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 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
[A]

My dear friends,

It was very encouraging to see so many of you at
our Ash Wednesday services. Let us pray for the grace to keep Lent
faithfully.  If we find our
resolutions have fallen by the wayside already, just begin again.

This Friday is the Lent Family Fast Day, with the
collection for CAFOD next weekend.
Gift Aiders will use their own envelopes but please take one of the
CAFOD envelopes which have some helpful information about how our donations
are put to good use.

One Lenten exercise you may like to take part in
is our Lectio Divina
[Holy Reading].  On the Saturdays
of Lent from 5pm-6pm in
the Crypt there is an opportunity to reflect prayerfully on the readings for
the coming Sunday.  You will find it
a very helpful preparation for your Sunday Mass.

I would like to give ample notice of a Day for
Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist on Saturday, April 16th
from 10.30am-4pm in the Cardinal Bourne Hall.  We had a Day for Readers last Autumn
and this is a good opportunity for those carrying out this Ministry to
reflect on the service that they give.
It will be led by members of the Diocesan Liturgy Commission.  As well as reflecting on the Ministry,
there will be an opportunity to discuss the practical aspects.  I would hope that those who carry out
this valuable work will keep this Saturday free.

Over the next 5 Sundays of Lent we will include
with the Newsletter a helpful resource from the Westminster Diocese
“Praying the Mass”, beginning this week with the Introductory
Rites.  We hope this will be
beneficial as we prepare for the introduction of the new Missal later in the
year.

May God bless you all,

Fr
Tony McKentey

EVENTS
THIS WEEK

See
Schedule for Changes or Extra Masses

Wednesday 16th March  6:45-8:45  Scripture Group
Crypt

“
7:00pm Monkwick AGM

Thursday 17th
7:30pm  RCIA

Friday 18th
7:30pm Stations of the Cross
Priory St

“
“
7:30pm  FHC Programme
Crypt

Saturday 19th
10-12
“
“
Hall

“
10am Mass at Mile End for Feast of St Joseph

“
5-6pm  Lectio Divina
Crypt

Sunday 20th
7:30-9pm  Confirmation 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: May
Banks, June Bickersteth, Joan Boyden, Frank
Campbell, Nancy Drummond, Charlie George, Cara Maude, Bridie
Murphy, Denis Nolan, Leah Patterson, Hector Silva, Olivia Thorpe, Ellen Woodley.
Please also remember Canon Peter Walker and his wife, Caroline.

RITE OF
ELECTION TODAY AT BRENTWOOD CATHEDRAL: We pray for our
Candidates, Claire and Daniel, as they attend the Rite of Election this
afternoon.

HAVE YOU
ORDERED A DVD OF THE PAPAL
VISIT? If
so, please contact the Parish Office, as soon as possible to
collect. Cost £5.99. [The Parish has
already paid for them with the Order and there is a waiting list for DVDs not
collected.  Any not collected
this coming week will be sold on to the Waiting List].

THANK
YOU: To Ursula Ackling for the beautiful cover for the kneelers in the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

THE KNIGHTS
OF ST COLUMBA would like to thank all who supported our Quiz in aid of St Helena Hospice.  A donation of £250 has now been
forwarded to them.

EASTER
LILIES:  If you would like to donate a bloom in
memory of a loved one, please enclose whatever you can afford in an envelope
marked “Easter Lily” and deliver to the Priests’ House.

COLLECTION
FOR EASTER FLOWERS AT PRIORY
STREET:
will be taken up on
Sunday, April 10th.

FEBRUARY 100 CLUB WINNERS: They are:1st (£25)
Stephen Rhatigan; 2nd (£15) Gail Haigherty ; 3rd
(£10) M J Irvine.  Congratulations!

MONKWICK
AGM:  Takes place this
Wednesday March 16th at 7pm.

LENTEN
LUNCHES ON WEDNESDAYS IN CRYPT:  After 12:15 Mass. Homemade soup and a roll for  50p.
Proceeds to Childcare.

BRENTWOOD CATHEDRAL LENTEN
LECTURE:  Wednesday 16th March at 7:30pm. Given by Archbishop
Vincent Nichols and entitled “Living
our Catholic faith in a Secular Age”.  Light refreshments in the Cathedral
Parish Hall will follow.  There
will be no charge and everybody is welcome.

HEALING
MASS led by Fr Eamonn at Abbotswick
House of Prayer

on Wednesday 16th March at 2.30pm. All welcome. For further
details visit www.abbotswick.org or call 01277 373959

LECTIO
DIVINA: On Saturday evenings
in Lent in the Crypt 5pm – 6pm.

ST
PATRICK’S DANCE: March 19th
7:30 – 10:30pm. Tickets now on sale: Adults £7.50;
children [5/12yrs] £4, available from Frances on 369568 or Nora
503410.  Bangers and Mash supper
plus dessert; live music and raffle.

SION
COMMUNITY PARISH WEEKEND RETREAT: The Sion
Community in Brentwood is organising a
weekend retreat from 6pm
Friday 25th March to Sunday 27th March 2011. Theme: ’By
God’s Grace’. Cost: £95 residential, £60
non-residential. Book early as we have limited places. For more information,
please call 01277 215011 or e-mail
[email-masked]

A QUESTION OF FAITH: An
evening of questions on living the Catholic faith to be held at the SS Peter
and Paul Parish Centre, Ilford High Road, Ilford IG1 1QP on Monday 28 March
7.30 – 9.00 p.m. Refreshments are provided and there is no charge.
All are welcome. Further details from the Commission for Evangelisation and
Formation on 01277 265289, the parish on 020 8478 0583 or email  [email-masked]  There Is also a poster in
the porch.

“JESUS OF NAZARETH”:  Copies have
arrived.  If you have not already
done so, please collect your copy.
We have one or two copies still available at £12.

DIARY DATE – INVITATION FROM GREENSTEAD
PARISH:  Saturday 21st
May/Sunday 22nd May.  Coach trip to Bruges
via the Tunnel.  Overnight stay at
a cost of £90 p.p. inclusive of coach, tunnel toll fee and
bed/breakfast.  For more
information or to book, please contact Jean on 865038.

MOVING?: If
you are moving, please let the parish office know.  If you are newly arrived, please
complete a registration form, which are in the porch.  For inclusions on the parish website: [email-masked]

CHURCH
CLEANERS’ ROTA: Thursday, March 17th .
Team 2.

LITURGY FOR THE FIRST
SUNDAY OF LENT  [A]

13th
March  2011

Saturday March 12th

Sunday March 13th

6:15
pm

8:00
am

10:30 am

2:00
pm

5:00
pm

6:30
pm

Christina Mooney RIP

Ken Oakley RIP

Gerry Smith RIP [A]

POLISH MASS

HOLY HOUR

Marjorie RIP

Mersea

8:30
am

Brian McGurk RIP

Mile End

9:15
am

Parishioners

Monkwick

10:15 am

Kathleen Brennan RIP

Monday 14th

Feria

Church      7:30 am   John Malaj
RIP

Church      9:15 am   Helen Lydon
RIP

Tuesday 15th

Feria

Church
9:15 am   Intentions of Bridget
Smallwood

Wednesday
16th

Feria

Church
7:30 am    Holy Souls RIP

Church     12:15 pm   John and Julie
O’Connor RIP

Thursday 17th

ST PATRICK, Bp. Apostle
of Ireland

Church      9:15 am     Rosanne and Patrick McAloon RIP

Church:    11:45am     REQUIEM: PATRICK IRVINE RIP

Church:     6:30 pm     Patrick Irvine RIP

Friday 18th

Feria

Church       9:15 am    Bridie
Foley RIP [A]

Church       6:30 pm    Intns of Martin & Elizabeth Moriarty

Church       7:30 pm    Stations of the Cross

Saturday 19th        ST JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE B.V.M.

Church       9:15 am     In Thanksgiving to B.V.M.

Mile End   10:00 am     Holy Souls RIP

LITURGY FOR THE SECOND
SUNDAY OF LENT  [A]

20th March 2011

Saturday March 19th

Sunday   March 20th

6:15
pm

8:00
am

Beryl & Noel Blanchette
RIP

D/Rels: Pauk and Zlocki Families RIP

10:30am

4:00
pm

Joseph Hawken RIP

POLISH MASS

6:30
pm

D/Rels:
Herbert/Richards Families

West Mersea

8:30
am

Parishioners

Mile End

9:15
am

Breda Casey RIP

Monkwick

10:15am

Peggy Wilding RIP

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