Month: March 2026

HOLY WEEK  SERVICE TIMES

Monday 30th March 9:30am Morning Mass

Tuesday 31st March 9:30am Morning Mass

Tuesday 31st March 7:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Wednesday 1st April 9:00am Morning Mass

Wednesday 1st April 11:00am Chrism Mass at Brentwood Cathedral

Maundy Thursday 2nd April 8:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper with watching at                         the altar of repose for 1 hour

Good Friday 3rd April 12:15pm Children’s Stations of the Cross

Good Friday 3rd April 3:00pm Liturgy of the Passion of Our Lord

Please note that Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence.

Holy Saturday 4th April          12:00pm Świȩconka Polish Food Blessing

Holy Saturday 4th April 8:00pm Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday 5th April 9:00am Mass & 11:00am Mass

The Easter Triduum

During these three days we participate in the saving events of Christ’s death and resurrection. Please be generous in giving your time to Jesus and come to as many of the services of possible to celebrate what the Lord has done for us.

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Tuesday 31st March at 7:00pm 

Please note change of date Four priests will be available to hear Confessions on this evening including a Polish priest. You are invited to come and experience God’s forgiveness and healing in this beautiful sacrament.

Wednesday 1st April- There will be a group church clean at 10:00am after the morning mass. Please come and help if you are able. Thank you.  

Easter Offerings                   

Easter Offerings are a gift to your Parish Priest. For those who are taxpayers and may wish to Gift Aid their offering, envelopes are available at the entrance to the Church. If you normally 

Easter Offerings are a gift to your Parish Priest. For those who are taxpayers and may wish to Gift Aid their offering, envelopes are available at the entrance to the Church. If you normally give your Sunday offering by envelope please use the envelope in your box and for online offerings: 

Bank Details: HSBC 

Account Name: Catholic Church Loughton St Edmund  

Sort Code: 40-13-22

Account #  11019651

Reference:  “Easter Offering” along with your gift aid number (if you have one) Thank you 

Important note for our Contemporary Music Group    

We have switched our next 11am Mass to the Sunday after Easter (the 12th April) as the Parish choir will be covering the more formal Holy Week and Easter masses. We wont hold our usual Monday evening practice beforehand as it will be a Bank holiday, so please come to the Mass a little earlier as we’d like to quickly run through the psalm and hymns. Thank you and wishing you all a happy and blessed Easter!

St John Fisher

Our parish school, St John Fisher, is urgently in need of a Treasurer to support the PTA.

If this is something you feel able to help with, it would be greatly appreciated.

Please contact committeesjfpta@gmail.com or khoward1011@gmail.com for more information

Lenten Soup

Thank you to the parishioners who came along to the Lenten soup and thanks to the SVP for organising and making it work. Once the donations stopped coming in, the total donations from the parishioners came to over £400. Many thanks, the generosity of the parish is unsurpassed. 

Reminder BST Clocks go forward at 1:00am on the 28th of March 2026

Please Pray for those who are Sick: 

Evelyn Bearne, Robert 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, Lyn Povey, Mason Family, Ben Lewis, Adam Piotrowski, Bernard Hughes and all our loved ones who are unwell.

23rd March to 27th March Weekday Masses 

Monday 9:30am Mass

Tuesday 9:30am Mass

Wednesday      9:00am Mass The Annunciation of the Lord

Thursday No Mass

Friday                                                9:30am Mass

Wednesday 1st April- There will be a group church clean at 10:00am after the morning mass. Please come and help if you are able. Thank you.  

EASTER WEEK MASS TIMES

Monday 30th March 7:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Wednesday 1st April 11:00am Chrism Mass at Brentwood Cathedral

Maundy Thursday 2nd April 8:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Good Friday 3rd April 12:15pm Children’s Station’s of the Cross

Good Friday 3rd April 3:00pm Liturgy of the Passion of Our Lord

Holy Saturday 4th April     (Time to be confirmed) Świȩconka Polish Food Blessing 

Holy Saturday 4th April 8:00pm Easter Vigil 

Easter Sunday 5th April 9:00am Mass & 11:00am Mass 

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Monday 30th March at 7:00pm 

 A few priests will be available to hear Confessions on this evening. You are invited to come and experience God’s forgiveness and healing in this beautiful sacrament.

Raphael Pilgrimage to Lourdes

As well as the Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes in July, some parishioners of St Edmunds and St Thomas’s in Woodford, will be joining the Raphael Pilgrimage in August (21st-28th). Raphael is a small, friendly pilgrimage that was started by Leonard Cheshire in the 1950’s. https://www.raphaelpilgrimage.org.uk/  

It is inclusive and has a wonderful team of nurses and helpers (pushing wheelchairs) to provide assistance to pilgrims. It is made up of small groups and individuals from all over the UK, of all ages and fitness levels, able bodied and wheelchair users. We fly from Stansted and stay at a hotel very close to the Domain with fully accessible rooms and facilities. The pilgrimage has a wonderful spiritual director, Fr Leo Heakin, a great programme of activities and over the week the pilgrims become friends and companions. If you would like to learn more please speak/contact Iain McLay, bloggeriain@gmail.com, or private message him via the parish WhatsApp group.

Reminder BST Clocks go forward at 1:00am on the 28th March 2026

Notice from Parish Administrator

 Please could I kindly ask the Parishioners whose children’s Baptismal Certificates I currently have at the Parish office to come and collect them. Please see Fr Adrian after mass or collect  from the Parish office. Thank you very much. Lisa -Parish Administrator

40 Hours Devotion

40 hours of Continuous Eucharistic Adoration during Lent (night and day except during Mass) will take place on the weekend of 21-22 March at St John Vianney Catholic Church, 

1 Stoneleigh Road, Clayhall, Ilford IG5 0HE, starting with Mass of Exposition and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament at 7am on the Saturday and ending with Benediction at 11pm on the Sunday. All are very welcome to take part in this very special devotion. 

SVP and CAFOD Work Experience 

The St Vincent de Paul Society and CAFOD are working together to offer a week of free residential work experience for 20 young adults in England and Wales. The experience will run from 21st – 26th June in London. Candidates must be aged 18-25 years old, but priority will be given to those in their first or second year at university. Apply here Applications close on the 6th of April. For any queries, please contact KeziaH@svp.org.uk

Please keep our First Holy Communion candidates in our prayers as they prepare for the Sacrament of First Holy Communion in May 2026.

Please Pray for those who are Sick: 

Evelyn Bearne, Robert 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, Lyn Povey, Mason Family, Ben Lewis, Adam Piotrowski, Bernard Hughes and all our loved ones who are unwell.

16th March to 20th March Weekday Masses 

Monday 9:30am Mass

Tuesday 9:30am Mass-St Patrick’s Day

Wednesday      9:30am Mass

Thursday 9:30am Mass

Friday                                                9:30am Mass & 12:15pm Stations of the Cross

LENT -Stations of the Cross and Lenten Lunch Friday 20th March 12:15pm 

Stations of the Cross is followed by a Lenten soup lunch provided by our parish St. Vincent de Paul group. Come along to pray at 12:15pm in the church and then join us for soup and fellowship in the church hall. Please sign up for soup after the masses this weekend. 

All donations on the day will go to towards the work of our SVP.

Saturday 14th March 2026- First Holy Communion Candidates

10:00am & 11:00am –Sacrament of Reconciliation. Please keep these young candidates in our prayers as they prepare for the Sacrament of First Holy Communion in May 2026.

Lent Prayer Activity on Monday 16th March 2026 at 7:00pm-1 hour  

A Prayer Session led by John Fitzmaurice using the Ignatian Examen prayer and Ignatian meditation to explore our lives and how God is speaking to us. Please join us in the upstairs retreat room in the church hall on March 16th at 7:00pm for 1 hour.

Antoniazzi Amendment

The vote on the abortion to birth clause known as the Antoniazzi Amendment is scheduled for this Wednesday, 18 March in the House of Lords. There are twenty-three Church of England Bishops, known as the Lords Spiritual, who currently sit in the House of Lords. Please consider writing to them and asking them to vote against the passing of this bill. You can do this by following this link: https://righttolife.org.uk/y8z8  It takes less than a minute to do this. Thank you and God bless, Fr. Adrian

Notice from Parish Administrator

 Please could I kindly ask the Parishioners whose children’s Baptismal Certificates I currently have at the Parish office to come and collect them. Please see Fr Adrian after mass or collect  from the Parish office. Thank you very much. Lisa -Parish Administrator

Gift Aid Notice-Important

Please could we ask all Parishioners who currently use and receive the gift aid envelopes to kindly inform us if you would still like to continue to receive envelopes for the year ahead. We will be ordering the boxes very soon. Please email our Gift Aid Coordinator (Abbie) at the following: giftaid-loughton@brcdt.org or phone the Presbytery office 020850833492. Thank you.

40 Hours Devotion

40 hours of Continuous Eucharistic Adoration during Lent (night and day except during Mass) will take place on the weekend of 21-22 March at St John Vianney Catholic Church, 

1 Stoneleigh Road, Clayhall, Ilford IG5 0HE, starting with Mass of Exposition and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament at 7am on the Saturday and ending with Benediction at 11pm on the Sunday. All are very welcome to take part in this very special devotion. 

SVP and CAFOD Work Experience 

The St Vincent de Paul Society and CAFOD are working together to offer a week of free residential work experience for 20 young adults in England and Wales. The experience will run from 21st – 26th June in London. Candidates must be aged 18-25 years old, but priority will be given to those in their first or second year at university. Apply here Applications close on the 6th of April. For any queries, please contact KeziaH@svp.org.uk

Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage 

Would you like to join our Bishop and parishioners and clergy from around the diocese on our annual pilgrimage to Lourdes this Summer? The dates are Friday 17th – Friday 24th July 2026. Please visit https://tangney-tours.com/brentwood for further information and to book, or contact Deirdre Pembroke, lourdes@brcdt.org if you have any questions. Paper booking forms to follow.

Please Pray for those who are Sick: 

Evelyn Bearne, Robert 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, Lyn Povey, Mason Family, Ben Lewis, Adam Piotrowski, Bernard Hughes and all our loved ones who are unwell.

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 Phone: 01992 572516, or the St. Thomas of Canterbury Friary at Woodford Green Phone: 020 8504 1688.

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 are listed on the website, Back of the Church notice board, and in the outside display case

Job Vacancies

Trinity Catholic High School    

• Teacher of Geography, Full time, Permanent, ASAP or Easter 2026
• DT Technician, Part Time, Permanent, ASAP
• Vacancy – Exam Invigilator to start March/April

Seasonal £15.19 per hour  

Application form on https://www.tchs.org.uk/about-us/employment/

• SENDI Teaching Assistant, P/T, Permanent, March 2026
• Midday Supervisor – P/T, Fixed Term, March 2026

Primary Vacancies- Diocese of Brentwood

Click on vacancy to take you to the advert

Class Teacher – St Antony’s Catholic Primary School, Woodford Green
Deadline for applications: 12:00 noon Thursday 19th March 2026

Deputy Headteacher – Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School, Chelmsford
Deadline for applications: 12:00 noon Friday 20th March 2026

Deputy Headteacher – St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Tilbury
Deadline for application: 12:00 noon Friday 10th April 2026

9th March to 13th March Weekday Masses 

                                                          Monday 9:30am

                                                          Tuesday No Mass

                                                          Wednesday 9:00am

                                                          Thursday 9:30am

                                                          Friday 9:30am Mass & 7:30pm Stations of the Cross

Sunday 8th March 2026

10:00am First Holy Communion Classes 

3:00pm Divine Mercy Devotions in the Church. Join us in this beautiful prayer for 20 minutes     

LENT- Stations of the Cross at 7:30pm on 13th March 2026

Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday in Lent at a different time each week to give as many people as possible the opportunity to attend. Please think about coming to at least one of these, it is a chance to pray together with others this beautiful and ancient devotion.  

Walk with me Books- A journey of prayer for Lent 2026  are available at                                                              the Repository at the back of the Church for cost £1.50. This is an amazing companion to help you through your Lent journey!

White Flower Appeal

Many thanks for all who contributed to SPUC White Flower Appeal and helped raise  £508 for the compassionate life work done by this great  charity. The many positive comments and enquiries were greatly valued. Please keep the ongoing  work in your prayers. Thank you.

Best wishes, God bless. Paul

GIFT AID NOTICE-IMPORTANT

Please could we ask all Parishioners who currently use and receive the gift aid envelopes to kindly inform us if you would still like to continue to receive envelopes for the year ahead. We will be ordering the boxes very soon. Please email our Gift Aid Coordinator (Abbie) at the following: giftaid-loughton@brcdt.org or phone the Presbytery office 020850833492. Thank you.

Saturday 14th March 2026- First Holy Communion Candidates

10:00am & 11:00am –Sacrament of Reconciliation. 

Please keep these young candidates in our prayers as they prepare for the Sacrament of First Holy Communion in May 2026.

St Edmund Life Group

Supporting life from conception to natural death. Any questions ring Paul 07861032174

Group Patron Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Stations of the Cross and Lenten Lunch Friday 20th March 12:15pm   

Stations of the Cross on Friday 20th March is followed by a Lent soup lunch provided by our parish St. Vincent de Paul group. Come along to pray at 12:15pm in the church and then for soup and fellowship in the church hall. All donations will go to towards the work of our SVP.

SVP and CAFOD Work Experience 

The St Vincent de Paul Society and CAFOD are working together to offer a week of free residential work experience for 20 young adults in England and Wales. The experience will run from 21st – 26th June in London. Candidates must be aged 18-25 years old, but priority will be given to those in their first or second year at university. Apply here Applications close on the 6th of April. For any queries, please contact KeziaH@svp.org.uk

Notice from Parish Administrator

 Please could I kindly ask the Parishioners whose children’s Baptismal Certificates I currently have at the Parish office to come and collect them. Please see Fr Adrian after mass or collect  from the Parish office. Thank you very much. Lisa -Parish Administrator

Please Pray for those who are Sick: 

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, Lyn Povey, Mason Family, Ben Lewis, Adam Piotrowski, Bernard Hughes, Tony Bryant and all our loved ones who are unwell.