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Weekend Masses: Saturday evening at 6:00 pm
and Sunday at 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 12 noon
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Welcome everyone to OLSG parish. Please keep up to date with the events in our Parish through our newsletters.
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Words from Canon Niall ~ Reflection for Passion Sunday
The whole Passion Story reminds us that the type of authority of Jesus is different from that of a worldly power. Christ emptied himself and became the servant of all. We need this spirit if we are to be ‘one people healed of all division’ and bring an end to the war, violence, selfishness and injustice which divide us. We can treat the ‘Passion of Jesus’ in a way that we force a certain sense of grief upon ourselves, blaming our personal sin for Jesus’ death. However, more importantly, we are called to connect Jesus’ experience that includes life and death, injustice and courage, violence and peace. We cannot contemplate Jesus’ suffering without contemplating the suffering of our world and its people.
Have a Blessed week.
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There will be no Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament commencing Monday 14th April. Adoration will resume on Monday 28th April.
The Novena to Divine Mercy will start on Good Friday after the Service of The Passion of Our Lord. Feast of The Divine Mercy will be celebrated on 27th April, Canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis. The celebration will start at 1:15pm and finish with Holy Mass, which will start around 3:45pm. See notice board for details.
Walsingham We are pleased to announce that on the 24th May 2025, the Walsingham Pilgrimage is back! See notice board for details.
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Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2025: Join Bishop Alan in Lourdes from Friday 18 to Friday 25 July. We can support those with medical needs. For further information, please 'phone Tangney Tours on 01732 886 666 or book online: Brentwood Lourdes Pilgrimage - Tangney Tours.
New Lectionary: The readings at Mass will now be translated using the English Standard Version Catholic Edition (ESVCE). The old version will no longer be used at Mass in accordance with the Bishops Conference of England and Wales. New Sunday missals and readings can be purchased via the CTS Bookshop www.ctsbooks.org/product/sunday-missal-2025
On Wednesday 15th of October 2025 Bishop Alan will come for a pastoral visitation and at the evening Mass administer the Sacrament of Confirmation. A preparation programme will be available in advance of the celebration. Details will be available in the parish newsletter. All candidates must attend Mass every Sunday.
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Thresholds of Hope : the Vicariate for Adult Formation - another wonderful tool when proclaiming the good news of God's grace to all. St John Henry Newman believed that the lay faithful were to take a full part in the life of the Church, to be confident in expressing their Catholic Faith and willing to share its beauty with others. Hope you find this resource useful; more here https://thresholdsofhope.co.uk/
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