ST. JAMES
THE LESS AND ST. HELEN

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Colchester

with

Mersea, Mile End and Monkwick

Fr  Anthony  McKentey

Fr
Brett
Adams

Fr
Philip Willenbrock

51 Priory
Street , Colchester, Essex,
CO1 2QB

Tel:
01206 866317;   Fax  01206 791213

E-Mail      [email-masked]

www.stjamesthelessandsthelen.org

THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY OF
THE YEAR [C]

AUGUST 1ST 2010

Today’s
Liturgy:

The
First Reading casts a cold eye on the vanity of human life.  One example of this
“vanity” is all the toil people put into acquiring wealth, only
to have to leave it all to their heirs.
The author is making the point that the things that are supposed to
satisfy human beings do not satisfy them.  Only faith in God and in an afterlife
can provide a light in the darkness.

The
Gospel is part of a longer section which deals with the difficulties that
possessions can cause for the disciples of Jesus.  Here Jesus refuses to get involved in
a family dispute.  Instead, he
focuses on the cause of the dispute – greed for possessions.  His parable stresses the foolishness
of depending on material things for one’s security rather than on
God.  In his reach for security
and happiness in this life, the rich man forgets God, forgets eternal life
and forgets his obligations to the poor.

He
is truly a “fool” because he has not known how to use wisely the
wealth which he had.

EVENT THIS WEEK

Wednesday 4th
August
7PM SVP Meeting
Crypt

N.B.   THERE WILL BE NO EXPOSITION NEXT SATURDAY 7th AUGUST

AND NO HOLY HOUR NEXT SUNDAY, 8TH AUGUST

DAILY:                    8:35am
Rosary & Divine Mercy [Wednesday 11:30am]

PRAYER GROUP:                                           Mondays
@ 8pm in the Crypt

MEDITATION GROUP:
Tuesdays @ 8pm in
the Crypt

EXPOSITION:     Not 7th
August
Saturdays @ 9:45am – 10:30am

SICK:  Please remember in your prayers: June Bickersteth, Joan Boyden, Curtis Cody, Nancy Drummond, Ellie
Foley, Bridie Murphy, Baby Leah Patterson, Michael Prout,
Hector Silva, Lucy Walker.

CHARISMATIC PRAYER
GROUP:  Would you like someone to
pray for you or would you like to pray for someone else? The Group meets on
Mondays at 8pm here in
the Crypt.  Send your prayer
petitions or for further information phone 01206 271516 or email [email-masked]

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Elitsa and Armel
married here yesterday.

Fr BRETT’S COLLECTION: By way of a reminder, on the weekend of September 4th/5th,
we shall have a collection for Fr Brett’s presentation. Gift Aiders can
use their envelopes but there will be others available marked “Fr
Brett’s Presentation”.
Cheques should be made payable to Colchester Catholic Church.  There will be a presentation to him on
Friday, 24th September when we shall have a Mass at 7:30pm with refreshments in the
Hall afterwards.  This is the
Friday before his final weekend.

“100
CLUB” – JULY PRIZE WINNERS: 1st [£25] No:33 Pauline Gilmore; 2nd [£15] No: 99 Mrs
McDonald; 3rd [£10] No: 176 Donald Clarke. Congratulations
to all.

REPOSITORY-
SALE :   The Repository Stall is holding a sale and also taking orders for 2011
Diaries and calendars.  It is open
in the Cardinal Bourne Hall after Sunday 10:30 Mass.

KSC
PILGRIMAGE TO BOULOGNE:
Saturday 28th
– Monday 31st August [Bank Holiday Weekend].  Some vacancies.  Full details on Notice in Priory Street
porch or ring Ron Griffin 01206 571590.

MERSEA
NEWS:  Many
thanks to Veronica Smith for hosting the July coffee morning the weather is
getting better as we go though the months,
so we are looking forward to our August date of the 10th at the home of
Margaret Brookes, 71,Queen Anne Rd, see you all there.

AUGUST
DIARY DATES:  [1] Garden Party on
Saturday, 14th August between 2-5pm at the home of Anna and Ivan
Norfolk, 48 Lexden Road, West Bergholt.  Tickets £5; children under 12
£2. Available from Frances
369568; Nora 503410; Sue 271364  All proceeds in aid of the HCPT
Pilgrimage to Lourdes
next Easter.  [2] Cheese &
Wine Party on Friday, 20th August, 7pm at the home of Ron and Margaret
Wheeler.  Further details to
follow.

THE
BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY -  Golf Classic -  Friday 17th September 2010. This annual event held at Ilford Golf Club is one of the most popular
events in the fundraising calendar.  The price remains the same as last
year: £45 non Ilford Golf Club members / £25 Ilford member price
includes  18 hole Stableford
Competition, Nearest the Pin/ Longest Drive Comp & 3 Course Evening Meal.
Please contact: John Buckley 01708
455887 / [email-masked]

MARRIAGE & FAMILY LIFE: The Commission for Justice & Social
Responsibility will be hosting an event in the Conference Hall, Cathedral
House, Brentwood on
Saturday, 9th October, 10am
– 3pm, on Marriage and Family Life – everyone is
welcome.  More information regarding the format of the day will be
available soon but, in the meantime, please make a note of this date in your
diary.

KSC PRIZE DRAW:  After all Masses from now until November, the KSC will be selling
draw tickets in aid of the Brentwood Ecclesiastical Education Fund
[BEEF].  The top prize -
£500.

MONKWICK NEWS:  Thank you to all who contributed to the Coffee Morning/Bring &
Buy Sale held at the home of Tony Wright.  £100 was raised.

SVP OUTING TO BRICK LANE
MUSIC HALL. Please can all those booked to go on this outing pay their money as
soon as possible, by 5th September at
the latest, to confirm their place, as we have a waiting list.
Thank
you.

HURLEY SISTERS SPONSORED WALK FOR LOURDES HELPERS:  If you kindly sponsored the Hurley girls and have yet to pay over
your sponsor monies, please place in an envelope, clearly marked with your
name, and hand into the Parish Office.
Thank you.

IF YOU ARE
NEW TO THE PARISH: Please introduce yourself to one of the priests
after Mass and complete a registration form [on the table in the porch],
returning it to the Parish Office.
If you move within or out of the parish, please also advise the
Parish Office.

WEB SITE:  For all inclusions on the parish website please contact Don Clarke
– [email-masked]

LITURGY FOR THE EIGHTEENTH
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR [C]

AUGUST1st 2010

The first Mass of Sunday
is on Saturday Evening at Priory
Street

Saturday July 31st

Sunday August 1st

6:15
pm

8:00
am

10.30 am

6:30
pm

M Bastiampillai RIP
& S Swampillai
RIP

Fr Terence Wardle [Westminster]

Terry Hilton RIP

Intentions of Curtis Cody

Mersea

8:30
am

Holy Souls RIP

Mile End

9:15
am

Parishioners

Monkwick

10:15 am

Holy Souls RIP

Monday 2nd

Feria

Church      9:15 am   Rosie Boodle [In Thanksgiving]

Mersea     11:45am   REQUIEM – GEORGE FENNINGS RIP

Tuesday 3rd

Feria

Church
9:15 am   Peter Hansbury
RIP

Wednesday 4th

St John Mary Vianney [Curé d’Ars], Pr.

Church     12:15 pm
Colin
Walker RIP

Thursday 5th

Feria

Church:    9:15 am   Margaretta
Wright RIP

Friday 6th

TRANSFIGURATION OF THE
LORD [C] Feast

Church      9:15 am   Fr
Benjamin Choyce RIP [Nottingham]

Saturday 7th          Feria

[N.B. No
Church       9:15 am   William R McKibben RIP

Exposition           Church      11:00 am   WEDDING –
ROSEMARY AND JOHN

Today]                  Church        1:00
pm   POLISH
WEDDING

LITURGY FOR THE NINETEENTH
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR [C]
August 8th  2010

Saturday August 7th

6:15
pm

Lionel Wright RIP

Sunday   August 8th

8:00
am

Francis &Emmy Carter RIP [PF]

[N.B.
NO HOLY HOUR]

10:30am

2:00
pm

Mary Murphy RIP

POLISH MASS

6:30
pm

Intentions of Fr Brett

West Mersea

8:30
am

Parishioners

Mile End

9:15
am

Fr Eric Woodhead RIP [East Anglia]

Monkwick

10:15am

Intentions of Armel and Elitsa

SACRAMENT
OF RECONCILIATION      Saturday 9:45-10:30am
and 5:30-6:00pm

SACRAMENT
OF BAPTISM                     Baptismal
Courses arranged as per Newsletter

SACRAMENT
OF MARRIAGE                 At least six months notice is required

SCHOOLS
St Thomas More       Head:
Bridget Harris   [865722]

St
Benedict’s            Head: John O’Hara     [549222]

www.marriagecare.org.uk   or 0800 389 3801.
www.brentwoodvocations.org

The Brentwood Diocesan Trust – Registered Charity No.
234092