St. Edmund of Canterbury & St. Thomas More
Parish Newsletter
Feast of SS Peter & Paul- 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.
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!
ST JOHN FISHER SCHOOL PTA are holding their Summer Fair on Friday 5th July, 3.30-6.30pm, with bouncy castles, entertainment, food and games. You can book your tickets very easily here https://bit.ly/SJFSummerfair
PETER’S PENCE SECOND COLLECTION:
There will be a second collection for Peter’s Pence after masses this weekend.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE: Join Bishop Alan on the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes (Friday 19 – Friday 26 July). There are five remaining places on the pilgrimage. To book, please go online as soon as possible: Brentwood Lourdes – Lourdes – Tangney Tours (tangney-tours.com)
THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM FR FRANK WESTCOTT:
Dear Friends in Christ,
I truly have been overwhelmed by your love, kindness and generosity over these past few days…I am very blessed to belong to such a wonderful parish family. I cannot begin to imagine how much time, thought, and sheer hard work, went into preparing such a beautiful and spiritually uplifting occasion. It was a joy to celebrate with you all, and such a great sign of the Holy Spirit working amidst His people.
As I mentioned at Mass on Sunday, it has often been the thought of serving you at St Edmund’s that has inspired and indeed strengthened me on my vocational journey,
So ‘thank you’ again, for your kindness, your gifts, cards, and words of encouragement. To all who have supported me, in whatever way, whether it be through advice, guidance, prayers, or sharing a chat over a coffee….’thank you’.
With all God’s blessings
Love and Prayers,
Fr. Frank
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!
PRO-LIFE ISSUES:
As Catholics, we are called to uphold the value and dignity of human life from the moment of conception until natural death. We urge our MPs to reaffirm society’s commitment to the care of the weakest in our midst and not their termination. Please see the links below for information and help when considering this important issue in the forthcoming election.
- Find out who your Candidates are and their Party’s, General Part Manifestos here:
- Find your current MP’s voting record sanctity of Life issues here:
- Contacting your candidates’ on their views regarding Assisted Suicide and Abortion/here:
- https://www.spuc.org.uk/valueyourvote
- Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia- Party Manifestos by the Campaign Against Assisted Dying (CAAD) here:
A DAY WITH MARY: at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 13 July (9.45am to 5.00pm) further information is available at www.adaywithmary.org or http://www.eventcatholic.com/
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 29th June, 2024
Confessions 5:30-6:00pm on Saturday | |||||
| Sat 29thJune | 6 6:00pm | Anand Agarwal(Anthony Family) | |||
| Sun 30thJune | 9:00am | People of the Parish | |||
| Sun 30thJune | 11:00am | Albertina Assumption D’Cruz(Ruiz Family) | |||
| Mon 1stJuly | 9:30am | Patricia Wong INTS | |||
| Tues 2ndJuly | 9:30am | Evian Donaldson RIP( Denis & Geraldine) | |||
| Wed 3rd July | 9:30am12:15pm | Rebecca Marianayagam ( Paul)Funeral Service -Eileen Giblet RIP | |||
| Thur 4thJuly | NO MASS | ||||
| Fri 5thJuly | 9:30am | Frank Paganuzzi RIP | |||
| Sat 6thJune Sun 7thJune Sun 7thJune | 6:00pm 9:00am 11:00am | People of the Parish Martha De Souza( Mary & Eddie Pointer) Maureen Lang( The Poulter Family ) | |||