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 EIGHTH SUNDAY OF THE
YEAR [A]

February 27th 2011

My dear friends,

In the Gospel recently Our Lord said not to offer
the wicked man any resistance; not to return violence with violence.  One can see the recent uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia
and Libya
as peaceful protests, an example of “people power”, crying out
for new leadership and justice.
We hope these countries will find a way to good government, and that
the billions which dictators have put aside for themselves can be put to
better use.  The Lord tells us
today to set our hearts on His kingdom first and not on riches.

PARISH FINANCE

I am very grateful to the Parish Finance
Committee for their advice and watchful care over the Parish Finances.  As we approach the end of the
financial year, we will be having a retiring collection next weekend for the
Parish Development Fund to help towards meeting all our many financial
commitments.  The members of the
Committee are:- Adrian Livesley
[Chair], Vincent Jones
[Treasurer], John Sales [Gift
Aid/100 Club Co-ordinator], Ken Chapman, Trevor Howes, Mark Lee
[PCC Chair] and also, yours
truly!

May God bless you all,

Fr
Tony McKentey

EVENTS THIS WEEK- PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO WEEKDAY MASSES

No Scripture Group this week

Wednesday 2nd
Mar
7:30pm  Auditions P St
Theatre Group see below

Thursday 3rd                   7:30pm  RCIA                                                  Crypt

Friday 4th
10:15am
& 3pm  WWDP  Service
See below

Saturday 5th
7:30pm  KSC Table Quiz
CBH

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, Cameron Smith, Olivia Thorpe, Ellen Woodley.
Please also remember Canon Peter Walker and his wife, Caroline.  [Canon Peter is donating a kidney to
Caroline].

BAPTISM
TODAY:  Dean Kyle Conybeare.  God bless this child and congratulations to his family.

PRIORY STREET THEATRE GROUP are
holding auditions for their September musical on Wednesday 2nd March in the Cardinal
Bourne Hall, Priory
Street, at 7.30 pm. All welcome. Minimum age 15 years.

WOMEN’S
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE
– Friday 4th March: is being
hosted by [1]St James the Less and St Helen 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 at Priory Street, please contact me ASAP on 07980 312584 or via email [email-masked]  and [2] at St Cedd’s, Mersea, later at 3pm.  Here is an opportunity to attend either
time, with a warm welcome guaranteed to everyone.

ST
THOMAS MORE PTA QUIZ NIGHT: to be held in the school hall on Friday 4th
March. Doors open 7.30pm.
Tickets cost £2.50, available through the school office or on the
door on the night. Licensed
bar. Bring your own nibbles. All proceeds to the school.

TABLE
QUIZ:  The Knights of St Columba are holding a
Table Quiz in the Cardinal Bourne Hall,
Priory Street,
on Saturday March 5th at 7:30pm.  Proceeds will be donated to St Helena Hospice.  Light refreshments will be
provided, please bring your own drinks.
Tickets £4:50.  Ring
Ron on 797850 to book or just turn up on the evening.

MERCY ASSOCIATES: meet next at 7.30pm on Monday, 7 March, at Christ Church Court (
tel. 763049).

BRES
SPRING LECTURE:
Understanding the Revised Mass Texts on Tuesday 8th March,
7.30pm. To
be held at Cathedral Conference Centre, Brentwood.
Cost £5 per person. To book; [email-masked] or
call 01277 265255.  Please see
poster.

CANONESSES
OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE invite you to a Quiet Day on the 11th March 2011 Theme of the day
‘Launch into Lent’ At 74 Howe Close, home of the Community 10-3pm.
Come for the day or a stretch - bring your lunch, tea and coffee provided
Telephone 01206 867296 or email
[email-masked]  All
welcome.

MONKWICK
AGM:  Takes place at St
Theodore’s on Wednesday March 16th at 7pm.

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.

CAFOD:
A reminder that the
CAFOD Lent Fast Day takes place on Friday, March 18th and the
collection takes place after all Masses on the weekend of the 19th/20th
March.  The CAFOD Spirituality
Team has been renamed as the Theology Programme.  Visit [email-masked] for details of
forthcoming lectures; for resources – books, films, Lenten reflections,
Stations of the Cross, etc., visit [email-masked]

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.

LENT 2011: Annual Lenten Spirituality Day- The
Road to Jerusalem- ‘Jesus resolutely took the
road to Jerusalem’. Saturday 26th
March  10.00am
-3.30pm with Fr Denis McBride,
CSsR. Cathedral Conference Centre, Brentwood. Cost £10 per person.  Full details on poster in the porch

WALK WITH ME booklets for Lent 2011 now available:  Price £1.

HAVE YOU
ORDERED A DVD OF THE PAPAL VISIT?: If so, please contact the Parish Office as soon as possible to arrange
collection and the payment of £5.99. [There is a waiting list for DVDs
not collected].

CLEANER REQUIRED FOR ST THOMAS MORE’S SCHOOL: Two hours per day Monday – Friday £6.50 per hour.Times
negotiable. Contact the school office on 01206 865722 for more
details.

CHURCH CLEANERS’
ROTA: Thursday, March 3rd.  Team 4.

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]

LITURGY FOR THE EIGHTH
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR  [A]

February 27th 2011  Breviary Week 4

Saturday February 26th

Sunday February 27th

6:15
pm

8:00
am

10:30 am

6:30
pm

Tommy Close RIP [A]

Mr Miriampillai
RIP

Dolores McManus RIP

Robert Thomas Dean RIP

Mersea

8:30
am

Irene Lawrence RIP

Mile End

9:15
am

Chris Barrell
RIP & Bob McLean RIP

Monkwick

10:15 am

Parishioners

Monday 28th

Feria

Church      7:30 am   Intentions of Maura Foley

Church      9:15 am   Intentions of Sebastian Tanner

Church      4:30
pm   Reception of Coffin

Church      4:45 pm   Vespers

Tuesday

March 1st

ST DAVID, Bp, Patron of Wales

Church
9:15 am  Tom Lohan RIP

Church     11:45 am  REQUIEM – THEODORA ROBINSON RIP

Wednesday 2nd

Feria

Church
7:30 am   Intentions of Miss Ria & Family

Church      9:45 am   FUNERAL – TERRY CLEARE RIP

Church    12:15 pm
Sr
Helen Walsh RIP [A]

Thursday 3rd

Feria

Church
7:30 am   Holy Souls RIP

Church:     9:15 am   Clare Adams
RIP [A]

Friday 4th

N.B.

Feria
[Women’s World Day
of Prayer] *

Church      8:15 am   Mrs
Bridget Ross RIP

Church        10:15 am   * WWDP SERVICE

Church      6:30 pm   Parishioners

Saturday 5th        Feria

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

LITURGY FOR THE NINTH
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR  [A]

[Day for the Unemployed]   6th March 2011

Saturday March 5th

Sunday   March 6th

6:15
pm

8:00
am

Patricia &Peter Pryke
RIP

M & H Critchley
& Paul Whiteside RIP

10:30am

Stephen Hilton RIP

6:30
pm

Ints: Rev. Peter & Mrs Walker

West Mersea

8:30
am

Canon John Bloomfield RIP

Mile End

9:15
am

Tony Twomey
RIP

Monkwick

10:15am

Mr & Mrs K Hurlo RIP [ GMcC]

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