Parish newsletter · 25 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: 25th 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:

Eileen and Brian Burgess, Intention

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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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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 P arish Office or hand to the Clergy.

Liturgies this Week

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

Monday of the Second Week of Lent 26th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Glanvill Family (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent 27th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Pat Davies, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent 28th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Thanksgiving Private Intention
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
10:00am (OLW) Stations (Way) of the Cross
4:30pm (OLW) Reception into Church of Patricia Davies, RIP

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent 29th February
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Private Intention
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
11:30am (OLW) FUNERAL MASS of Patricia (“Pat”) Davies, RIP

Friday Feast of St David, Bishop and Patron of Wales 1st March
9:10am (SJO) Holy Rosary
9:30am (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Eileen Arbukle: Birthday Intention
Intention - Priest 2: Catholic Church in Wales
10:00am (SJO) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)
10:00am (SJO) Stations (Way) of the Cross
6:00pm (OLW) Angelus and Parish Lent Course
6:30pm (OLW) Stations (Way) of the Cross

Saturday of the Second Week of Lent 2nd March
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Esta King, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
10:00am (OLW) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Rosary
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

SUNDAY: THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT 3rd March
Parish Mass Book: Page 158 for OLW / Page 74 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS
Intention: Priest 1: Richard Mason, RIP
Intention: Priest 2: Alice Kerr (Intention)
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Catherine Cullen, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Pro Populo
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention: Martin Hayes, RIP (Anniv.)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Richard Mason, RIP

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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.

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

Pope Francis asked that in the year AD:
• 2023 we read and study the major documents of Vatican II.
• 2024 we observe an intense period of prayer. We can do
this by participating in the daily Mass, Stations, Rosary, etc.
• 2025 we observe a Jubilee Year (more details to follow).

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.

Well done to all who supported the optional Lent Fast Day on
Friday, 23rd February and thus have today donated to CAFOD the
money that was saved by not purchasing food. Thank you.

Did you know that babies born prematurely at twenty-two
weeks are thriving? There is thus a contradiction in our current
abortion law. Attached to this newsletter is a *postcard to your
MP so that you might support an amendment to reduce the
abortion law from the current twenty-four weeks to twenty-two
weeks. *These are also available at the entrance to the Church.

A Good Idea?! We are proposing to have refreshments
after Mass in the OLW Parish Room on the following occasions:
Mothering Sunday: 10th March
Each Tuesday from Eastertide: 2nd April
If this would be of interest speak to one of the Priests ASAP.

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

Bishop David invites you to:

1. Read or listen to his Lent Pastoral Letter; available on the:
   • Parish website below the latest newsletter.
   • Diocesan YouTube page and SoundCloud.\
2. Join him at the Cathedral in Northampton on:
   • Tuesday, 19th March at 11:00am for the Fourth
   Anniversary Mass of his Episcopal Ordination.
   Refreshments follow in the St Thomas Centre.
   • Holy Thursday, 28th March at 11:00am for the Chrism
   Mass. Refreshments follow in the St Thomas Centre.

Some forthcoming Special Collections:
Holy Places of Palestine: Good Friday, 29th March
Easter Offering for the Clergy: Easter Sunday, 31st March

NB: It is not possible to use the OLW Playground as a car park.

→ 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: 75p from OLW Repository.

On Tuesday, 19th March tea and coffee will be served in
the Parish Meeting Room after Holy Mass in honour of St Joseph!

On Friday we celebrate St David’s Day

We assure all our Welsh parishioners and those
of Welsh heritage of our prayers on this holy day;
we also pray for the Catholic Church in Wales. As
this is a ‘Feast’ in England it means, sadly, the rule
of Abstinence from eating meat still applies! ✝ A
renowned preacher, St David’s final words before
his death on 1st March 589 were: “Be joyful, keep
the Faith, and do the little things that you have
heard and seen me do.” Saint David: Pray for us.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! = Happy St David’s Day!

The Parish Lent Course begins with the Angelus and each
week focuses on the liturgy or the sacramentals of the Church.

The Parish Lent Course is on each Lent Friday at 6:00pm in:
The Stations of the Cross are prayed on Wednesday (OLW)
and Friday (SJO) of Lent after Mass and in addition at 6:30pm in:
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)
The Stations of the Cross are also prayed each Friday after the
10am Mass in St Brendan’s Church (check their newlesster for details).

On Friday, 22nd March there will be an extra opportunity
to celebrate the Sacrament of Confession and to also participate
in Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament. All at SJO Church:
9:10am Holy Rosary
9:30am MASS
10:00am to 10:30am Sacrament of Confession
10:00am Stations (Way) of the Cross
6:00pm Angelus and Parish Lent Course
6:30pm to 7:30pm Sacrament of Confession (with two Priests)
6:30pm Stations (Way) of the Cross
7:00pm to 7:30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Yet Another Good Idea?! Bishop David is encouraging
us to go on a pilgrimage but accepts the cost can be prohibitive.
Therefore, let us make a pilgrimage between our churches! Some
people will journey by car and others might like to undertake a
sponsored walk. We could meet for Mass in SJO followed by tea
or coffee and then travel to OLW for the Holy Rosary, followed by
a BBQ and conclude with Exposition and Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament. Please let the clergy know if this is of interest.

Mass on Tuesday, 5th March will be at 7:00pm in OLW.

Details of the diocesan “Pilgrims of Hope” pilgrimages can
be found here: https://northamptondiocese.org/pilgrimage/

Suggested Resources from the Parish Lent Course:

• General Instruction of the Roman Missal - search online
• Sacrosanctum Concilium: Sacred Liturgy - search online
• Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy - search online
• YouTube: Search ‘What Happens During Mass? (A
Visualization Movie of Consecration)’ or use this link
https://youtu.be/4QslmNU8iwQ?si=xD6xuI5f2fBZjFEO

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

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