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 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
[C]

AUGUST 29th 2010

VISIT OF POPE
BENEDICT XVI – 16-19th
September 2010

We continue our series on the life of Cardinal John Henry Newman soon
to be beatified by Pope Benedict:

Newman’s
decision to become a Catholic in1845 was costly.  It cut him off from many of his
friends for years, but he described it later as being like

“coming into port after a rough
sea”.   He joined the
order of priests called Oratorians, was ordained as
a Catholic priest, and established the Congreg-ation
of the Oratory in England.  Nevertheless his troubles were not at
an end.  In old age in 1879 he was
astonished to be made a Cardinal, but his Catholic

life had been filled with
trials and controversies.

The
small, marginal community that was the Catholic Church in England at

that time did not know what to do with the distinguished scholar who
had

joined them.  He was invited to undertake a variety
of projects, for example, to

found a Catholic University in Dublin,
to oversee a new translation of the Bible,

and to edit a prestigious,
but controversial periodical The
Rambler.  These projects
appealed to him because they involved education in what he called

the “large sense of the
word”, what we today might call culture.  While others were preoccupied with
making converts, Newman wanted English Catholics

to be better educated because he believed the Church needed to be
prepared

for converts, as well as
converts prepared for the Church.
But his efforts were consistently undermined.  He was never given the support that
was necessary.

As
the years went by, he came to feel frustrated and overwhelmed by
disappointment.  There is a
poignant entry in his Journal for January 1863 in which he writes that since
he has been a Catholic, “I seem to myself to
have nothing but failure, personally”.  His trials, including conflict within
the Church,

had worn him down.  And his experience has a lesson for
us.  It is easy to identify the
cross with dramatic events, like sickness, disability,or bereavement. But suffering can take many
forms.  There were dramatic events
indeed in Newman’s life, but he is also an example of someone who bore
faithfully over long years a cross carved out of constant
disappointment.  It is the kind of

Cross many people have to
bear.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Fri, 3rd   Parish Pastoral Council
Meeting    7.30pm   in Crypt

Sat. 4th   Monkwick Coffee Morning,  10-12 noon     See below

DAILY:
8.35am Rosary & Divine Mercy (Wednesday 11.30am)

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, Curtis Cody, Nancy Drummond,
Ellie Foley, Bridie Murphy, Baby Leah Patterson, Michael Prout,
Hector Silva.

BAPTISM
COURSE:  Will all those parents who
wish their children to be Baptised during the
autumn and beyond come to the Baptism Course on two Friday evenings –
10th and 17th September at 7.30pm in the Crypt.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY
OF THE WORD:  For those involved within the Colchester
Deanery, there will be a day’s session on 25th September from 10:30am Registration to 2:30pm finish here
in the Crypt.  To book, please

phone the Diocesan Adult RE & Formation for
Ministry office on 01277 265255 or email
[email-masked]
.  Cost is £5 p.p.and please bring a packed lunch

CLARE PRIORY;  The Knights of St. Columba, Colchester are organizing a
day of Recollection at Clare Priory,
Suffolk on
Saturday 18th September and invite all parishioners to join
them.  The cost will be £12
and will include soup and rolls but you can also bring your own packed lunch.  Transport will be by private car.  The day begins at 10am with Mass and ends at 4pm with Benediction.  To book or to enquire about transport,
please contact Justin Nathan on 01206 241317.

MONKWICK
NEWS:  Our next Coffee
Morning/Bring & Buy is on Saturday 4th September 10 – 12
noon, hosted by Joan Norman, 5 Buxted Road, Monkwick.
EVERYONE WELCOME.  Many thanks
to those who attended Mike Firmin’s Coffee
Morning last Saturday.

MERSEA NEWS;
Our September Coffee Morning will be at the home of Sharon Murray, 28 Empress Avenue
on Tuesday, September 14th.  This will be Sharon’s first, so she will need lots
of your support.

UCM EAST MERSEA PICNIC will now be on Sunday 5th September.

TEMPORARY
ORGANIST/KEYBOARD
PLAYER/INSTRUMENTALIST
needed for 6.15 Mass on Saturdays.
As I am having a hip joint replaced on September 28th, I
will be unable to sit on the organ bench for some while.  If you could help, please talk to Fr.
Tony or me (01206 533855) for more information.
Val Thurston

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL meets
on Friday, 3rd September
7.30pm in the Crypt

SVP OUTING TO BRICK LANE
MUSIC HALL
– OCTOBER 8TH:  Please can all those booked to go on this
outing pay their money as soon as possible, by 5th September at the latest, to confirm their place, as we have a
waiting list. Cheques to be made payable to SVP Colchester.  Thank you.

JAZZ AND
PICNIC AT ABBOTSWICK
GARDENS on Saturday
25th September 2010. A
fundraising event for everyone to enjoy. Details to follow

on the
events page of www.abbotswick.org.
Please put this important event in

your diaries.

OCCASIONAL
TRANSPORT REQUIRED;
If you are able to offer an
occasional lift to Saturday evening Mass for two senior parishioners (Roman Road and Exeter Drive
(Riverside Estate), either singly or together, please telephone Margaret
Griffin on 571590, or leave a message with the Parish Office.

CARETAKER
REQUIRED FOR CARDINAL BOURNE HALL

We require a reliable person to take
responsibility for the day to day running of the hall.  The duties include co-ordinating the booking, preparing the hall for users and
clearing up after events.  Anyone
interested is requested to apply in writing to the Parish Office.

CHURCH
MUSIC: The Music Group returns to 10.30 Mass on Sunday 12th
September.  The first rehearsal
will take place on Thursday 9th September at 7.30pm in the Church.  If you are interested in joining us,
please come along.  We are always needing singers and musicians.  Further information from Tim
Williamson on 01206 512310

COFFEE MORNING in Cardinal Bourne Hall – Friday 10th September 10am
to 12.00 noon.
ALL WELCOME

CHURCH CLEANING ROTA: We need more volunteers who can spare 1-2 hours
per month to help clean the Church – dusting and vacuuming. This
usually takes place on Thursday mornings after Mass at 10am approx., or it could be at 2pm before picking the children up
from school.  The work is open to
men and women.  Volunteers please
contact the Parish Office.

THE
ESSEX RECUSANT SOCIETY:  The next meeting of the
Society will take place on Saturday 4th September at 2.30pm
at The Grange, 93 Queens Road,
Brentwood.  Sr. Dominic Savio
Hamer CP, a Passionist
Sister and historian, will speak about ‘Elizabeth
Prout: An English Foundress’.  Further information from Miss Isobel
Parks on 01268 289678

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY – READERS’ DAY:  ‘The Word as Sacrament’

Saturday
2nd October.  Further
details later.

IF YOU ARE
NEW TO THE PARISH: Please introduce yourself to one of the priests
after Mass and complete a registration form [on the table in the porch],
returning it to the Parish Office.
If you move within or out of the parish, please also advise the
Parish Office.

WEB SITE:  For all inclusions on the parish website please contact Don Clarke
– [email-masked]

LITURGY FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND
SUNDAY OF THE YEAR [C]

AUGUST 29th 2010

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

Saturday August 28th

Sunday August 29th

6:15
pm

8:00
am

10.30 am

6:30
pm

Ints. Soosaithasan
& Dewa Calishis

Parishioners

Colin Taylor RIP

Lynne & Richard Cooke RIP

Mersea

8:30
am

Norma Golding RIP

Mile End

9:15
am

Balkaran Sugn
RIP

Monkwick

10:15 am

Holy Souls RIP

Monday 30th

Feria
Bank Holiday

Church     10.00 am    Intentions Juliana Cotte

Tuesday 31st

Feria

Church
9:15 am   Intentions of Chennattu
Family

Wednesday 1st

St, Sebbi   King of the East
Saxons

Church     12:15 pm   Nina O’Dwyer
RIP

Thursday
2nd

Feria

Church:    9:15 am     Special Intention  (JH)

Friday 3rd
Sept

St. Gregory the Great

Church    9:15 am      James Ironside
RIP

Saturday 4th          Feria

Church
9:15 am    Holy Souls RIP

LITURGY FOR THE
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR [C]

5TH SEPTEMBER  2010

Saturday August 4TH

6:15
pm

Thanksgiving – Peter Smith (Aus)

Sunday   August 29TH

8:00
am

Holy Souls

10:30am

Terence Sheeran RIP

6:30
pm

Holy Souls

West Mersea

8:30
am

Parishioners

Mile End

9:15
am

Michael Stammers RIP

Monkwick

10:15am

Holy Souls

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