Parish newsletter · 18 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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2 0 The Corby Catholic Parishes of

Our Lady of Walsingham

C + M + B

+ and St John Ogilvie

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Diocese of Northampton

2024: 18th 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, NN17 1EE
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Not Bank Holidays and Friday - 9:00am to 12:30pm

Email: parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org
Website: www.ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org

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

FEBRUARY IS DEDICATED TO THE HOLY FAMILY

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

Mary Mack, RIP

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Even more
photographs
from the

“PILGRIMS OF HOPE”

tour are
available on
the website;
see: “Gallery”.

Are You New? 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:

Signed: …………………………………… Date: …………………

Name: …………………………………………………………………

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

Liturgies this Week

SUNDAY: THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 18th February
Parish Mass Book: Page 152 for OLW / Page 69 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS
Intention: Alan Murphy, RIP
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Pro Populo
Intention - Priest 2: F. M. Anna Ostsapzcuk, RIP
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention: Patrick McDaid, RIP
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Richard Mason, RIP

Monday of the First Week of Lent 19th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Julie and Eamon McAuley (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent 20th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Richard Mason, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Wednesday: Com. of St Peter Damian, Bishop & Doctor 21st February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Roderick Mackenzie
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Thursday Feast of the Chair of St Peter 22nd February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Bernadette Murray (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Friday Commemoration of St Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr 23rd February
9:10am (SJO) Holy Rosary
9:30am (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Private Intention
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
10:00am (SJO) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)
10:00am (SJO) Stations (Way) of the Cross
6:00pm (SJO) Angelus and Parish Lent Course
6:30pm (SJO) Stations (Way) of the Cross

Saturday of the First Week of Lent 24th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Marion Watson, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
10:00am (OLW) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Rosary
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

SUNDAY: THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT 25th February
Parish Mass Book: Page 155 for OLW / Page 72 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Richard Mason, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Sue Caine (Intention)
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Jim Gallagher (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Pro Populo / Private Intention
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Bridie Norton, RIP (2nd Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Ellen Geoghegan, RIP
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Valerie Hoare, RIP

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

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Requiescant in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

Patricia (“Pat”) Davies whose Funeral Mass is at OLW Church, on
Thursday, 29th February at 11:30am. The Reception of the Body
into OLW Church is on Wednesday, 28th February at 4:30pm.

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine
upon her. May her soul…rest in peace. Amen

Our Lady of Walsingham: Pray for us this Lent. St John Ogilvie: Pray for us this Lent.

Pope Francis asked that in the year AD:
• 2023 we read and reflect upon the major documents of the
Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). If you haven’t done so
already it is not too late and all can be easily found online.
• 2024 we observe an intense period of prayer. A great way
of responding to this papal request would be to participate in
the daily Mass, join us for Eucharistic Exposition, participate in
the Stations (Way) of the Cross, etc. See calendar for details.
• 2025 we observe a Jubilee Year. During which we will also
celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the Restoration of the
Catholic Hierarchy in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.

Re:New On Saturday, 2nd March from 10:00am to 12:00noon
Margaret and Barry Mizen will visit Northampton Cathedral (the
St Thomas Centre) to share their incredible story of forgiveness at
the murder of their son, Jimmy. All are very welcome to attend.

Thank you to all who returned their Palm Cross from last year
so that it might be burned and the ash used on Ash Wednesday.

Thank you

to all those who came to Mass on Shrove Tuesday
and to those who afterwards adjourned to the Parish Room for
pancakes! Our thanks to Cath and Maggie for making this possible.

Thank you

to all who participated in Mass in our parishes for
Ash Wednesday and to all who attended Eucharistic Exposition,
the Stations (Way) of the Cross and/or the Parish Lent Course.

Thank you

to everyone at the 10:00am Mass last Sunday who
offered words of welcome to Maria and Deacon Tony Quinlan
from Bedford (who were visiting Fr Wayne and Fr Christopher).

Our apologies for the error in the last newsletter: Abstinence
from eating meat (on Ash Wednesday and every Friday, unless it
is a Solemnity) is binding upon all aged 14 years and above. ✝
Fasting is mandatory for those aged between 18 and 59 years.
Do not be troubled if you infringed the above on this occasion.

A Good Idea?!

We are proposing to have refreshments
after Mass in the OLW Parish Room on the following occasions:
Each Tuesday: starting in Eastertide
Mothering Sunday: 10th March
If this would be of interest, please speak to one of the Priests.

Special Collections

Some forthcoming :
Lent Fast Day (which is optional): Friday, 23rd February
Holy Places of Palestine: Good Friday, 29th March
Easter Offering for the Clergy: Easter Sunday, 31st March

Please note that it will not be possible to use the OLW School
Playground as a car park for Mass over the coming months.

Bishop David

is to release a Pastoral Letter for each Sunday
of Lent; each week this can be found on:
• The parish website below the latest newsletter.
• The diocesan YouTube page.
• SoundCloud (search ‘Northampton Diocese’).

Perhaps for Lent we can all seek to arrive in good time before
Mass to truly prepare ourselves and to avoid causing disruptions?

Parish Lent Course

The will begin with the Angelus and
each week will focus on a different aspect of the liturgy and/or
the sacramentals of the Church. Please try to support this!

Parish Lent Course is on each Friday of Lent at 6:00pm in…
*Stations of the Cross are each Lent Friday at 6:30pm in…
St John Ogilvie Church: 23rd February
Our Lady of Walsingham Church: 1st March (St David’s Day)
St John Ogilvie Church: 8th March
Our Lady of Walsingham Church: 15th March
St John Ogilvie Church: 22nd March
Our Lady of Walsingham Church: 29th March (Good Friday)

*Stations of the Cross will also be offered each Friday of
Lent following the 9:30am Mass in St John Ogilvie Church.

The optional Lent Fast Day is Friday, 23rd February; on this
day those who take part abstain from a meal and the money that
is saved from not buying food is given to CAFOD to support their
work. Envelopes for this purpose are available from Church and
can be returned next weekend at any of the Sunday Masses.

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Our

green scapular

investitures will take
place at the 9:30am Mass on St Joseph’s Day: 19th
March; contact the Parish Office if you want to be
enrolled. Cost of scapular: 75pm from OLW Repository.

Another Good Idea?!

Bishop David encourages us all to
undertake a pilgrimage but recognises that for some people the
cost is prohibitive. It is thus suggested that we make a pilgrimage
between our churches! We could, for example, meet for Mass in
SJO followed by a cup of tea or coffee and then travel to OLW for
the Rosary, followed by a BBQ in the garden of the Presbytery
and conclude with Exposition and Benediction of the Most Blessed
Sacrament in OLW. Let the clergy know if this would be of interest.

“Walk with Me”

The Lent booklet (£1) and the children’s
Lent Calendar (50p) are still available to buy from each Church.

Mass Tuesday, 5th March

on will be celebrated at 7pm
in OLW Church. On this day all the clergy are participating in the
compulsory Lent Day of Recollection at the Bridgettine Convent in
Iver Heath, near Slough. Sister Philomena Benedict, OP (a former
parishioner of Fr Christopher’s in the parish of St Thomas Aquinas
and All Saints, Bletchley) is providing the spiritual input; please
pray for her and for an increase in vocations to the Religious Life.

pilgrimages

Details of all the “Pilgrims of Hope” mentioned
in Bishop David’s Pastoral Letter last weekend can be found here:
https://northamptondiocese.org/pilgrimage/

Corby SVP Conference

This weekend a letter from the
explaining its work will be distributed after each Sunday Mass.

With our prayers in this penitential season of Lent,
Fr Christopher, Fr Prasad & Fr Wayne