WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
Weekday Masses this week are celebrated at 9:30am Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
CRIB OFFERINGS (BCCS) COLLECTION ON 2nd FEBRUARY, 2025
There will be a collection after all the masses.
PEACE DISPLAY
Please take a moment to have a look at the peace display in the foyer of the church, next to the library. It has been brilliantly created by school children from the Our Lady of Fatima Trust, including from our own St. John Fisher. It uses a number of different media and materials. We thank and congratulate our children add our prayers to theirs for peace.
REPOSITORY
The New Sunday Missals ( The order of the mass for Sundays) are now on sale for £20 from the Repository at the back of the church.
COFFEE & CAKE SALE- 9th FEBRUARY, 2025
‘7th Epping Forest Beavers, Cubs & Scouts will be hosting a tea, coffee & cake sale in the church hall after both morning masses on Sunday 9th February. Please do come along and enjoy some delicious homemade cakes and support our forthcoming international camp to Belgium in July 2025!
We are also collecting unwanted Euros – if you have a handful of change leftover from holidays then we would welcome the donation!’
“CANON JOHN HARVEY’S 70th BIRTHDAY”
Saturday 15th February 2025
Fr. John will celebrate the Vigil Mass at 6.30pm at Brentwood Cathedral. Followed immediately by a Birthday Reception in the Parish Hall. You will all be most welcome to attend.
God Bless,
Fr. John xx
PARISH PRO LIFE GROUP MEETING
The next meeting takes place in the upper room (The Retreat) of the Parish Centre on Monday 3rd February 7.15- 8.45pm. Please keep this date in your diary.
Any questions please ring Paul 07861032174.
JUBILEE YEAR
The Holy Father has decided that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee, something which happens every 25 years. In the Catholic Church, the concept of Jubilee or ‘Holy Year’ was used to declare special years for forgiveness and reconciliation.
The theme for 2025 is ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, and it will be a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and a climate crisis.
The Jubilee of Hope will begin in December 2024 with Pope Francis opening the ‘holy door’ in St. Peter’s Basilica, offering the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics the possibility of obtaining a plenary indulgence and a year of special graces. The Jubilee of Hope will end on the feast of the Epiphany in 2026.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has produced a number of Jubilee resources for parishes: Living the Jubilee in our churches – Catholic Bishops’ Conference
For more on the Jubilee go to: Unpacking the Jubilee – Catholic Bishops’ Conference
For more information on the Vatican’s Jubilee Year go to: www.giubileo-2025.it/en
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 2025:
Join Bishop Alan in Lourdes from Friday 18 to Friday 25 July. We can support those with medical needs. For further information, please ‘phone Tangney Tours on 01732 886 666 or book online: Brentwood Lourdes Pilgrimage – Tangney Tours
Of course, you may wish to make your own travel and hotel arrangements for your parish. You are most welcome to do this and still participate fully in the program of the diocesan pilgrimage. If so, please tell me and I shall make sure you are able to join as much of the diocesan program as you would like.
Fr Paul Keane
Director of the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
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, Remy, Geraldine Taylor, James Wright, Pamela Gibson, Geraldine Stains, Linda Moriarty, Victoria Leahy, Jean Collins, Barbara Searl, Amelia Burns,
Lyn Povey, Mason Family and all our loved ones who are unwell.