Parish newsletter · 3 December 2023

This is a historical edition. Dates, notices, service times and contact details are reproduced as published at the time. Please consult the latest newsletter for current information.

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2 0 23 : 3rd The Corby Catholic Parishes of Our Lady of Walsingham and St John Ogilvie

December Diocese of Northampton Registered charity

Parish Priest: Fr Christopher Perry
Episcopal Vicar
Assistant Priest: Fr Prasad Kasireddy
Priest in Residence: Fr Wayne Coughlin

Parish Secretary: Mrs Maggie Cleary

Parish Office: 01536 203121
71 Occupation Road
Corby. NN17 1EE
Email: parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org

Website: www.ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday:

9:00am to 12:30pm Not Bank Holidays

Parish Safeguarding Representatives:
Our Lady of Walsingham: Caroline - 07947485935
St John Ogilvie: Kirsty - 07956363869

Please ring if you have any concerns

Diocese of Northampton Safeguarding Office:
Danielle Dixon 01604 723514

In Hospital? Please note: 24/7 emergency sacramental
provision continues at Kettering General Hospital. Please
ask the ward staff to contact the on-call Catholic Priest.

P arish School

O ur Lady of Walsingham Primary
Headteacher: Mrs Hayes
Tel.: 01536 203805 Website: www.ourladys.co.uk\ Email: office@olw.cor.olicatschool.org
Website:

Are You New? Have You Moved?

I am a new parishioner. Please add me to the Parish Census.

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Data Protection – The personal details of yourself and family members given
above will only be stored and used by the Parish for internal administrative and
organisational purposes of the Parish. They will not be disclosed outside the
parish. If statistics from the census are shared with the Diocese or anyone else,
they will be strictly anonymised. Details of how we process your data, and your
rights, are on the full Privacy Notice which may be viewed on the Parish Website
or on the notice board at the back of Church.
I confirm that all individuals whose information has been provided on

this form have agreed for it to be provided to the Parish:

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No . 234091 / Pastoral Area of St Luke, North Northants

December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception

Liturgies this Week

OLW: Our Lady of Walsingham Church / SJO: St John Ogilvie Church

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 3rd December
Parish Mass Book: Page 82 for OLW
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention - Priest 1: Tony Muir, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Barbara Levins, RIP (Anniv.)
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Tony Muir, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Krishna, RIP
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Thomas Mutemachani, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Pro Populo
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Donal O’Regan (Int.)

Monday Feria: Advent 4th December
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Barbara, Martin and the Kay Family
Intention - Priest 2: Our Lady of Guadalupe Guardians (Bedford)

Tuesday Optional Memoria: St Birinus 5th December
NB: There is no public Mass today

Wednesday Optional Memoria: St Nicolas, Bishop 6th December
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Margaret McCahill, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Patrick Killeen, RIP

Thursday Memoria: St Ambrose, Bishop 7th December
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: John and Mamie Guerin, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Joyce Connolly, RIP (Anniv.)

Friday Solemnity: Immaculate Conception 8th December
9:30am (SJO) MASS
Intention: The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk
10:00am (SJO) Sacrament of Reconciliation
10:00am (OLW) FUNERAL MASS of Mary ‘Betty’ Gerrard

Saturday Opt. Memoria: St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoazin 9th December
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Bob Smyth, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Harry Carr, RIP (9th Anniv.)
10:00am (OLW) Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Reconciliation

THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 10th December
Parish Mass Book: Page 85 for OLW
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention - Priest 1: Sheila Mills, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Simon Hemmings, RIP (Anniv.)
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Anne Griffin (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Pro Populo
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Helen Fairbairn, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Patrick Killeen, RIP
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Ela Molik, RIP (27th Birthday)

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Requiescant in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

Mary Elizabeth Gerrard (‘Betty’) whose Funeral Mass is at
OLW Church, on Friday, 8th December at 10:00am.

Patrick Killeen whose Funeral Mass is at OLW Church, on
Tuesday, 12th December at 11am. The Reception of the Body
into OLW Church will take place on 11th December at 4:30pm.

May Christ, who called you, take you to Himself;
may angels lead you to Abraham’s side.
Receive their souls and present them to God the Most High.

“The Church in the British Isles will only begin to grow when
she begins again to venerate her own saints.” St Arsenios of Paros

Our Bishops have asked that mobile phones not be taken
into the Confessional, by either the Priest or Penitent, so that
we might ensure total confidentiality and the sacramental seal.

“Thank you” to all who supported the Rorate Caeli Mass
last Saturday and to everyone who assisted in its preparation;
especially the person who polished all the brass candlesticks!

Fr Christopher will be away over the coming days visiting
his parents in Cornwall; please hold him in your daily prayers.

Let us pray for:

• Ukraine, Israel and Gaza.
• All persecuted Christians.
• All in our parishes preparing for the Sacraments of Initiation.

This year Bishop David will be releasing four online
messages to coincide with the weekly themes of the Advent
season: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. These can be found here:
https://youtu.be/hT3iebbySDg?si=DcWo4ABCQrIBBA69

As Friday, 8th December is a solemnity we do not need
to abstain from eating meat! “Friday Abstinence” (from eating
meat) was reintroduced by our Bishops in September AD 2011.

On Tuesday, 5th December there is no public Mass as
the clergy are in Iver Heath for the Advent Day of Recollection.

All are welcome to join Bishop David as he presides at Mass for
our Diocesan Patronal Solemnity at 7:00pm on 8th
December in Northampton Cathedral; mince pies follow!

When England goes back to Walsingham, Our Lady
will come back to England”. Pope Leo XIII, 1897

We shall need to participate in a Mass of the Fourth
Sunday of Advent to fulfil the Sunday Obligation:

23rd December - Vigil Mass of Advent Four OLW 5:30pm
24th December - Mass of Advent Four OLW 8:30am
24th December - Mass of Advent Four SJO 9:15am
24th December - Mass of Advent Four OLW 10:00am

We shall need to participate in a Mass of
Christmas Day to fulfil the Holy Day Obligation:

24th December - Vigil Mass of Christmas Day OLW 4:00pm
24th December - Vigil Mass of Christmas Day SJO 6:00pm
24th December - Vigil Mass of Christmas Day OLW 8:30pm
25th December - Mass of Christmas Day OLW 8:30am
25th December - Mass of Christmas Day OLW 10:00am

The Bishops Synod on Synodality Resolutions: • Steps towards renewal 1:

Echoing our Holy Father’s sentiments, we invite every parish,
school, and community to look anew at adoration of the
Lord, not least through *Eucharistic Adoration… This deeper
relationship with the Lord will enable us to embrace what
emerges from the Synod Assembly in October 2024.
*Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take
place on the Satudays of Advent (see calendar for details).

• Steps towards renewal 2:

Renewal requires ongoing conversion, personally and in our
communities. The themes of communion, participation and
mission have helped us formulate important questions which
we invite every Catholic in England and Wales to consider:\

1. How can we create and promote space and time for
   prayer, for spiritual communion, for adoring God, and
   for listening and responding to God?\
2. How can we deepen and broaden opportunities for
   people to participate in the prayer of adoration, linking
   this to the service of others?\
3. How do we encourage greater participation in the
   synodal process at the local level, including further
   reflection on the Synodal Synthesis?\
4. How can our experiences of prayer, of thirsting and
   longing for God, and of gratitude and wonder, give a
   missionary witness and invitation that is attractive to
   others?\
5. How can the person of Christ be clearly seen at the
   heart of the service we offer?\
6. How can our service to people in need be framed and
   shaped to increase the widest possible participation?

St Edward’s, Kettering is seeking to recruit a cleaner
for the Presbytery and in the Church Hall (including the office
spaces). The role will be for ten hours per week. The closing
date for applications is Friday, 8th December. Interview dates
to be confirmed. More information and an application form
can be found here: https://northamptondiocese.org/jobs/

The First Sunday of Advent this year also begins the
“Year of Prayer”, focusing on the ‘Our Father’, in preparation
for the Jubilee Year in 2025; in 2024 we were asked to read
anew the major documents of the Second Vatican Council.

OLW Marian Sanctuary Lamp: If you would like to
sponsor this from July 2024 onwards contact the Parish Office.

See previous parish newsletters for the:

1. Details of the online Advent Retreat: 26/11/23 edition.\
2. Bishops Autumn Plenary Resolutions: 26/11/23 edition.\
3. Updates from the Synod on Synodality: 12/11/23 edition.\
4. Details of the “Thriving or Closing?” online gathering with
   Bishop David and Fr James Mallon: 26/11/23 edition.

Thank you to all who have supported the Giving Trees
at OLW thus far; this week is your final opportunity to do so.

With the assurance of our prayers this Advent season,

Fr Christopher, Fr Prasad & Fr Wayne

The lamp in the Chapel of Our Lady of Walsingham Church burns in prayer for:

Ottilie Kiddle, RIP