Parish newsletter · 21 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: 21st 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

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.

Are You New? H ave 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 Three Pro Populo Mass to be celebrated on 27/01/24

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

Liturgies this Week

SUNDAY: THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 21st January

The Sunday of the Word of God

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

Monday Memoria: St Vincent, Deacon and Martyr 22nd January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Richard Mason, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Matt Naughton (Intention)

Tuesday Votive: The Most Holy Name of Jesus 23rd January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Mary Mack, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Thomas Kennedy, RIP (Birthday)

Wednesday Memoria: St Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor 24th January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Bridgie Sweeney, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Fr Prasad and his Fransalian brothers and sisters

Thursday Feast: The Conversion of St Paul 25th January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Maureen Davies, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Fr Marcel Fangoo (Intention)

Friday Memoria: Ss Timothy and Titus 26th January
9:10am (SJO) Holy Rosary
9:30am (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Private Intention
Intention - Priest 2: Diocesan seminarians: Ollie, Chris and Renver
10:00am (SJO) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

Saturday Votive: Saturday Memoria of Our Lady 27th January
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Special Intention
Intention - Priest 2: Pro Populo (for 21st January)
10:00am (OLW) Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

SUNDAY: FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 28th January
Parish Mass Book: Page 132 for OLW / Page 59 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Jim Treacy, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Pro Populo
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Ann Hyland, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: George and Teresa Goodall (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Eamonn Norton (Intention)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Lois Jones, RIP (1st Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Richard Mason, RIP

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Requiescant in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

Richard William Mason whose Funeral Mass is at OLW, 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

Thank you

to all who made a donation at the Christmas
Cribs in either Church; all the monies raised, which totalled
£511.59 at OLW, will be given to Friends of the Holy Land.

Thank you

to all who, last weekend, supported the Society
for the Protection of Unborn Children’s White Flower Appeal;
the total amount raised for SPUC at OLW was £345.23.

The Sunday of the Word of God

was instituted by
Pope Francis in 2019 and is celebrated each year on the Third
Sunday in Ordinary Time. New - Pope Francis: “Devoting a
specific Sunday of the liturgical year to the word of God can
enable the Church to experience anew how the risen Lord
opens up for us the treasury of his word and enables us to
proclaim its unfathomable riches before the world.” Amen.

Our

Green scapular

investitures
with take place during at the 9:30am
Mass on St Joseph’s Day: 19th March; if
you would like to be enrolled, please
contact the Parish Office so that we
have a full list of participants. New:
On 8th September 1840, the Feast of the Birthday of Our Lady,
Mary appeared to Sr Justine Bisqueyburo and it was revealed
that the world was being called to a deeper love of the Mother
of God and her Immaculate Heart. Our Lady urged those who
wear the green scapular to say each day: “Immaculate Heart of
Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”
The green scapular is most associated with spiritual conversion
of oneself (or the person for whom one prays) plus physical
and mental well-being. The green scapular can be purchased
for 75p from the OLW repository any time before 19th March.

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 Pope
Francis 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 for oneself or the departed.

Following the recent celebration of several sacramentals we
now look forward to the rituals associated with candles
for the Blessing of Throats on St Blaise’s Day (3rd February) and
The Presentation of the Lord (2nd February); on the latter we
hope to give everyone at Mass a blessed candle to take home.

This Weekend

Fr Christopher is presiding at the Sunday
Masses in St Brendan’s Church; we assure Canon Mark of our
prayers as he has a few days away for some well-earned rest.

Next Weekend

there will be an appeal and a second
collection for Lepra. Your support of this charity, on what is
World Leprosy Day, will help them continue to detect and treat
over 35,000 people every year and to reach over 2.4 million
people with vital health information and education. The
charity seeks to provide better detection, treatment and
support mechanisms, to advocate for those without a voice, to
challenge prejudice wherever it exists and to build a future
free from this terrible disease. Please visit www.lepra.org.uk

“A bow of the head is made when the three Divine Persons
are named together and at the names of Jesus, of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, and of the Saint in whose honour Mass is being
celebrated.” General Instruction of the Roman Missal # 275

“Jesus’ divine mission

bursts through the boundaries
of all human criteria and repeatedly becomes, in human terms,
a dark mystery. Something of the sword of sorrow of which
Simeon had spoken (cf. Luke 2:35) becomes palpable for Mary
at this hour. The closer one comes to Jesus, the more one is
drawn into the mystery of his Passion.” Pope Benedict XVI

You are invited to return last year’s Palm Cross so that this
might be burnt and the ensuing ash used on Ash Wednesday
(14th February); there is a basket in each Church for this purpose.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

began
on 18th January and ends on 25th January. From Pope Francis:
“In these days, all Christ’s followers are asked to pray in a
particular way to the Father for the gift of unity, in order to
proclaim the Gospel to a world torn by conflict and division.
Our response to discord and division must first and foremost
be to pray for the healing and reconciliation that Christ won for
us by his saving Passion. We are called to share in Jesus’ own
prayer at the Last Supper ‘that all may be one… so that the
world may believe’ (John 17:21) and find salvation.” (20/02/2021)

Pilgrims of Hope Tour 2024: Bishop David is to

visit Corby on Monday, 29th January at OLW Church as part of
the Year of Prayer and in preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year.
This gathering is open to everyone and 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
8:30pm Social Gathering at the Catholic Club (“KK”)

Memoria of St Francis de Sales

As we observe the
on 24th January, we assure Fr Prasad, his Fransalian brother
Priests and the wider community of lay Fransalian brothers
and sisters of our prayers. St Francis de Sales: Pray for us.

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:

Maureen Kitson, RIP