Parish newsletter · 4 February 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 : 4th Registered charity No. 234091
February 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

The month of February is dedicated to the
the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Change: Rosary, MASS and Confessions will be offered in →
OLW Church on Friday, 9th February; see here:

Lots of great
photographs from
the “PILGRIMS
OF HOPE” tour
(Corby) can be
found on the
parish website;
see: “Gallery”.

Liturgies this Week

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

SUNDAY: FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 4th February
Parish Mass Book: Page 134 for OLW / Page 61 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS
Intention: Catherine Gallagher, RIP (Anniv.)
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Pro Populo
Intention - Priest 2: Francis Lagan, RIP (1st Anniv.)
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Harry Mellon (Intention) & Anne Mellon, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Jane and James Mcllvaney, RIP (Anniv.)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Richard Mason, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Arthur Rafferty, RIP

Monday Memoria: St Agatha 5th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Betty Glick, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Tuesday Memoria: St Paul Miki and his Comp., Martyrs 6th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Sue Caine (Get Well Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Wednesday Votive: St Joseph 7th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Neice Bonner, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Thursday Memoria: St Josephine Bakhita 8th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Patrick Logan, RIP (40th Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

→

Friday Feria 9th February
9:05am (OLW) Holy Rosary
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Mary Mack, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)
10:00am (SJO) Funeral Liturgy of Maureen Lapsley, RIP

Saturday Memoria: St Scholastica, Virgin 10th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Tony Mills, RIP (Birthday)
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
10:00am (OLW) Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

SUNDAY: SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 11th February
Parish Mass Book: Page 137 for OLW / Page 63 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS
Intention: Gerald Fox, RIP (Anniv.)
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Pro Populo
Intention - Priest 2: Frank Maguire, RIP
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Eve Lyons, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Donaghy Family (Intention)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Eamonn McGrenaghan, RIP

Please encourage other people to read the newsletter!

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Requiescant in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

Joe Elliott whose Funeral Liturgy will be offered at Shire Lodge
Cemetery, on Wednesday, 7th February at 10:00am.

Maureen Lapsley whose Funeral Liturgy is at St John Ogilvie
Church, on Friday, 9th February at 10:00am.

Esta King whose Funeral Mass is at Our Lady of Walsingham
Church, on Thursday, 15th February at 10:00am.

Eamonn Carr whose Funeral Mass is at OLW Church, on Friday,
16th February at 11:00am. The Reception of the Body into Church
will take place on Thursday, 15th February at 4:30pm.

Patricia Davies whose Funeral is at Our Lady of Walsingham
Church, on Thursday, 29th February at 11:30am.

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

Updated: Pope Francis asked that in the year of Our Lord:
• 2023 we study the Second Vatican Council documents. If
you haven’t done so yet, it is never too late! The following
major documents can all be found online: Sacrosanctum
Concilium - The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy / Lumen
Gentium - Light of the Nations / Dei Verbum - The Word of
God / Gaudium et spes - The Church in the Modern World.
• 2024 we observe an intense period of prayer. Perhaps you
might join us for Eucharistic Exposition as a concrete way of
fulfilling this papal request? See the calendar for details.
• 2025 we observe a Jubilee Year? In the Jubilee Year we
shall also celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the Restoration,
by Pope Pius IX in 1850, of the Catholic Hierarchy in England
and Wales. This is part of what St John Henry Newman said in
his Second Spring homily at St Mary’s College, Oscott in 1852:
“Westminster and Nottingham, Beverley and Hexham,
Northampton and Shrewsbury, if the world lasts, shall be
names as musical to the ear, as stirring to the heart, as the
glories we have lost; and Saints shall rise out of them…”.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Lepra second
collection last weekend; more details here: www.lepra.org.uk

Thank you to all who attended Mass for The Presentation of
the Lord and St Blaise Day with the blessing of throats. For those
who took home a free candle and holder on Candlemas please
continue to pray for our parishes and especially if you received a:
• red candle you ask St John Ogilvie to intercede for us.
• green candle you seek the Lord’s blessing for us during this
season of Ordinary Time and as we prepare for Lent.

Sincere Thanks to everyone who participated in Eucharistic
Exposition and the various other elements of the Corby stage of
the “Pilgrims of Hope Tour” with Bishop David at OLW; it was a
blessing to host this and hopefully much fruit will come from it.

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

Change: Mass on Thursday, 15th February is at 8:30am in OLW.

Our Green scapular investitures will take
place at the 9:30am Mass on the Solemnity of
St Joseph: 19th March; if you would like to be
enrolled, please contact the Parish Office ASAP.
You can buy a green scapular from the OLW repository for 75p.

Re:New ∙ In 2008, Jimmy Mizen was murdered whilst in a
bakery with his brother in South London. Amazingly, Jimmy’s
parents, Margaret and Barry, immediately forgave their son’s
killer. On Saturday, 2nd March between 10:00am and 12:00noon
Margaret and Barry will visit the St Thomas Centre, Northampton
Cathedral to share their story of compassion. All welcome.

Question: When reading the Creed, I noticed these words in
red type: “At the words that follow, up to and including ‘and
became man’, all bow.” Why do we all bow at these words?
Answer: Well spotted! The General Instruction of the Roman
Missal (GIRM, # 137) declares that all people are meant to make a
profound bow of the body at the praying of: “by the power of the
Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man”. In
addition, on the Solemnities of the Annunciation and the Lord’s
Nativity (Christmas) rather than bow everyone genuflects. The
Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Belief in the true
Incarnation of the Son of God is the distinctive sign of Christian
faith” (# 463). The Incarnation is a central event of our salvation
for without taking on our sinful human nature, Christ could not
have redeemed us through His obedience to the Father in His
sacrificial act of love on the Holy Cross. Thus, Jesus took on our
nature to heal humanity from within. As a way of highlighting
this awesome mystery of our Catholic Faith, we bow (or genuflect
on the above days) during this creedal phrase to expresses this
pivotal Christian belief. NB: The General Instruction of the Roman
Missal and the Catechism of the Catholic Church are available online.

Shrove Tuesday (13th February): Join all our clergy
for Holy Mass on this day, which is the last day of Ordinary Time,
and then come to the Parish Room for tea/coffee and delicious
pancakes before we begin the great Fast of Lent! All welcome.

Mass for People with Disabilities will be offered on
Sunday, 18th February at 3:00pm in Sacred Heart Church, Luton,
LU2 9AY. The Church is fifteen minutes from Junction 10 of the
M1. Access to the Church is step-free and there is ample parking.
Holy Mass will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome.

Liturgies for Ash Wednesday (14th February):

Confession 8:30am Our Lady of Walsingham Church
HOLY MASS 9:30am Our Lady of Walsingham Church
Stations 12:00noon Our Lady of Walsingham Church
HOLY MASS 7:00pm St John Ogilvie Church

Mass with the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

will be offered on Monday, 12th February at 9:30am in OLW. The
infirm, those suffering from a long-term illness and those with a
mental health issue can be anointed. See the clergy for details.

With every blessing and our prayers this Ordinary Time,
Fr Christopher, Fr Prasad & Fr Wayne

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

John Hennessy: Intention