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NEWSLETTER

Sunday 14th

September 2014

The Exaltation

of the Holy Cross (A)

Sunday 21st September

2014

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in

Ordinary Time (A)

From Sr Clare - “It’s good to celebrate!”

After all the celebration and excitement of last weekend, this week I simply feel gratitude. Gratitude for all the ups and downs, joys and blessings of the last fifty years in Religious life; and gratitude for the present - for being part of this wonderful, caring Community in Basildon.

Thank you so much for celebrating with me and for all your loving support, gifts and good wishes. Muchas Gracias (as they say in Barcelona!).

[The parish gift to Sr Clare is a 5 day holiday in Barcelona with Sr Anne. Many thanks to all who contributed].

From Fr Dominic – Christ is with us always

Today’s Feast is “The Triumph of the Cross.” The readings remind us that Jesus came to earth as one of us, lived and died as one of us, and conquered death so that we might live for ever. The cross, which looked like the end, becomes the sign and gateway of new and eternal life. Perhaps this resonates for us personally; we might be caught in a situation which seems hopeless, lifeless. Hold a crucifix in your hand. Offer what seems hopeless to a loving and life-giving God, and trust in him.

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Field of Dreams – have you voted yet? Our summer youth project is in line for a Lloyds Bank Community Grant of up to £3000. This money will help us keep the weeks affordable for all families & buy new equipment. 100 children benefitted this summer. Please vote – there are tokens in the Lloyds branch in Basildon (you don’t need to bank there) or text VOTE BXW to 61119 or vote online – details on page 4.

Serving the Churches of:

St Basil the Great Luncies Road SS14 1SD

The Most Holy Trinity Wickhay SS15 5AD

St Therese of Lisieux Florence Way SS16 6AJ

Parish Office

71 Wickhay, SS15 5AD Monday 12.30 – 5.30pm Tuesday to Thursday

9.30am – 5.30pm

Tel: 01268 281732 www.basildoncatholics.org

OUR LADY & ALL SAINTS

Postal address

Parish House Holy Trinity 71 Wickhay Basildon SS15 5AD

Parish website

www.basildoncatholics.org

The Parish Office phone is the contact number for Katrina and Adam

01268 281732

Parish Pastoral Team

Fr Dominic Howarth 01268 281732 [email protected]

Fr Brett Adams 01268 281732 [email protected]

Sr Clare Kane 01268 553425 [email protected]

Parish Office Administrator Katrina Gadsden [email protected]

Parish Youth Co-ordinator Adam O’Brien [email protected]

Parish Council Chair Mary-Catherine Bottjer [email protected] Parish NET Teams – Reaching out locally

To be more involved in your local area, please call your NET team leader – all help welcomed!

Area 1 – Southfields & Laindon West Donna Sartain 07854243652 [email protected]

Area 2 – Great Berry and Langdon Hills Eileen Prizeman* 07718530421 [email protected]

Area 3 – Lee Chapel North, Laindon East & Ghyllgrove Mari Heywood* 07719009760 [email protected]

Area 4 – Lee Chapel South, Kingswood & Vange Phyl McLaren* 07970096319 [email protected]

Area 5 – Fryerns Mary Sillett c/o01268 281732 [email protected]

Area 6 – Town Centre, Pitsea West and Barstable Eddie Bishop 07808 952071 [email protected]

Area 7 – Burnt Mills, Felmores, Chalvedon, Eversley & Pitsea East John & Sandra Bourke 01268 729865 [email protected]

*Eileen, Mari and Phyl are Pastoral Assistants within the parish, commissioned by the Diocese of Brentwood. They serve the parish in a variety of ways, and will readily offer you help and information.

To arrange visits to the sick and housebound contact Isobel Parks 01268 289678. New to the Parish? Please fill in a Parish welcome form & your local P.A. will contact you. To arrange visits to those in hospital, and for all administration enquiries, including newsletter

items, please contact Katrina at the Parish Office.

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Ursuline moves: we are sorry to say goodbye to Sr Margaret Soper who has been with us for the last two and a half years. There will be tea and cakes for Sr Margaret after the 12 noon Mass THIS SUNDAY, 14th September, at St Basils.

Clare Sullivan – welcome! A warm welcome to Clare who has just begun as Chaplain to our Primary Schools and who will also be working with our Holy Communion children and catechists this year. We wish Clare every blessing in her work.

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Special Collection for Gaza, Iraq and Syria. We will take a collection this weekend which will be channelled through CAFOD to support those working right amongst some of the toughest conditions in the world. We continue to pray for peace, dialogue and understanding. Please make cheques payable to Our Lady & All Saints. Please gift aid if possible – there are special envelopes available.

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Confirmation for those in school year 10 – 13. The forms are at the back of each church and are due in NOW – final deadline TODAY (14th September). Don’t miss out! Any questions please contact Fr Dominic. Confirmation will be celebrated in May 2015, with our new Bishop, Alan Williams.

First Holy Communion The parents’ meeting, for those who have applied, is on 23rd September at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity hall, for all parents, and the first children’s session is on 4th October. Any queries please contact Sr Clare. First Holy Communions will be celebrated next June.

Journey in Faith introductory meeting for those enquiring about the Catholic Faith is on Monday 22nd September at 7.30pm in the house at St Basil’s. Any queries please contact Sr Clare on 553425.

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Parish Curry Night! TICKETS NOW ON SALE! On Saturday 27th September at 7.00pm, we are having an evening of traditional Indian food and entertainment provided and organised by our Indian community. Bring your own drinks and come join us for what promises to be a great evening! Tickets are £5 each (a special price for the first night of its kind) and are on sale after Mass from this weekend so get them early as they are selling like hot ca....... curry!

Parish Pilgrimage to Rome & Assisi (May half term 2015) is almost full. Forms & full details at the back of each church. In one week we will open this to neighbouring parishes, to fill the final places, so do book this week if you want to come.

Total Offertory Giving

Sunday 7th September 2014: £2,119.50

Thank you for your generosity. Brentwood Diocesan Trust Registered Charity No. 234092


Birthday wishes – thank you. Fr Dominic writes, “Thank you for your kind birthday greetings, gifts and cards. It was a birthday full of variety – a picnic in the park, Irish and Bollywood dancing, and Indian drummers! And of course, even as the years roll on, I will always be five years younger than Fr Brett!”

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Field of Dreams – Lloyds Bank Community Grant. A parishioner has nominated us for this, we are into the final shortlist, and you can vote for us online at www.lloydsbank.com/communityfund or text VOTE BXW to 61119. On the weekend of 27th/28th September there will be young people with laptops outside each Mass ready to help you to vote. This could make a massive difference to our project – the top voted project will receive £3,000 which will be a great boost for the equipment and opportunities we can provide. Anyone can vote for us – please spread the word!

Hall of Dreams – our brilliant youth club for those in school year 6-8 – restarts THIS Friday 19th September, 6pm-8pm. You need to fill in a form to be able to come – including those who have filled in forms in previous years, so we have current details. Forms are available at the back of each church.

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Macmillan Coffee Morning – Friday 26th September – 9am to 12pm – Holy Trinity Hall. Can you bake or buy a cake for us or do you have a new item we could Raffle? Please call Diane on 554784 or Mary on 284825. Please come along and help raise funds for Macmillan Cancer charity. Entrance is £2 for a cup of tea or coffee and a cake. You can give a donation for more cakes if you wish. An enjoyable morning with refreshments and great Raffle prizes too.

Gardening & clearing – tidying up for the autumn! After a lovely summer of wildflowers and poppies around Holy Trinity, with the orchard trees also continuing to grow well, we have a vital need for a good number of people to come and help on SUNDAY OCTOBER 19th, 12noon – 4.30pm. We’ll provide tea, cake, sandwiches and good humour – you just need to turn up with a willing heart and a spare spade. We’ll clear the wildflower beds of weeds, prune and tidy, and leave things in good shape for the spring. PLEASE GET INVOLVED – the beauty of the gardens is due to the dedication of very few, and on this one day it would be good to support them, please.

Parish Theatre trip to Evita, Thursday 9th October. Very good seat and coach travel for £46. Evening performance. Book by calling Phyl, 07970 096319, email [email protected] If you have reserved a ticket, but not yet paid, payment is now due to secure your place.

Quiz Night – Holy Trinity Hall Saturday 11th October 7.30pm start. £5 each, maximum 6 people per table. Please bring your own refreshments. This is organised by the Basildon Fairtrade Borough Group, a small non registered charity which promotes Fairtrade in Basildon. Prebook your table! Contact Olga on 01268 288114.

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Fr Dominic writes, “I will be away from 15th-27th September, attending the National Conference of Diocesan Vocations Directors. That is, the American NCDVD – in Long Island, New York. I have assured Fr Brett this is all work, work, work – but I can hear his comments now! Anyway, please warmly welcome Fr John, a friend of Fr Brett from the Diocese of Plymouth, who will supply for some of the Masses on the weekend of 20/21 September.”

Keeping Holy Trinity open during the day. At the moment, our churches are locked, due to unfortunate security problems in the past. People can always knock at the Sisters’ house by St Basil’s, or at the Parish House by Holy Trinity, and almost always there will be someone available to let you in for a time of quiet and prayer. But we know this is not the same as being able to “pop in.” So – starting slowly and hoping for this to grow – we will be opening Holy Trinity from 8am-8pm on the last Friday of every month, starting in October. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed, and we need three volunteers for each hour. The Syro-Malabar community have said they will cover 6 of the hours, so we need 18 volunteers, from 8am – 2pm. Can you do it?! Sign up list at the back of the church – give just an hour a month to prayer, and see where it goes from there …

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Secondary School Forms. If your child is beginning Year 6, you will need to think about their Secondary School choice very soon, as the deadline for application is late October. For any Baptised Catholic applying to a Catholic school, you should have a supplementary form signed by the Priest. Fr Dominic will sign forms ONLY at the following times:

Wednesday 22nd October, St Basil’s, 3.00 – 4.30pm Wednesday 22nd October, Holy Trinity, 5.30 – 7.00pm

Please do not ask at other times, as there are over 90 forms to sign and it is impossible to sign them individually. Please bring your child’s Baptism certificate with you.

Please take the next few weeks to visit schools – we warmly and unreservedly commend De la Salle school to you, as the local Catholic secondary school. We also happily recommend Brentwood Ursuline, St Thomas More and St Bernard’s, though these schools do involve travel, with time and costs attached. To visit De la Salle please phone the school to make a time convenient to you, 01268 281234.

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St Teresa’s – the making of the School Orchestra – the Channel 4 documentary called ‘Don’t stop the music’ concludes on TUESDAY 16th September, 9.00pm. This is a powerful piece of television, featuring pupils and staff at St Teresa’s and telling a heart-warming and wonderful story. Tune in and see!

Project 58:7. Thank you to everyone who has donated clothes for the homeless. Thanks to your generosity storage is full and no further items are needed at present.


Please pray for the Sick & Housebound Kathleen Attwood, Baby Maddison, Dawn Bennett, John Blyth, Veronica Bragg, Elizabeth Bull, Cecilia Carter, Terry Carter, Victoria Carter, Harry Chapman, James & Margaret Clapp, Irene Cork, Paula & Jennifer Cornwell, Pat Cudbill, Paul Dacey, Edna D’Lima, Alice Donnelly, John Dowhanyk, Owen James Eldred, Derek Mark Field, James Fox, Margaret Foxen, Madeline George, Annie Gibson, Patrick Gilsenan, Teresa Gleave, Mary Gormley, Alice Gunn, Cora Harvey, Kay Hearn, Brian Hembling, Sheila Hex, Sue Holmes, Sharon Iles, Teresa Jackson, Diane Jones, Una & John Jones, Maggie Keating, Wayne Lagden, Heather Lawrence, Bill Mair, Janet Marriage, Anne Martin, Ann McCann, Veronica McCleave, Monty Miller, Doris Milton, Sharon Morgan, Maggie O’Doherty, Margaret O’Malley, Wendy O’Neill, Breada O’Shea, Walter O’Shea, Christene Page, Kate Palmer, Jean Pasco, Molly Raiola, Margaret Reavill, Elba Robinson, Jay Ryan, Eileen Silkstone, Eddie Smyth, Patricia Spiteri, Ann Stewart, Christene Theobald, Courtney Thorpe, Vanessa Anne, Nora & Clive Wakeling, Kieran Webster, Rendencion Ybardolaza, the patients in Basildon Hospital, the Mental Health Unit, St Luke’s Hospice & intentions on the Prayer Boards.

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Please pray for the repose of the soul of Kathleen (Kay) McCarthy who died recently. Kay’s Requiem Mass has already taken place. May she rest in peace.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Constance Violet Whittlesea who died recently. Constance’s Funeral Service will take place in the chapel at Basildon Crematorium on Wednesday 17th September at 1.20pm. May she rest in peace.

Baptism. We welcome into our faith community Lionel Asaju, Paradis Okwara and Isabella Benton who will be baptized this weekend.

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The 200 Club A very big THANK YOU to everyone who subscribes to the 200 Club. Thanks to your support over £2,500 was raised for Parish Funds last year.

By joining the 200 Club you have the chance of winning one of three prizes each month. At present these stand at £121 First Prize; £72.60 Second Prize and £48.40 Third Prize; remember you have a much greater chance of winning the 200 Club than you do the lottery, so if you haven’t already done so why not join? Application forms are available from the back of the churches and when completed should be returned to the Parish Office. The next draw will take place on Wednesday 17th September.

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‘Sheila Lowe thanks everyone for prayers offered. A special thank you to Fr. Dominic for keeping both myself and my husband fully informed, Sr Clare for care and round trip to bring me home. John Bourke for looking after me far beyond the call of duty. A lovely young lady Hannah Parsons for electing to stay behind with me and the tremendous young people who helped me, Niamh, Milly, Kathy and many more from the diocese. We are very blessed.’


Sacred Space Every first Wednesday of the month in St Basil’s Church 7.30-8.30pm.

Every third Wednesday of the month in Holy Trinity Church 7.30-8.30pm. The next Sacred Space will take place on Wednesday 17th September.

Prayer Group The Prayer Group held in St Therese has been suspended for the time being.

Every last Thursday in St Basil’s House from 2.00 – 3.00pm. The next Prayer Group will take place in St Basil’s on Thursday 25th September.

Syro-Malabar Rite

Mass Every first Saturday of the month in Holy Trinity at 5.00pm The next Mass will take place on Saturday 4th October.

Novena of Our Lady of Perpetual Succor will follow.

Adoration Every fourth Saturday of the month in Holy Trinity 5.30 – 8.30pm

The next Adoration will take place on Saturday 27th September. For further details please contact : Shamson James, [email protected],

07576349811; Rosamma James, [email protected], 07411781320

Msza w jezyku polskim - Niedziela 05 października

Drodzy parafianie i nie tylko(!),

Uprzejmie informujemy, ze msze w jezyku polskim beda mialy miejce w kazda pierwsza niedziele miesiaca w kosciele St Basil o 9.30 rano. Serdecznie zapraszamy do brania udzialu we mszach albowiem w naszej parafii istnieje polska spolecznosc (o ktorej mogliscie nie wiedziec!) aktywnie realizujaca sie w zyciu naszego kosciola. Wszyscy jestescie bardzo mile widziani!!!

Goraco zapraszamy!!!

Mass in Polish – Sunday 5th October

Dear parishoners (and not only!!!)

We'd like to kindly inform you that Masses in Polish will now be taking place every first Sunday of the month at St Basil's Church at 9.30am. We'd like to warmly invite you to take part in these Masses as there is an active, passionate and lively Polish community in our church which you may not know about.

You are all welcome!!!!




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Mass Schedule for The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (A)

Saturday 13th

September

5.00pm St Basil’s - John & Lily Hegarty †

Sunday 14th

September

9.00am St Therese - Cliff Weller † 10.30am Holy Trinity - Tom Kelly † (A) 12.00noon St Basil’s - Paul Baverstock

6.00pm Holy Trinity - John Sammon †

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Weekday Mass Schedule

Monday 15th

September Our Lady of Sorrows St Basil’s 9.30am - Tony Gallagher †

Tuesday 16th

September SS Cornelius & Cyprian Holy Trinity 6.45pm - People of the Parish

Wednesday 17th

September Feria St Basil’s 9.30am - Patrick McMullen †

Thursday 18th

September Feria Holy Trinity 9.30am - Celebration of the Word & Communion

Friday 19th

September Feria St Therese 9.30am - Dec’d Mbrs of the Browne Family †

Saturday 20th

September SS Andrew Kim Tae-gon & Paul Chong Ha-sang & Comps

Holy Trinity 10.00am - Donald Olive †


Mass Schedule for Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Saturday 20th

September

5.00pm St Basil’s - Jacqueline Tsoi † (A)

Sunday 21st

September

9.00am St Therese - Andrew Varghese 10.30am Holy Trinity - Teresita Malco † (A) 12.00noon St Basil’s - People of the Parish

6.00pm Holy Trinity - Mary Blackley

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Weekday Mass Schedule

Monday 22nd

September Feria St Basil’s 9.30am - Eileen Williams †

Tuesday 23rd

September St Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Holy Trinity 6.45pm - Rev John Gordon †

Wednesday 24th

September Our Lady of Walsingham St Basil’s 9.30am - Kay McCarthy †

Thursday 25th

September Feria Holy Trinity 9.30am - Celebration of the Word & Communion

Friday 26th

September Feria St Therese 9.30am - Leopondina Alves †

Saturday 27th

September St Vincent de Paul Holy Trinity 10.00am - Rosendo Nuistro † (A)


Mass Schedule for Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Saturday 27th

September

5.00pm St Basil’s - Ena Magee † (A)

Sunday 28th

September

9.00am St Therese - Mrs & Mr Kallarackal 10.30am Holy Trinity - Molly Orr † 12.00noon St Basil’s - Dec’d Members of the KSC †

6.00pm Holy Trinity - Kathleen Reilly † ……………………………………………

Sacrament of Reconciliation Holy Trinity Church – Saturday mornings 9.15 - 9.45am St Basil’s Church – Saturday evenings 4.15 - 4.40pm St Therese Church – Friday morning 8.50 – 9.10am

… or by appointment ……………………………………………

Weekday Exposition (and Benediction) of the Blessed Sacrament For the month of September the theme of our prayer time is:

For new beginnings – in troubled countries, and for those making new beginnings in school, college, university or work, that these new

beginnings may be richly blessed. ……………………………………………

Safeguarding (Children & Vulnerable Adults) Representative Patrick Waters – 01268 543813

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Holy Trinity Hall & St Therese Hall Booking Enquiries Please phone the Parish Office for all hall booking enquiries.

Our halls are available for hire by local companies for courses, seminars, etc; for use by clubs and groups; and for use for receptions after Baptisms,

Weddings and Funerals that happen in our churches. They cannot be booked for parties.

All items for the newsletter must be handed in to the Parish Offfice

by 1.00pm on the Wednesday before the Sunday of publication.

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