ST TERESA OF LISIEUX, LEXDEN
(St John the Baptist, Iceni Way, Shrub End)
Parish Priest: Father Tom Lavin, 16 Clairmont Road, CO3 9BE
Email: [email protected] Tel: 01206 576898
Parish Website: www.stteresa.co.uk
St Teresa’s Primary School (Headteacher: Mrs Frances Booker) 508445
St Benedict’s College: (Principal: Mrs Jo Santinelli) 549222
Parish Hall booking: Mrs Elaine Moclair, email:
[email protected] or phone 07952 597059
PRAYER NEEDS
We continue to pray for those parishioners who are sick and housebound and especially:
Lilianne Banna, Elizabeth Bec-Wilson, June Bickersteth, Patrick Burton, Ida Butlin, Eva
Corcoran, Yvonne Couperthwaite, Ben Culhane, Sylvia Davies, Cynthia D’Cruz, Terry Doonan,
Olive Doyle, Mary Fircks, Win Healy, Paul Holmes, Natasha Manastyrskyj, Jason McLean,
Jean Mendes, Bernadette Mills, Sandra Molyneux-North, Beata Morovicova, Nan O’Malley,
James O’Neill, Iolande Pitt, Eileen Pool, Jo Preston, Marion Preston, Ann Renwick, Carrianne
Rogers, Ewan Thompson, John & Teresa Thorneycroft, Peter Townsdrow, Francesca
Vassallo, Sheila Watt and any unknown to us. We remember Lilian Gill, Paulina Cabuche,
Paddy O’Halloran, Bernard Smith, Derek Burns, Tom Harding, Rhoda Allcott, Nellie Mitchell,
John Duckwood, Desmond Eady, Clifford Gosling, Jessica Hockly, Alice Hockly, John Hamblin,
Arthur Allen and other anniversaries which occur around this time.
November the Month of Remembrance
Sunday 2nd November All Saints
The church in this great festival honours all the saints reigning together in glory; we
give thanks to God for the graces of all his elect and strive to imitate their virtues.
Monday 3rd November All Souls
“It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead” (2 Macc 12:46) On this day
we remember our loved ones who have gone before us and pray in a special way for
those who have nobody to pray for them.
November Dead List
Envelopes are available at the back of the church with sheets of paper on which you
may write the names of your deceased relatives and friends. The lists will remain on
the altar from Nov 2nd till the end of the month. (Please do not place any money in the
envelopes.) The names of those who have died during this year will be read out at the
Masses on Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) and Remembrance
Sunday.
MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS
Morning Prayer 15 mins before Mass
Sat 1st Nov
12.30pm
6.30pm
Our Lady on Saturday
Owen Gormley (RIP)
Thanksgiving
Sunday 2nd Nov
9.00am
11.00am
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS
Bill & Elli Duffy (RIP)
All Parishioners
Monday 3rd Nov
COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
(ALL SOULS)
All The Faithful Departed
Bernie La Chapelle (RIP) & November Dead List
10.00am
8:00pm
Tuesday 4th Nov
10:00am
Wednesday 5th Nov
10:00am
St Charles Borromeo, Bp
(at St John’s) Catherine Bolton (Ints)
& November Dead List
Mass of the Day
Terry Monaghan (RIP) & November Dead List
Thursday 6th Nov
10:00am
Mass of the Day
Jessica Hockly & November Dead List
Friday 7th Nov
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(St Willibrord, Bp)
Private Intention & November Dead List
10:00am
Sat 8th Nov
12.30pm
6.30pm
Our Lady on Saturday
Sally Ransom (B’day Ints) & November Dead List
Dec’d Relatives of Kerr Family & November Dead List
Sunday 9th Nov
FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE
LATERAN BASILICA
(Remembrance Sunday)
9.00am
11.00am
Maisie McKenzie (RIP) & November Dead List
All Parishioners & November Dead List
Saturdays: 11.00am Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) and Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament until 12 noon
ST TERESA OF LISIEUX AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
ALL SAINTS
November, The Month of Remembrance
Holy Father’s Intentions for November
“Young seminarians, and men and women Religious may receive their formation from
wise and skilled teachers”
Sun 2nd Nov 12:30pm Baptism of Lucie Longhurst
Sun 2nd Nov 3:00pm. Holy Hour. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; Rosary; Sunday
Reflection; Evening Prayer.
Monday 3rd Nov
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Masses: 10:00am and 8:00pm
Those who have died in our parish over the last year will be remembered in a special
way with names being read out at Mass.
Tues 4th Nov 2:30 – 3:30pm Meditation Prayer Group in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Tues 4th Nov 6:00 – 7:00pm Rehearsal for the 9:00am Mass Folk Group at St Teresa’s
Tues 4th Nov 7:30pm Bereavement Support Group in the Meeting Room at St Teresa’s
Wed 5th Nov 7:30pm Instruction in the Faith for non-Catholics in the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel
Thurs 6th Nov 2:00pm St Vincent de Paul Society in the Meeting Room at St Teresa’s
Friday 7th Nov at St Teresa’s 10:30 – 3:30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
including 3:00pm Divine Mercy Devotions. Please place your name on the list at the back
of the church to cover the hours of adoration.
Sat 8th Nov 9:30am First Reconciliation Preparation
Children’s session in the hall; parents with Fr Tom in the Church. Theme:”Jesus Forgives Me”
Sun 9th Nov
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Tues 11th Nov 2:00 – 3:30pm Friendship Club in the Church Hall. Susan Leng will be
talking about Norway and the Northern Lights
Tues 11th Nov 7:00pm Liturgy Committee Meeting
Parish Pilgrimage May 24th – May 30th 2015
Rome (including papal audience) San Giovanni (shrine of St Pio, Padre Pio) and Lanciano
(miracle of the Eucharistic Species). Further information from Fr Tom
Parish Magazine – do you have any articles, photos, jokes, poetry or puzzles to
contribute? Do you have suggestions to make? Would you like to advertise your
business? Please contact [email protected]
Bereavement Support Group The Group is looking for more volunteers to help work
with them. The Group meets monthly at the church and are looking for mature people
who can use their life experience to help the bereaved through this difficult time. Please
contact Fr Tom if you would like to learn more.
Sat 8th Nov 10am – 3:30pm Mass at 10am followed by Diocesan Pastoral Council
Meeting at Cathedral House, Brentwood. Sandwich lunch and lift available. For more
information
please
contact
Denis
Scott
on
01206
561021
or
[email protected]
Wed 12th Nov 2:30pm Rosary and Healing Mass at the Diocesan House of Prayer at
Abbotswick. For more information please call 01277 373959 or visit
www.abbotswick.org
Advent Talks at Cathedral House, Brentwood
Tues 2nd Dec 7:30 – 9:00pm with Fr Martin O’Connor
Tues 9th Dec 7:30 – 9:30pm with Sr Angela Morris
Tues 16th Dec 7:30 – 9:30pm with Sr Nuala Gannon
Campaign to end gender-selective abortions. Please visit www.stopgendercide.org to
contact your MP to take action before Nov 4th.
Vacancy at St Benedict’s - Music Teacher required as soon as possible. Closing date for
applications Wed 12th Nov. For more information please contact Nick Berry, Assistant
Principal on 01206 549222 or at [email protected]
CAFOD World Gifts Catalogue - Christmas 2014 is now available at the back of the
church. It contains a range of virtual gifts which make a difference to communities
around the world. The gifts are a way to keep Christ’s love for the poor at the heart of
Christmas giving.
Newsletter items: If you have a notice for the newsletter, please post a note to Father
Tom at the presbytery or email him at [email protected]