Weekday Masses: 25th May Monday 10:00am Mass (Bank Holiday)
26th May Tuesday No Mass
27th May Wednesday 9:30am Mass
28th May Thursday 9:30am Mass – Church Cleaning to follow Mass
29th May Friday 9:30am Mass
Group Church Clean
There will be a church clean on Thursday 28th May after the morning mass.
Please come along and help if you are able. Thank you. Sharon
Tik Tok, Instagram, X. Is there a parishioner who has a flare for using social media?
Do you have some free time to help set up and run some social media accounts for our parish?
If so, please contact the parish office. Thank you, Fr. Adrian
Gift Aid – End of Tax Year Statements
If you are a member of the Gift Aid scheme and provided an email address, you will have received your statement by email. If we do not hold an email address for you, please check the envelopes at the back of the church.
If you can share an email address, that would help reduce the effort and cost of generating the statements.
If there are any discrepancies in your statement or you have not received an email or envelope, please let Abbie know via email at giftaid-loughton@brcdt.org or by text/phone call to 07754700934 including your gift aid number.
Doggies Walking for Christian Aid: Dear Parishioners, thank you so much for all the support you gave our doggies during Christian Aid Week. With cash, cards, online donations and gift aid, our Parish Doggies raised an amazing £3000. That is so wonderful and will do so much good. I must also thank the kind parishioners who let me walk with their four-legged friends. They were all such a delight. Lastly, well done doggies, you can now rest those paws and grab a treat. You deserve it.
Contemporary Music Group
We will next be singing and playing at the 11am Mass on Sunday, 7th June and holding a practice beforehand 7 to 8pm on Monday, 1st June.
Please try to come to the Monday practice as well as the Sunday Mass, which will be The Feast of Corpus Christi.
Any singers or musicians in our Parish who may consider joining our group will be made very welcome!
Applying for a Job? Fr. Adrian receives a number of reference requests for parishioners who are applying for work positions. He is always pleased to provide a reference, but it would be helpful if anyone who is applying for a post could make an appointment to speak with him about the position before giving his name. Many reference requests ask for details of weekly Mass attendance so
Fr. Adrian will need to verify this with applicants before he can complete the reference. Many thanks.
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.
Flame 2027 – Saturday 6th March, OVO Wembley Arena
We already have a group of 1,000 people from the Diocese registered to attend this national event, full of speakers, musicians, artists, guest organisations and concluding with Adoration. A limited number of early bird tickets (£30) remain available. To book for a group, please complete the form: https://forms.office.com/e/KTevSZwGQH
Grays Parish, St Thomas of Canterbury
In October this year St. Thomas’ Church and school here in Grays St Thomas of Canterbury will be celebrating 140 years of serving the community. We are inviting people to come along for Mass with the Bishop on the 10th October at 5:00pm. If you have images or memories that you would like to share, please them to send them to the parish at grays@brcdt.org Yours in Christ, Canon Stephen
St Edmund Life Group
Supporting life from conception to natural death. Any questions, please ring Paul 07465 405221.
The group patron is Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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.