St. Edmund of Canterbury & St. Thomas More
Parish Newsletter
January 2024
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Priest: Fr Adrian Lowe
Parish Phone: 0208 508 3492/ E-mail: loughton@brcdt.org
The Brentwood Diocesan Trust Registered Charity No. 234092
PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK
Edgar Azzopardi, Margaret Baldwin, Evelyn Bearne, Karl Britz, Brenda Bryant,
Jane Downs, Bernadette Hall, Ann Hawkes, Claire Howes, Les Langan, Angela Long, Lilian Mothersole, John McKernan, Rosemary O’Rourke, Remy, Geraldine Taylor, James Wright, Pamela Gibson, Martha D’Souza, Peggy Howes, Geraldine Stains, Linda Moriarty, Andrew Godsave and all our loved ones who are unwell.
SPECIAL COLLECTION 28th JANUARY, 2024:
There will be a special collection after the masses on 27th & 28th January for Racial Justice.
MISSIO COLLECTION: Catherine Daly, our Missio parish organiser, has totaled up our Missio fundraising for 2023, from coffee mornings and the “little red boxes”, and found that we raised the wonderful sum of £1,270. Catherine would like to thank everyone for their terrific support and she invites parishioners to take a copy of the latest Missio booklet from the back of the church.
ALTAR SOCIETY:
We need new members to join our Altar Society Group. Please if you can assist contact Sharon 07854919207 or shazzafitzm@aol.com
CONFIRMATION PROGRAMME:
The Confirmation Programme will be starting soon. If there are any young people, aged 14 or over who feel ready to take this important step in their relationship with Jesus who haven’t registered yet, then please contact the parish office for a form.
BAPTISMS: If there are parents wishing to have their children baptised at St. Edmund’s please could you kindly contact your parish priest Fr Adrian Lowe as soon as possible. For first time parents there is a Baptismal Programme run by Mrs Sharon Chalk. Baptisms take place on Saturdays at 12.30pm
PARISH NEW CAFOD ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CRISIS APPEAL: Donate to CAFOD’s Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal at cafod.org.uk/ipc or call 0303 303 3030 to support those affected and get funds to local trusted experts in Gaza and southern Israel who have been working with communities helping those most in need.
NEWSLETTER: If you would like to receive the Parish Newsletter via E-mail each week, please contact Iain McLay bloggeriain@gmail.com this gives an extended version of the weekly bulletin. The Parish Newsletter can also be obtained and downloaded from the Parish website. They are always published on a Saturday Morning.
HELP SUPPORT THE EPPING FOREST FOODBANK:
The Foodbank is reaching out to the local community for any help they can give, so if you are able to support them, please drop an item or two into our plastic collection boxes (in Father Adrian’s garage), we will then do the rest and deliver it to the Foodbank.
Thank you everyone for your support.
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.
YEAR 12 Retreat ‘Life to the full’: Walsingham House are running a retreat for students in Yr12 on the weekend of the 16th-18th February. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet other young people from across the diocese, to make new friends and to take time out from their busy lives to reflect and pray. The cost of the retreat is £35. For more information and to apply please see the website https://bcys.net/events/yr12retreat/
NOTE: VACANCIES ARE LISTED ON THE NOTICE BOARD AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH
St Peters Primary School, Goresbrook Road, Dagenham: Is seeking to appoint a School Office Administrator asap. Hours 8am to 4pm, term-time only plus one week. Closing date 29 January 2024. Please call school office for more information tel.0208 270 6524, email:- office@st-peter.bardaglea.org.uk.
CALLING ALL EX-ST EDWARD’S PUPILS FROM UPTON PARK: On 5th February 1973, Bobby Moore, Captain of England and West Ham United, had this photograph taken with 99 pupils of St Edward’s Roman Catholic Primary School. The photograph was a memento of the incredible achievement by Bobby Moore in playing 100 games for England. This iconic image was taken in the playground of St Edward’s, just yards from West Ham’s stadium and shows Bobby Moore and the children, arms folded, each of them wearing an England cap.
If you were one of the children in the photograph on that historic day, 51 years ago, we would love to hear from you, as we would be delighted to find out about your memories from that wonderful day.
Please contact Paul Underwood, Head Teacher, St Edward’s, at
MASS INTENTIONS – FROM 20th January 2024
| Vigil Mass for SundayConfessions 5:30-6:00pm or by appointment | ||||
| Sat 20thJanuary | 6:00pm | Mr Paul McCarthy RIP ( Anthony Family) | ||
| Sun 21stJanuary | 9:00am | People of the Parish | ||
| Sun 21st January | 11:00am | Dennis Randall RIP ( Maria Randall) | ||
| Mon 22ndJanuary | 9:30am | All the Parishoners INTS (Pat Ata)Thank you for masses & prayers for Erol Ata | ||
| Tues 23rdJanuary | FUNERAL MASS @ 12:15pmPATRICK FENN RIP | |||
| Wed 24th January | 9:30am | Patrick Grant RIP Anniv (Susan Tipp) | ||
| Thurs 25th January | 9:30am | The Epsom Family | ||
| Fri 26th January | 9:30am | Regina Baratinda & Family INTS ( L Weight) | ||
| Sat 27th Jan Sun 28thJanSun 28thJan | 6:00pm 9:00am 11:00am | People of the Parish Pat Keating RIP ( John Connolly) Beryl Goodwin RIP ( Ann Cocklin) | ||