St. Edmund of Canterbury & St. Thomas More
Parish Newsletter
February 2024
5th 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
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, Peggy Howes, Geraldine Stains, Linda Moriarty, Andrew Godsave and all our loved ones who are unwell.
LOURDES COLLECTION:
This Sunday the second collection is for the Diocesan Lourdes Fund. Thank you for taking this collection. In recent years, this fund has enabled us to subsidize nurses, doctors, and helpers so that we have the team we need to support all our pilgrims, especially our assisted pilgrims. The Fund also allows us to fund pilgrims, who otherwise would not be able to join the pilgrimage. If you have a parishioner, who may need help to join the pilgrimage, please e-mail Kathryn Young or Suzanne Reeves at
DIOSESAN PILGRIMAGE 2024:
Join Bishop Alan on the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes (Friday 19 – Friday 26 July). To book, please go online: Brentwood Lourdes – Lourdes – Tangney Tours (tangney-tours.com)
If you wish to discuss any aspect of the pilgrimage, please e-mail
Kathryn Young or Suzanne Reeves at
CONFIRMATION PROGRAMME:
Important Message for Confirmation Candidates
Our first Confirmation session will be a day of recollection at Aylesford Priory on Saturday 24 February. We will travel by coach at 8am from the church car park and expect to return around 5pm. It will be a day for us all to get to know each other as well as spend some time in prayer and reflection. Please confirm you are attending by emailing loughton@brcdt.org by Wednesday 7 February.
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
ALTAR SOCIETY:
We need new members to join our Altar Society Group. Please if you can assist contact Sharon 07854919207 or shazzafitzm@aol.com
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.
HCPT EASTER LOURDES VOLUNTEERS WANTED:
Are you, or do you know anyone who is 18 – 30 years old and would like the opportunity to travel with The Brentwood Group on Pilgrimage to Lourdes this Easter? HCPT Group 709 are an all-adult service group who are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working individuals to join us between 1st-6th April 2024 in Lourdes to help facilitate an unforgettable week for disabled and disadvantaged children from all over the world. If you would like more information or think this is something you may want to get involved in, please contact us at group709@hcpt.org.uk or via Instagram by searching HCPT Group 709. Sign up deadline for new group members is February 7th, 2024.
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/
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.
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.
PLEASE NOTE MASS IS @ 9:00am THIS THURSDAY 8TH FEBRUARY & FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY.
TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL VACANCIES:
- P/T Assistant Librarian and LRC Administrator, 28 hours
- Teacher of Business, F/T or P/T, Easter or September 2024
- Teacher of English, F/T, Easter or September 2024
- Careers Leader, F/T, ASAP
- SEN TA, F/T ASAP
- Teacher of Science, F/T Easter or September 2024
- Science Administrator & Technical Support, 27 hours, Feb 2024
CONTACT: www.tchs.org.uk or email : sgillary@tchs.org.uk
NOTE: MORE VACANCIES ARE LISTED ON THE NOTICE BOARD AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH
MASS INTENTIONS -FROM 3rd February 2024
Vigil Mass for SundayConfessions 5:30-6:00pm or by appointment | ||||
Sat 3rd February | 6:00pm | People of the Parish | ||
Sun 4th February | 9:00am | Estherlita Gracia RIP ( Bacani Family) | ||
Sun 4th February | 11:00am | Pietro & Luigia Tisi RIP Odilia & Albert Maton RIP | ||
Mon 5th February | FUNERAL MASS @ 12:15pmROSE McMORROW RIP | |||
Tues 6th February | NO MASS | |||
Wed 7th February | 9:30am | Joseph Duffy RIP Anniversary( M. Duffy) | ||
Thurs 8th February | 9:00am | Ian Campbell RIP ( Brenda Bryant) | ||
Fri 9th February | 9:00am | Norah, William, & Terry Fitt RIP ( M. Duffy) | ||
Sat 10th February Sun 11th February Sun 11th February | 6:00pm 9:00am 11:00am | Christine & Alois Slisz RIP ( Stefan Slisz) People of the Parish Ellen Manley Anniv RIP ( Manley Family) |