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 FEAST OF JESUS CHRIST
THE KING

November 22nd  2009

My dear Friends

Today we celebrate the lovely feast of Jesus
Christ, the Universal King, and thus bring to a conclusion the Church’s
Liturgical Year.  All that we do
as a parish community in work and prayer is to serve Christ the King and help
build up his kingdom in this world.
We look forward to the day when all will acknowledge Jesus as their
Lord and King.

This is the Sunday in recent times designated as
National Youth Sunday to celebrate the special role of our young people, who
are the Church of today -  and tomorrow.  We are very grateful for all the work
our young people do for us in the parish, e.g. altar serving, singing,
helping with the Children’s Liturgy of the Word and serving coffee on
Sunday mornings.  Today there is a
collection for the work of the Diocesan Youth Service, and two of our young
people will speak at the end of Mass about it.

This weekend we welcome Fr Joseph back for his
presentation, and all our efforts are now directed
to support the Christmas Market where I look forward to meeting as many of
you as possible.

May God bless you all

Fr Tony McKentey

EVENTS THIS WEEK [Please
check any changes]

Monday 23rd
November 7:30pm  Mercy Associates Meeting     See below

Wednesday  25th
7:00pm  SVP Meeting                             Crypt

[There is no Scripture Course this week]

Thursday 26th
7:30pm  RCIA Course
Crypt

Friday 27th
12
noon  Hospital
Mass
Chapel

“      “
4:30pm  “Over 6yrs” Baptism
Course   Crypt

“
“
6pm-9pm      Christmas
Market
CBH  [See posters]

Saturday 28th       10am-5pm
“
“
“

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, Lisette Graziani,
baby Leah Patterson, Mary Roddy, Alwyn Stains, Hector
Silva.

NATIONAL
YOUTH SUNDAY:  Today after all Masses
there will be a second collection to support the
work with young people in our Diocese and a short address will be given at
all Masses at Priory Street.

BAPTISM
COURSE:  The next Baptism course has been arranged for Fridays, January 29th and
5th February 2010 at 7:30pm in the Crypt [entrance via the
Church].  This Course is for all
those wishing to have a child [of up to 6 years] baptised.  There is no need to make an
appointment but both sessions must be attended.  If you have a child of 6 and above,
the next Course will take place sometime in April.

RECENTLY DECEASED:  Please pray for
the repose of the soul of Yvette Hughes [Funeral 25th November
– 12:15pm], Maria Rayner [Funeral 2nd
December- 12:15pm], Ken Cheeseman [Funeral 4th
December – 1:45pm] and Pat Knight [a Kelvedon parishioner, previously a
member of our Hospital Chaplaincy Team] who have recently died.  May they rest in peace.

MERCY ASSOCIATES:  The next Meeting takes place at 7:30pm
tomorrow,

Monday, 23rd
November at Christ Church Court.  Tel: 763049.

CHRISTMAS
MARKET: NOVEMBER 27TH & 28TH:   Count down to the Christmas
Market.  Still needed are items
for the raffle and stalls, books, toys, food, bottles, cakes, sweets.  If you are replacing some of your
Christmas decorations, we can use your old ones. All items
to go in the black bins in the Church porch please. Thank
you.  Frances
369568; Nora 563410; Isobelle 563292.

ADVENT 2009: Listen! Preparing Spiritually for Christmas.
The following  sessions offer
the opportunity to prepare spiritually for the celebration of Christmas: Monday
30th Nov with Bishop John Crowley Monday 7th
Dec with Father David Clemens Monday 14th Dec with
Sister Magdalen Lawler, SND Cathedral
Conference Centre, Brentwood 7.30pm. For booking and further information on the above events contact the Adult
RE & Formation for Ministry office on 01277 265219/257 or email the secretary [email-masked]
Details can be found on the website www.dioceseofbrentwood.net   [& posters here in the
porch].

HEALING
MASS at ABBOTSWICK HOUSE OF PRAYER,
celebrated by Fr John

Glynn on Wednesday 2nd December at 7.30pm. Please visit www.abbotswick.org
or call 01277 373959 for details.

WAVE:  Come together to stop climate change.  CAFOD
invites you to Westminster Central Hall for 11am or 12 noon in Grosvenor Square on Saturday, 5th
December, to rally and march for action by world leaders in Copenhagen the following weekend.
J&P Group

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY:  Friday 11th December.
Evening Prayer in the Church and follow-up talk by
Michael Fox – “Creation and Incarnation” in the Crypt.  Time
to be confirmed.

YEAR OF ST LUKE: On the First Sunday of Advent we will begin to read
again from the Gospel of Luke. With this in mind the
Commission for Evangelisation and Formation has
arranged an Ecumenical Study Day at Brentwood Cathedral Hall on Saturday 12th
December from 10.30 a.m.
until 3 p.m. The day will be given by Mr Ian Boxall,
who is Senior Tutor in New Testament at St Stephen’s House in the University of Oxford. A buffet lunch will be provided, and books by Ian Boxall
will be on sale. To book your place please e-mail [email-masked] or telephone 01277 265289.

“MISSIO” RED BOX HOLDERS are invited to take a
2010 Missio Calendar, now available at the back of Priory Street Church
or the Mass Centres.  We need more Red Box holders to
collect funds for the APF/Mill Hill Missions.  Please contact Ron Griffin [571590] if
you wish to be a box-holder.

READERS REQUIRED:  We are rather short of
readers at the 8am and 6:30pm Sunday Masses at present.  Volunteers would be most welcome to contat Francis Carter on 01206 864479.

SINGLE AT CHRISTMAS? Why not join with others in the same situation for
Christmas lunch in the Cardinal Bourne Hall on Christmas Day.  If interested, contact John Sutcliffe
on 851838 as soon as possible.
Cost depends on numbers.

TREE
OF ANGELS: At
this time so special to all children and in
remembrance of a loved one the Brentwood Catholic
Children’s Society  invite you to dedicate a symbolic angel on
their Tree of Angels.   They will send you an angel on which you
can place a special message.  This may then decorate one of their Tree of
Angels sited at churches around the Diocese or hang on your Christmas tree at
home.  The name of each person being remembered will be entered into a
Book of Remembrance which will be professionally bound and
placed on display in the Chapel at Childcare House. For further
information or to make a dedication please call Sarah on 01268 784544 or email [email-masked].
The Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society would like to thank you for
your ongoing support throughout this year and wish you all a very holy
Christmas and a peaceful new year.

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.
If you are moving within or out
of the parish, please 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 OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST THE KING

22nd November 2009 – National Youth
Sunday

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

Saturday November 21st

Sunday  November 22nd

6:15
pm

8:00
am

10:30 am

6:30
pm

Patrick Lyons RIP

Rev. Arthur and Beryl Oliver RIP

John and Julie O’Connor RIP

In Thanksgiving [RT]

West Mersea

8:30
am

Parishioners

Mile End

9:15
am

Intentions of Yadi Khodaverdi

Monkwick

10:15 am

Heather and Frank Mills
RIP

Monday 23rd

Feria

Church      9:15 am    Lynda Scott RIP

Holy
Souls RIP

Tuesday 24th

SS Andrew
Dung-Lac, Pr. & Comps. Mm

Church
9:15 am    Mrs Aleykutty George RIP

Wednesday
25th

Feria

Church    12:15
pm   REQUIEM
– YVETTE HUGHES RIP

Thursday 26th

Feria

Church     9:15 am     Stephen Hilton RIP

Friday  27th

Colchester Gen.

Feria

Church      9:15 am    Intentions of Fr Thomas Coffey

Chapel     12:00noon
Private Intention

Saturday 28th       Feria

Church        9:15am    D/Rels .Herbert &
Richards Families RIP

LITURGY FOR THE FIRST
SUNDAY OF ADVENT – YEAR C

29th November 2009

Saturday  November 28th

6:15
pm

Mr & Mrs
Milford &
Lionel Wright RIP

Sunday    November 29th

8:00
am

Geoffrey & Beatrice Foley RIP

10:30am

Joseph Hawken RIP

6:30
pm

D/Rels. Herbert & Richards Families

West Mersea

8:30
am

Henry Johnson RIP [A]

Mile End

9:15
am

Parishioners

Monkwick

10:15am

Major E and Mrs Jane Wright 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