Monday 9:00am, Tuesday NO MASS, Wednesday 9:30am, Thursday 9:30am- Church Clean Following Mass, Friday 9:30am Confessions are available on Saturday 5:00-5:45pm
Second Collection: There will be a 2nd collection following the masses this weekend for Pact (Prison Advice and Care Trust)The day of National Prayer for prisoners and their families. www.prisonadvice.org.uk/.
Thank you for supporting CAFOD’s Harvest Fast Day
Thank you for your generous response to CAFOD’s Harvest Fast Day Appeal. Your donations are helping families like Waré’s in Ethiopia. CAFOD’s local partners worked with Waré’s community to build an underground water tank that now provides safe water for 300 families. Your support will help more communities have better access to safe water. Find out more about Ware’s story here: cafod.org.uk/harvest
November will soon be upon us….and in our Catholic tradition it is a month of particular remembrance of the deceased members of our families, friends and loved ones. As is customary we will place brown envelopes at the back of the church in which you may place the names of those who you will wish to remember in a particular way this month of the Holy Souls. The lists will be placed by the altar at all Masses from Holy Souls Day onwards.
Bach Vespers 26 October at 6:30pm at St. Mary at Hill Church
Father Adrian will be the guest preacher at this Lutheran Service which will include a performance of Bach’s magnificent and ever popular Reformation cantata, BWV 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott. This Bach Vespers service takes place at 6.30pm at the church of St Mary at Hill in the City of London, hosted by St Anne’s Lutheran Church. This cantata features a team of three oboes of different sizes and bassoon, playing with and in contrast to the strings to create fabulous textural colours. There will also be lots of other music too, performed on period instruments. Everyone is welcome and attendance is free. Do come along and bring your friends. We look forward to seeing you there to share Bach’s wonderful music!
St Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, London EC3R 8EE.
Remembrance Day Soup – Please Help!
We need volunteers to help make and serve soup and cakes on Remembrance Day,
Sunday 9 November. After the service at the War Memorial, those present are welcomed back to our church hall at St. Edmunds for refreshments. It is a wonderful opportunity for us to share with everyone who has attended the Remembrance service and to join with the wider community of Loughton. If you can help, then please contact Sam Gell via the parish WhatsApp group or email the Parish Office. Many thanks for your generosity and kindness as always, Father Adrian
Notice: Please Pray for Peter Nicholl- RIP a former parishioner who recently passed. Patricia Foley (Nicholl) his sister said, “although most of the family have either passed away or are no longer in Loughton, we have a lot of history with St Edmunds’s right back to the 1950s -and the tin church”.
Group Church Clean
There will be a church clean on Thursday 30th October 2025 after the morning mass. Please come along and help if you are able. Thank you. Sharon
Remembrance Sunday
The 9th of November is Remembrance Sunday. Following the 11am mass at 12:15pm there will be the traditional Loughton Remembrance service at Kings Green by the war memorial with the local community and local children’s uniform groups. All are welcome. After the service everyone parades back to our church hall for soup and cake. Please do try and join us for this important day.
School Certificates of Catholic Practice
If you are applying for a school for your child that requires a certificate of church attendance, then please allow a few minutes to see Fr. Adrian after a Sunday Mass and bring a copy of the
form along with you. The Diocesan document can be obtained through your Parish Priest or on the Diocesan website. The closing date for applications is 31st October 2025.
Food Bank Donations
The box for food donations is in the parent and baby room (to the left as you enter the church). We currently need toiletries. (deodorant, shower gel, soaps, shampoo etc.) Thank you very much for all your donations.
Join Our Mission: Become a Trustee and Support Children’s Wellbeing
Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society is currently seeking new Trustees with expertise in fundraising and marketing to help us expand our reach and strengthen our impact. Your skills and experience could play a vital role in shaping the future for children and young people, ensuring we continue providing essential services to children and families in need.
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity or know someone who might be a great fit, please do not hesitate to contact our Director, Bernadette Fisher, at bfisher@bccs.org.uk. She will be delighted to hear from you.
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, Kathleen Pampellonne and all our loved ones who are unwell.
Job Vacancies
Trinity Catholic High School
- Teacher of English, Part time, Permanent, January 2026
- Teacher of Economics with TLR, Full time, Permanent, January 2026
- Teacher of Geography, Full time, Permanent, January 2026
- Teacher of Spanish, Part Time, Permanent, January 2026
- Teacher of Psychology & Sociology, Part time, Permanent, January 2026
- SEND1, Deputy, Part time, Maternity Cover, Nov 25
- SEND1, SEN TA, Full time, Maternity Cover, Nov 25
- SEND1, Full time Permanent, ASAP
- Science Technician, Full time, Permanent, ASAP
- Midday Supervisor, Part Time, Temp, ASAP
Please see the website for details at https://www.tchs.org.uk Employment Opportunities
Headteacher-Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Benfleet
Closing date 10/11/25 Start date April 2026
Headteacher – Our Lady Immaculate School, Chelmsford
Deadline for applications: 12:00 (noon), Thursday 20th November 2025