ST. JAMES
THE LESS AND ST.
HELEN

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Colchester

with

Mersea, Mile End and
Monkwick

Fr  Anthony  McKentey

Fr
Neil
Brett

Fr
Philip Willenbrock

51 Priory
Street , Colchester, Essex,
CO1 2QB

Tel:
01206 866317;   Fax  01206 791213

E-Mail      [email-masked]

www.stjamesthelessandsthelen.org

THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF THE
YEAR [A]

February 6th 2011

My
dear friends,

On Thursday of this week I celebrated Mass at St
Benedict’s with two of the classes in their school chapel, and on
Friday morning Year 4 from St Thomas More’s
came to the 9:15 Mass in church.
It is always a joy to celebrate Mass with our young people and to hope
and pray that they will always long to receive Jesus who comes to them in
love in Holy Communion: “Make your home in me as I make mine in
you”, says the Lord.

Over the last two Sundays the First Holy
Communion children have taken part in the 10:30 Mass as they proceed on their journey of
preparation for First Communion.
The parish family has been asked to pray for them and hopefully volunteer
to be a prayer sponsor for one of the children during their preparation.

This Friday is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes,
Patroness of our Diocese.  It is
also World Day of Prayer for the Sick.
The 9:15 Mass is a
Funeral Mass but there is also an evening celebration of the Feast at 6:30pm.  Next weekend there will be a second
collection towards the Diocesan Lourdes Sick and Helpers’ Pilgrimage
Fund.

May the Lord strengthen our faith and deepen our
love as we go out to be his witnesses in the world.  May we be salt to the earth and light
to the world.

May God bless you all,

Fr Tony McKentey

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Monday 7th
February     7:30pm    Mercy Associates
See below

Wednesday 9th
6:45
pm   Scripture Group
Crypt

“
“
7pm
SVP Meeting

Thursday 10th
7:30pm     RCIA                                               Crypt

“
“
7:30pm     Finance Committee

Friday 11th
7:30-9pm      Baptism Course
[1 of 2]       See below

Saturday 12th
2pm
Justice & Peace Group
Crypt

DAILY:   Morning
Prayer 8:15am; Rosary/Divine
Mercy 8:35am. [Wed. 11:15am]

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, Frank Campbell, Nancy Drummond,
Charlie George, Patrick Irvine, Cara Maude, Bridie Murphy,  Leah Patterson, Hector Silva, Cameron
Smith, Olivia Thorpe.

POVERTY ACTION SUNDAY TODAY:  There is a power point presentation in the Hall today after the 10:30
Mass.

SECOND
COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND:  For the Diocesan Lourdes
Sick and Helpers’ Pilgrimage Fund.

RECENTLY
DECEASED: Please pray for the
repose of the soul of John Manning
and Theodora Robinson who have recently died.  May they rest in peace.  John’s funeral takes place here
on February 18th at 10:30am.

MERCY ASSOCIATES:  The
next Meeting takes place on Monday, 7th February at 7:30pm at Christ Church Court.  Tel:  763049.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD: Monday 7th
February 7.30pm-9.30pm at Brentwood Cathedral
Conference Centre. Sr Nuala
will lead the session.  Full details on the poster in the porch.

W.R.A.P:  The parish’s second and last session
begins this Wednesday,9th, until 16th February 2011.  If you would like to volunteer
–and it will mean sleeping in the Hall overnight – call 549885
and speak to Pernille for details.

HEALING
MASS AT ABBOTSWICK: The next healing Mass at Abbotswick House of Prayer will be
Wednesday, 9th February, at 2.30pm.

COLCHESTER STREET PASTORS:  If you
are interested in becoming a Street Pastor, you are invited to an information
evening on Friday 11th February from 8pm to 10pm
in St Botolph’s Church Hall.

BAPTISM COURSE [FOR CHILDREN UP TO 6 YEARS]; A reminder that the next Course has been arranged
for Friday, 11th February 2011
and Friday, 18th February 2011 in the Crypt from 7:30pm –
9pm.  Appointments are not
necessary. But both sessions must be attended.

ESSEX RECUSANT SOCIETY:
The next meeting will be held on Saturday 19th February at 2.30 pm at The Grange, 93 Queens Road, Brentwood. The speaker will be
Dr. Gerard Kilroy, Honorary Visiting Professor at
University College London. He will speak on, "Edmund Campion and the
traitor in our midst". This talk will examine events surrounding the
saint's capture. For further information or to join the Society please
contact Miss Isobel Parks on 01268 289678.

CATHOLIC HANDICAP FELLOWSHIP: There will a special Mass for the Catholic Handicap Fellowship for
people with learning disabilities on Sunday 20th February at
3.00pm at
Brentwood Cathedral. The main celebrant will be the Bishop of
Brentwood.  Everybody is welcome.

WOMEN’S WORLD DAY
OF PRAYER: St James the Less and St Helen is hosting the Women's
World Day of Prayer Service on Friday 4th March at 10.15am.
This year focusing on Chile,
all welcome, followed by refreshments - with a Chilean flavour
- in the Cardinal Bourne Hall. If
there are any ladies
interested in being involved with the WWDP service, please contact me ASAP on 07980 312584 or via email [email-masked]

ST
PATRICK’S NIGHT: Diary
date – March 19th 7:30 – 10:30pm.  More information to follow.

BRES
SPRING LECTURE
Thursday 24th March 7.30 pm entitled  “The Word of God
for the Church and for the World; an exploration of the Synod document on the
Bible (Verbum Domini) which will be given by Rev Dr Adrian Graffy.

CAFOD EVENT: To mark the season of Lent, Christian folk band “Meditation”
from Kelvedon parish will be performing “The Journey” -
a selection of music and readings following the life of Jesus - on Sunday 27th March at 7.30pm. This event takes place
at the Brentwood Theatre with all
proceeds to CAFOD. Tickets are £10 each and can be purchased through
the Brentwood Theatre Box Office. 01277 200305 or online http://www.brentwood-theatre.org/ (There
is a £1 handling charge per transaction) This is the first concert
CAFOD have been involved with and they would greatly appreciate your support.
More information can be found www.cafod.org.uk/brentwood  Please also see poster in the
porch.

PARISH
FOOTBALL TEAM: Danny Ferdinand
writes: After
a lengthy enforced winter break due to the inclement weather, the Parish
football team returned to form with a comprehensive victory over our Ipswich based rivals Hope Church.

We won 5-2 and once again Andrew Springford grabbed the headlines with a stunning hat-
trick.

“100 CLUB” JANUARY DRAW:   And the winners are… David Livesley – 1st prize [£25];
Jonathan Livesley – 2nd Prize
[£15]; Stephanie Curran – 3rd prize [£10].  Congratulations to all.

CLEANERS’ ROTA:
Thursday 27th January – Team
1.

LITURGY FOR THE FIFTH
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR  [A]

February 6th 2011 – Breviary Week 1

Saturday February 5th

Sunday February 6th

6:15
pm

8:00
am

10:30 am

6:30
pm

Des Fuller RIP

Frank Williams RIP

D/Rels: O’Grady
Family RIP

Intentions: Ralph and Family

Mersea

8:30
am

Frederick,Elizabeth & Angelo Lucas RIP

Mile End

9:15
am

Parishioners

Monkwick

10:15 am

Intentions of Joan Boyden

Monday 7th

Feria

Church     7:30am     Canon John
Bloomfield RIP

Church     9:15am     Frederick, Elizabeth
& Angelo Lucas RIP

Tuesday 8th

Feria

Church     9:15 am    Roger Sawyer RIP

Wednesday 9th

Church      7:30 am   Kathleen Bergin RIP

Church    12:15 pm
D/Rels:
Betts Family RIP

Thursday 10th

St Scholastica,
V

Church:     9:15 am   Vivienne Wright RIP [A]

Friday 11th

OUR LADY OF LOURDES, Principal
Patroness of Diocese

Church      9:15 am    REQUIEM – ARCHIBALD
LYNN RIP

Church      6:30 pm    Intentions of Joyce Wrobel

Saturday 12th       Feria

Church       9:15 am  Frederick,Elizabeth & Angelo LucasRIP

LITURGY FOR THE SIXTH
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR  [A]

February 13th 2011

Saturday February 12th

Sunday   February 13th

6:15
pm

8:00
am

Intentions of the Silva Family

Intentions of Joyce Wrobel

10:30am

D/Rels: Hanley &
Markham Families

6:30
pm

Intentions of Mrs Tide
& Family

West Mersea

8:30
am

Parishioners

Mile End

9:15
am

Cestari Family RIP

Monkwick

10:15am

Katarzyna Hurlo
RIP [BB]

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