sun 30th June | 6:00pm 9:00am 11:00am | Anand Agarwal( Anthony Family) People of the Parish Albertina Assumption D’Cruz ( Ruiz Family) | ||||