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 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
[C]

February 21st 2010

My dear Friends

On the first Sunday of Lent
the Gospel tells us of the forty days Our Lord spent in the wilderness
rejecting the temptations of Satan.
This was a time of testing and trial before he began his public life.  He would not turn away from the saving
work he was sent to accomplish. During Lent we try to turn away from sin and selfishness and walk
more closely with Our Lord.

With the Newsletter today is a leaflet from CAFOD
about the 50th anniversary of Family Fast Day.  To mark this anniversary, they suggest
other ways of raising money for CAFOD during Lent.  We will have the second collection
next weekend and there will be speakers from CAFOD at all the Masses.

On this day there is the
Rite of Election in Brentwood Cathedral when all those to be received into
the Church at Easter from all the parishes in the Diocese are introduced to
the Bishop and accepted as candidates for the Easter Sacraments.  We pray for Luisella,
Antonio, Emma, Scott, Julie, Michael and Victoria from our Parish who will be
going to Brentwood today.  Let us journey with them towards
Easter.

This week we say a fond farewell to Fr Widy and wish him every blessing in his new
responsibilities in his homeland.

There are copies of the Bishop’s Pastoral
Letter for Lent for you to take away with you.

May God bless you all,

Fr Tony McKentey

FR WIDY WRITES:  Dear Friends, I am going to fly back to Indonesia
for good on the 25th February.  Thank you for all your support and
help during my stay in Colchester.  God bless you.  My Address:  St Therese Catholic Church, JL.
Puspowarno Raya. RT 03/RW09, Bujong Salaman, Semarang 50198,
Indonesia.  E amil: [email-masked]                             A.Widyarsono

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Monday Feb 22nd
7:30pm  Mercy Associates Meeting    See below

Tuesday 23rd                   4:30pm  Over 6 Baptism Course         Church      Wednesday 24th
6:45pm  Scripture Course
Crypt

Thursday 25th
7:30 pm  RCIA                                       Crypt

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7:30 pm   Mersea Meeting

Friday 26th                     4:30pm   Over 6 Baptism Course
Crypt

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7:30 pm
Stations of the Cross
See below

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7:30pm   FHC Parents’ Meeting
Crypt

Saturday 27th
10-12
FHC Programme
Crypt & Hall

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

PRAYER
GROUP:                                          Mondays  at 8pm in the Crypt

MEDITATION
GROUP:                                   Tuesdays
at 8pm in the Crypt

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

SICK:  Please remember in your prayers: June Bickersteth, Claire Cooper, Bridie Murphy, Baby Leah
Patterson, Mary Roddy, Hector Silva, Lucy Walker.

BOOKING MASS INTENTIONS:  The Mass Diary for the
Parish is full until mid April.
Please allow at least two months
if you have a specific date for a Mass to be celebrated.
Thank you

CAFOD
FAMILY FAST DAY ENVELOPES:  Please take an envelope
this weekend for the Collection next week.

MERCY ASSOCIATES meet next at 7.30pm
on Monday 22 February at Christ
Church Court (tel. 763049)

SOUTH COLCHESTER CHURCHES LENTEN
COURSE:  Will be held at the following Churches from
7:45-9pm.  Refreshments will be provided and it is a chance to meet other
Churchgoers in the district.  For
more information and
location of any of the churches, contact Christine on 504302.

24th February-St Stephens; 3rd
March-St Margaret’s; 10th March-Wimpole Road Methodist
Church; 17th March-St Barnabas; 24th March-St
Theodore’s, Monkwick.

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN MYLAND:  Lent
studies 2010.  Six
weekly studies at various times and locations.  Full details from
John Sutcliffe. Tel: 851838. Also contact him
if you are able to help with the delivery of Easter cards in the Mile End
area.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS DURING
LENT: On 26th February at St James the Great at 7:30pm.   On Tuesday, 2nd March and 9th
March, the Knights of St Columba will be arranging Stations of the Cross in Priory Street.

MGR DAVID
DONNELLY RIP: The Requiem Mass for Mgr David takes place at Brentwood Cathedral on
Friday, 26th February at 12noon. [Parking at the Cathedral is
limited to clergy and family].

ST PATRICK’S DANCE:  Saturday, March 13th:
7:30 – 11pm in the
Cardinal Bourne Hall.  Join us for live music,
singing and dancing.  Fully licensed bar, soft drinks, tea/coffee/Irish coffee.  Tickets £7.50
[adult]; £4 [children under 12].  Includes salted beef [corned beef],
Colcannon, various desserts.  Book early to assist with catering. Tickets available now
from Nora 503410; Frances
369568;Isobelle 563292.

THE
B.R.E.S SPRING LECTURE entitled; Priesthood: the
biblical roots, will be given by Reverend Dr Adrian Graffy,
scripture scholar, author and director of CEF. It takes place in the
Cathedral House Conference Centre  on Thursday
4th March at 7.30pm.
Cost £5 wages £3 unwaged. Tel. 01277 265285.

YOUTH
NEWS:   On Sunday, 7th March during the
6:30pm Mass at Priory Street,
Brentwood Catholic Youth Service will be performing a short musical drama on
the Passion.

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT: 22nd Feb - 7th March: The Justice and Peace Group has arranged a meeting in the Cardinal Bourne hall on
SATURDAY 6th March from 2.30 - 5 pm.
This will take the form of a short presentation by Ven. Michael Fox plus a
presentation from Winifred Gelli of the Ghana NGO Elikem who are in the process of
certifying a number of farm products as fairly traded.   Plenty of Fairtrade tea and biscuits available!

PRAYER  BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: There is Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
during morning Confessions every Saturday between 9:45 and 10:30am.  There is Holy Hour and Benediction
between 5 and 6pm on
Sunday, March 14th.

VACANCY- SENIOR
NURSE FOR DIOCESAN LOURDES
PILGRIMAGE:

The Senior Nurse is a member of a team of priests
and other personnel, traveling annually as part of the Diocesan Pilgrimage.
The work is voluntary, requiring an ongoing commitment.  The 6-day pilgrimage is at the end of
July but the organization/planning starts months
in advance.  Sick pilgrims are contacted and visited at home.  Qualifications: RGN, on the NMC
Register, community experience an advantage.  CRB check and
current passport necessary, and a car driver.  For further information and an informal
chat, please call the current Senior Nurse, Phyllis Keating on 020 8598 8996
after 7pm.

IF YOU ARE
NEW TO THE PARISH: please introduce yourself
to one of the priests after Mass.  A registration form [on the table in
the porch] will need to be completed and returned to
the Parish Office.  If you are
moving within or out of the Parish, please
also let the Parish Office know.

THE PARISH
WEB SITE:  For all inclusions etc,
please get in touch with Don Clarke.
His email address is [email-masked]

LITURGY FOR THE FIRST
SUNDAY OF LENT [C]

21ST February 2010

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

Saturday February 20th

Sunday February 21st

6:15
pm

8:00
am

10:30 am

4:00
pm

6:30
pm

Alwyn Staines
RIP

Frederick, Elizabeth
& Angelo Lucas RIP

Parishioners

POLISH MASS

Gillian Gardner RIP

West Mersea

8:30
am

Henryk Barbet RIP [A]

Mile End

9:15
am

Leslie Mercury RIP

Monkwick

10:15 am

Patrick Daly RIP

Monday 22nd

THE CHAIR OF ST
PETER

Church      9:15 am   Michael & Ellen Kate
Conlon RIP

Intentions of Aimee Stammers

Church    12:45 pm   REQUIEM – Moira Harrington RIP

Tuesday 23rd

Feria

Church
9:15 am   Thomas Bergin RIP

Church     11:00 am  REQUIEM – Pietro
Leonardi RIP

Wednesday
24th

Feria

Church  12:15 pm     Charles Fahie RIP

Thursday 25th

Feria

Church      9:15 am    Intentions of Paul and Helen

Church    12:00 pm    REQUIEM – Josephine Gooch RIP

Friday 26th

Feria

Church      9:15 am    Violet Fitzgerald RIP

Saturday 27th        Feria

Church       9:15
am    Canon John Bloomfield
RIP

LITURGY FOR THE SECOND
SUNDAY OF LENT  [C]

28th February 2010

Saturday  February 27th

6:15
pm

Krystyna Witek
RIP

Sunday
February 28th

8:00
am

Vic Harris RIP

10:30am

Sr Helen Walsh RIP

6:30
pm

Dominic Peters RIP

West Mersea

8:30
am

Norma Golding RIP

Mile End

9:15
am

Derrick Foley RIP

Monkwick

10:15am

Parishioners

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