Parish newsletter · 14 January 2024

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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20 The Corby Catholic Parishes of

Our Lady of Walsingham

C + M + B

+ and St John Ogilvie

24

Diocese of Northampton

2024: 14th Registered charity No. 234091
January Pastoral Area of St Lu ke, North Northants

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

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

Are You New? Have You Moved?

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

NAME(S): ………………………………………………………………….
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ADDRESS: ………………………………………………………………….
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TEL.: ………………………………………………………………….
EMAIL: ………………………………………………………………….
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:

Signed: ………………………………………………… Date: ……

Name: …………………………………………………………………

Please cut out and return to the Pa rish Office or hand to the Clergy.

January is dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus

Ordinary Two Pro Populo Mass to be celebrated on 15/01/24

Church - OLW: Our Lady of Wa lsingham / SJO: St John Ogilvie

Liturgies this Week

SUNDAY: SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 14th January
Parish Mass Book: Page 127 for OLW / Page 55 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Sadie Bayley, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Margaret and James McCahill, RIP
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Jim Reilly, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: John Hannon (Intention)
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Catherine Duncan, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Frank Maguire, RIP (Anniv.)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Bill Price, RIP (2nd Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Phil Downey (Intention)

Monday Feria 15th January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Frank Maguire, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Pro Populo

Tuesday Feria 16th January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: John and Bridie Hannon (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Chukwudi (“Chuk”) Nwankwo, RIP
11:00am MASS at Seagrave House

Wednesday Memoria: St Antony, Abbot 17th January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Maureen Davies, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Anne and Colin McGinley, RIP
4:30pm (OLW) Reception into Church of Mary Mack, RIP

Thursday Votive: The Most Holy Name of Jesus 18th January
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Richard Mason, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Frances McDevitt, RIP (1st Anniv.)
10:00am (OLW) FUNERAL MASS of Mary Mack, RIP

Friday Memoria: St Wulstan, Bishop & Religious 19th January
9:10am (SJO) Holy Rosary
9:30am (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Emmett and Cecilia Devlin (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Maureen Lapsley (Intention)
10:00am (SJO) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

Saturday Votive: Our Lady of Walsingham 20th January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Peggy McDevitt, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Bridgie Sweeney, RIP (Anniv.)
10:00am (OLW) Exposition and Sacrament of Confession

SUNDAY: THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 21st January

Sunday of the Word of God (instituted by Pope Francis)

Parish Mass Book: Page 129 for OLW / Page 57 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Edward McClafferty & Maggie Craddock, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Norah and John O’Leary, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 3: Alice Kerr (Intention)
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Margaret Carroll, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Mary Mack, RIP
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Sadie Bayley, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Mary and Patrick Fitzpatrick, RIP
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Ela Molik, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Pro Populo

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Requiescant in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

Mary Mack whose Funeral Mass is at OLW, on Thursday, 18th
January at 10:00am. The Reception of the Body into Church
will take place on Wednesday, 17th January at 4:30pm.

Richard William Mason whose Funeral is at OLW Church, on
Wednesday, 31st January at 11:00am. The Reception of the
Body into Church will take place on 30th January 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.

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

Well done

to everyone who has use blessed chalk for the
Epiphany Blessing of their home! Any remaining chalk can be
kept for next year or buried so that it returns to the earth.

Well done

also to everyone who took part in the Renewal
of Baptismal Promises last Monday: the close of Christmastide.

Thank you

once again to everyone who participated in the
solemn Blessing of Epiphany Water and for the many positive
comments and questions that followed in the days afterwards.

Thank you

to all who made a donation at the Christmas
Cribs in either Church; all the monies raised, which totalled
approx. £370, will be given to Friends of the Holy Land.

Thank you

to everyone who assisted in removing the Crib,
trees and flowers associated with our observance of Christmas.

Candlemass:

After the recent celebration of so many
sacramentals we now look forward to the rituals associated
with candles for The Presentation of the Lord (2nd February)
and the Blessing of Throats on St Blaise’s Day (3rd February)!

Mass 16th January

on will also be offered at 11:00am in
Seagrave House and all are welcome to attend this celebration.

Mass 18th January

on will be offered at 8:30am in OLW.

This weekend - SPUC:

“The Society for the Protection
of Unborn Children” will be holding its White Flower Appeal
which this year calls for the Government to close its pills-by-
post abortion policy which ends the lives of precious babies
and puts mothers in great physical and psychological danger.

The Sunday of the Word of God

was instituted by
Pope Francis in 2019 and is celebrated on the Third Sunday in
Ordinary Time (21st January). Its aim is to remind us that we
hear the voice of God when the Scriptures are read at Mass.
For this Sunday all churches across our Diocese are asked to
“enthrone the Scriptures at Mass” and to encourage families
and individuals to be immersed in the Sacred Word of God.

green scapular

If you would like to be invested with the ,
during the 9:30am Mass on St Joseph’s Day (19th March) please
contact the Parish Office ASAP so that we have a list. The green
scapular is associated with spiritual conversion plus physical
and mental well-being. The green scapular can be purchased
from the OLW repository any time before 19th March.

“When Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled
with countless angels who adore the Divine Victim
immolated on the altar.” - St John Chrysostom

“If we really understood the Mass, we would die of joy.”\

• St John Vianney

Thank you

from the SVP to everyone who took part in the
Advent Giving Tree project and thus supported “Baby Basics”
plus local individuals and families who are most in need.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

begins
on 18th January and ends on 25th January. As Catholics we are
urged to pray for the visible unity of all believers in Jesus and
thus we are reminded of the words of Pope Benedict XVI who
said: “In this Week of Prayer for Unity our regret about the
impossibility of sharing the same Eucharistic banquet - a sign
that we are still far from achieving that unity for which Christ
prayed - is particularly acute. This sorrowful experience, which
also gives our prayers a penitential dimension, must become
the reason for an even more generous dedication on the part
of all so that, once the obstacles that stand in the way of full
communion have been removed, the day will come when we
can gather round the table of the Lord…” (19th January 2011).
We most especially pray for the Rev’d Scott McCarthy, the new
Presbyterian Minister in Corby, and we offer him a very warm
welcome to our community and assure him of our prayers. ✠
Fr Christopher was pleased to be able to represent our two
parishes at the recent Service of Introduction for Rev’d Scott.

2024 Year of Prayer / 2025 Jubilee Year:

Pope Francis asked that in 2023 we all study the documents of
the Second Vatican Council and that 2024 be a Year of Prayer
in preparation for the Jubilee Year of 2025. This is what the
Holy Father had to say about this Year of Prayer: “In a word,
may it be an intense year of prayer in which hearts are opened
to receive the outpouring of God’s grace and to make the ‘Our
Father’, the prayer Jesus taught us, the life programme of each
of his disciples.” The Jubilee Year is a special time of grace in
which the Church offers the possibility of obtaining a plenary
indulgence, that is, the full or partial removal of the temporal
punishment associated with sin so that no further expiation in
Purgatory is required; this can be either for oneself or for the
departed. More details will follow soon in the newsletter.

Pilgrims of Hope Tour 2024: Bishop David is to

visit groups of parishes across our Diocese as part of the Year
of Prayer and in preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year. These
gatherings are open to everyone and the date for us in Corby is
Monday, 29th January at OLW Church; the timetable is:
7:00pm Eucharistic Adoration and Holy Rosary
7:30pm Bishop David’s Talk: ‘Pilgrims of Hope’
7:50pm Question & Answer with Bishop David (who is
happy to speak about any subject)
8:30pm Social Gathering

With our prayers in this season of Ordinary Time,

Fr Christopher, Fr Prasad & Fr Wayne

Our Lady of Walsingham and St John Ogilvie: Pray for us!

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

Ann Hogan, Intention