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 FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF
THE YEAR [C]

JULY 4th  2010

My
dear friends,

As Fr Tony mentioned in last week’s
newsletter, I’ve been summoned to pastures new. I have really enjoyed
my time with you here and I shall miss the parish very much. I shan’t
make this my farewell speech though as it’s a little premature since
I’m not leaving until the end of September – you’re not rid
of me that quick!

However, there is a “thank you” that
I will say now because I feel so strongly about it, and that is to Fr Tony.
He’s been a good friend and mentor. I’ve felt I’ve gained a
lot of wisdom from him about life as a priest and I feel that he has helped
me to integrate the priesthood into my life at a new level. My time with him
has been a real blessing for me – and his time with you, will be a real
blessing for you too. And he’s been easy to live with, which is a
bonus!

My new placement is Basildon
Team Ministry. Basically, the parish consists of 3 churches, 4 schools and a
General Hospital and Hospice – I think I’ll be busy. The parish
priest will be Fr Dominic Howarth who I know fairly well. He’s a good man and
I know that we’ll get on well together. There are also two parish
sisters (Ursulines) who do great work in the
parish.

As I mentioned in my homily last weekend, out of
all things I find challenging about the priesthood, the one thing I find most
challenging is this being ‘moved about’ business. However, I
remind myself – as we all need to remind ourselves – that we work
for the reign of God, and inevitably this will involve some sort of
‘cross’.

God
bless you all,
Fr
Brett

A WORD FROM
FR TONY: Fr
Brett is on Retreat this weekend. Just to let you know that we shall have a
collection for his presentation on the first weekend of September – 4th/5th.  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.

DATE FOR
YOUR DIARY:  On Sunday evening, 12th
September, at the 6:30
Mass there will be an expression of thanks to Joan Herbert and Kay Knight for
their work in the Parish.  Past
priests from the Parish will concelebrate and there will be refreshments in
the Hall afterwards.

BAPTISM TODAY:
Braeden Kai Paterson.  God
bless this child and congratulations to his family.

CAFOD:  The quarterly second collection for CAFOD
will be taken up after all Masses this weekend.  [Very many thanks from CAFOD for our support.  Wonderful work is
being done in Africa, Haiti and
so many other areas throughout the world].

GIFT AID APPEAL: Congratulations to everyone for the recent Gift Aid cheque of over £17,000.  Many thanks to our Gift Aid Organiser, John Sales,
who will be appealing for more members over this weekend and next.

THANK YOU from the Hurley sisters to all who sponsored their
recent 10 mile walk to raise funds to enable them to help with the Summer
Lourdes Pilgrimage.  They will be
collecting monies after the 8am
and 10:30am Masses at Priory Street
today, and next Sunday after the 6:30pm
Mass.

MONKWICK NEWS:  Coffee
Morning on Saturday, 10th July, 10-12 at the home of Christine
Brown, 3 Adelaide Drive.  All very welcome.

YOUTH MASS ON THE BEACH AT DOVERCOURT:  Sunday 11th
July at 3pm. Email [email-masked] if
you wish to go. See poster in porch.

KSC STRAWBERRY TEA:  On Sunday, 11th July at
3.30 for 4.00pm the KSC are laying on a Strawberry Tea for the Senior
Citizens of Colchester, Lexden and Greenstead Parishes, in the Cardinal
Bourne Hall, Priory St.  It would be helpful to know how many
to expect.  Please ring Ron on Colchester 797850, For Greenstead Tony 842340; Lexden,
Gary 530863.

CARDINAL BOURNE HALL will
be closed for refurbishment work from July 12th -16th
inclusive and July 18th-23rd inclusive

THE ESSEX
RECUSANT SOCIETY will be visiting the church of St. Peter
and St. Paul,
High Road, Ilford on Saturday 17th July. During the
visit Fr. Stewart Foster will speak to us about Canon Palmer and the history
of the parish. We will meet at the church at 2 p.m. All are welcome.

WELCOME POPE POSTER COMPETITION: For children in school Years 3-6: design a poster to welcome Pope
Benedict to our country for the parishes around Colchester.
The poster should be A4, simple design and include the words 'Welcome Pope
Benedict to Britain.'
Please hand in your poster to Fr Tony by Sunday 25 July.  Mgr Gordon
Reed, our Dean in Colchester, will decide
the winner.

BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY:  - Charity Skydive

Saturday 11th
September 2010, Headcorn, Kent. BCCS are looking for people
from all over the Diocese to make a sponsored 10,000 feet freefall tandem
parachute jump. Imagine the adrenaline rush as you leave the plane at
12.000ft heading towards earth at 120mph for 7000ft freefall, then the
tranquility as the parachute deploys and you gently descend back to terra
firma. You just need to raise a minimum sponsorship of
£300 and you can jump for free.  Why not take on the challenge of
a lifetime, whilst at the same time knowing you are doing your bit to help a
charity supporting the children and families of our Diocese. For further
information please contact:Julie Abbott 01268
784544 / 07912277413 [email-masked]

SATURDAY
SOUP RUN MALE VOLUNTEERS: Thank you to the two chaps who have already
kindly volunteered.  From a
security aspect and because existing volunteers are moving out of the area,  one more is still needed   If you can spare a few hours every six weeks or so,
please call me on 765926 to find out exactly what is involved.  Thank you.  Claire Cooper.

100 CLUB WINNERS FOR JUNE:  1ST – Vivienne and Michael Andrews £25; 2nd
– Kay Knight £15; 3rd – Gail
Haigherty £10.  Congratulations to all.

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wednesday 7th
July  7pm     SVP Meeting
Crypt

[Scripture Course recommences in September]

Thursday 8th
7:30pm UCM
Meeting
Crypt

Friday 9th
7:30pm  MERSEA  AGM

DAILY:
8:35am Rosary & Divine Mercy [Wednesday

PRAYER GROUP:
Mondays @ 8pm in
the Crypt

MEDITATION GROUP:
Tuesdays @ 8pm in
the Crypt

EXPOSITION:
Saturdays @ 9:45am –
10:30am

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

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 FOURTEENTH
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR [C]

JULY 4th 2010

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

Saturday July 3rd

Sunday July 4th

6:15
pm

8:00
am

10.30 am

6:30
pm

Vera Murphy RIP

Parishioners

Gabriel Tocmo RIP

Charles Lawen RIP

West Mersea

8:30
am

John Kelly RIP

Mile End

9:15
am

Bert Ray RIP & Ints. Katie Bova

Monkwick

10:15 am

Joseph and Bridget Loftus
RIP [A]

Monday 5th

Feria [or St Anthony Zaccaria, Pr.]

Church      9:15 am    Intentions of Ellen Woodley

Tuesday 6th

Feria [or St Maria Goretti, V.M]

Church
9:15 am    Colin Walker RIP

Wednesday 7th

Feria

Church    12:15 pm   Patrick and Mary
English RIP

Thursday 8th

Feria

Church:    9:15 am    John Keanan
RIP

Friday  9th

Feria

Church      9:15 am    William R McGibben RIP

Saturday 10th        Feria

Church       9:15 am    Intentions of Mary
Hodges

LITURGY FOR THE FIFTEENTH
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR [C]
[Sea Sunday] July 11th
2010

Saturday July 10th

6:15
pm

Christopher Cooke RIP

Sunday   July 11th

8:00
am

Intns: Christine Hornigold

10:30am

2:00
pm

5:00
pm

Ints: Joe and Mary Murray

POLISH MASS

HOLY HOUR

6:30
pm

William and Eva Richards RIP

West Mersea

8:30
am

Parishioners

Mile End

9:15
am

Special Intention [CJ]

Monkwick

10:15am

Intentions of Joan Boyden

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