Parish newsletter · 14 April 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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The Corby Catholic Parishes of Our Lady of Walsingham and St John Ogilvie

Diocese of Northampton

Registered charity No. 234091

2024: 14 th April
Pastoral Area of St Luke, 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.ourladyofwalsin gham@northamptondiocese.org
Website: www.ourladyof walsinghamcorby.org
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday:

9:00am to 1 2:30pm Not Bank Holidays

Please ring if you have any concerns
Parish Safeguarding Re presentatives:
Our Lady of Walsingha m: Caroline - 07947485935
St John Ogilvie: Kirsty - 07956363869
Diocese of Northampto n 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.

New Parish Registration and Communication Tool:

We are now using a new
computer system to help
us manage our parishes
better. It starts with us
making sure that we
have up to date contact
information for all our
parishioners; we would
therefore be grateful if
you could complete the
appropriate registration
form by clicking on the

← RELEVANT QR CODE

opposite or by typing the
link for your parish into
an internet browser. If
you do not have an email
address, please contact
the Parish Office and
Maggie will be able to
complete the form on
your behalf. Thank you!

Liturgies this Week

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

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 14th April
Parish Mass Book: Page 262 for OLW / Page 130 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention: Helene Fairbairn, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: pro populo
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention: Theresa & Bill Williamson, RIP (Anniv.)
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention: Fiona Cusack, RIP
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: To be announced

Monday of the Third Week of Eastertide 15th April
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention: Mary Owens (Intention)

Tuesday of the Third Week of Eastertide 16th April
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention: Tom Fullerton, RIP
12:00pm (OLW) FUNERAL MASS of Tom Fullerton, RIP

Wednesday of the Third Week of Eastertide 17th April
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention: Sylvia Mitchell, RIP
4:30pm (OLW) Reception into Church of Martyn Garvey, RIP

Thursday of the Third Week of Eastertide 18th April
10:00am (OLW) FUNERAL MASS of Martyn David Garvey, RIP

Friday of the Third Week of Eastertide 19th April
9:10am (SJO) Holy Rosary
9:30am (SJO) MASS
Intention: To be announced
11:00am (OLW) EASTERTIDE MASS for OLW Catholic School

Saturday of the Third Week of Eastertide 20th April
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Private Intention & Holy Souls in Purgatory
Intention - Priest 2: Ellen and John McCallum, RIP (Anniv.)
10:00am (OLW) Eucharistic Exposition and the Holy Rosary
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 21st April
Parish Mass Book: Page 265 for OLW / Page 132 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention: John Fox, RIP
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Annie and Jimmy Graham (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: pro populo
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Margaret Coleman, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Jane Carr, RIP (Anniv.)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: To be announced

Parish Priests are canonically ob liged to ensure Mass is offered
each Holy Day of Obligation, including Sunday, for the parish.

April is dedicated to The Holy Spirit and The Most Blessed Sacrament

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Requiescat in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:
Tom Fullerton, whose Funeral Mass is on Tuesday, 16th April at
12:00noon in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.
Martyn David Garvey, whose Funeral Mass is on Thursday, 18th
April at 10:00am in Our Lady of Walsingham Church. The Rite of
Reception into OLW will take place the day before at 4:30pm.

Susan (“Suzy”) Bennett, whose Funeral Liturgy is on Tuesday,
23rd April at 12:00noon in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.

The miniature St Joseph’s Cincture
sacramental will be celebrated on
Wednesday, 1st May at Holy Mass:
The Memorial of St Joseph the Worker

The Cincture of St Joseph dates to 1657
when a nun in Antwerp named Sister
Elizabeth received a miraculous healing
after beginning to wear a rope in honour
of St Joseph. The St Joseph’s Cincture is
akin to the one worn by a Priest at Mass,
by monks and nuns plus Consecrated Virgins as a sign of their call
to chastity. In AD 1859 the devotion was officially recognised by
the Church and Pope Pius IX enriched it with indulgences. There
are five elementary graces attached to this wonderful devotion:
1: St Joseph’s protection. 2: Purity of soul.
3: The grace of chastity. 4: Final perseverance.
5: Assistance at the hour of death.

The miniature St Joseph’s Cincture is carried in a pocket or placed
before a statue of the saint at home. Those who undertake this
pious act are to daily offer one Gloria Patri (“Glory be…”) on each
of the seven ‘knots’ of the cincture while pondering the:

The Seven Sorrows of St Joseph:

1: The doubt of Saint Joseph - Matthew 1:19.
2: The poverty of Jesus’ birth - Luke 2:7.
3: The Circumcision - Luke 2:21.
4: Simeon’s prophecy that many would be lost - Luke 2:34.
5: The flight into Egypt - Matthew 2:14.
6: The return from Egypt - Matthew 2:22.
7: The loss of the Child Jesus - Luke 2:45.

The Seven Joys of St Joseph:

1: The Message of the Angel - Matthew 1:20.
2: The Birth of Jesus - Luke 2:7.
3: The Most Holy Name of Jesus - Matthew 1:25.
4: Simeon’s prophecy that many would be rise - Luke 2:34.
5: The Overthrow of idols Isaiah - 19:1.
6: Life with Mary and Jesus - Luke 2:39.
7: Finding Jesus in the Temple - Luke 2:46.

Specially commissioned miniature St Joseph’s Cinctures will be
available for a £4.50 donation; you can reserve one by contacting
Maggie at the Parish Office and payment can be made after Mass
on 1st May (when they will be blessed using the official formula).

On 1st May at 9:00am in OLW the St Joseph Cincture devotion will
be offered in the context of the Holy Rosary; all are welcome!

The red seven-day lamp at the relics of the saints in
the Sacred Heart Chapel of Our Lady of Walsingham
Church burns in prayer for: Marie Graham, Intention

The blue seven-day lamp in the Marian Chapel of
Our Lady of Walsingham Church burns in prayer for:

Cathy McAuley, RIP

Holiday:

Fr Christopher and Fr Wayne are away for a few days
and assure you of their prayers at the daily Mass they will offer.

Thank you

to all who participated in the Rosary and Novena
to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour on the Annunciation of the Lord
(Monday, 8th April). The Novena will be offered once a month for
our parishes; the next occasion is 13th May (Our Lady of Fatima).

Mass Intention Change:
Unfortunately it is necessary to
move, with our apologies, the Mass intention for Thursday (“Ellen
and John McCallum, RIP Anniversary”) to Sat. 20th April at 9:30am.

*“Pilgrimage” BBC Series:

This follows seven celebrity
pilgrims on a journey across North Wales including a visit to the
National Catholic Shrine of St Winefride. *Available on BBC iPlayer.

Life in the Spirit Seminars

will be held in-person in our
Cathedral Church in Northampton and will be live streamed to
the selected hubs, including the “KK” (Catholic Club) in Corby.
Participants will gather in their local hubs to listen to the talks
and to share in small group discussions. A Holy Spirit retreat day
will take place at the Cathedral for all participants, including
those who met in the local hubs; this is on Saturday, 18th May
from 2:00pm to 6:00pm followed by the Vigil Mass for Pentecost.
Each gathering will start with tea/coffee and welcome at 6:30pm,
followed by “Praise and Worship” from 7:00pm to 7:30pm with
the talks starting at 7:30pm (which will last for thirty minutes).
The first gathering is on 16th April. Please see here for details:
https://northamptondiocese.org/life-in-the-spirit-seminars-2024/

seven-day lamps

If you would like to sponsor these in Our
Lady of Walsingham Church, please contact the Parish Office:
• Red at the holy relics of the saints in the Chapel of the Most
Sacred Heart during Eastertide (from Sunday, 14th April). NB:
A laminated sheet is available in this Chapel to help us identify
each specific relic and thereby to ask the saint to pray for us.
• Blue in August for the month of Our Lady Immaculate at the
statue of Our Lady of Grace in the sanctuary.
• Blue in the “Holy House” Marian Chapel throughout the year.

Mary’s Meals invites
you to collect all your
*foreign currency no
matter how old or
obscure! Over the
coming weeks there
will be envelopes
available at the back
of each Church for you
to take home and put
your foreign coins and
notes into; this can be
returned to the
special collection box
in the Church. This is a great opportunity to have a look under
the sofa and clear out your drawers! Currently Mary’s Meals
feeds over 2.4 million young children one good meal every day in
their place of education; by giving this charity your foreign coins
and notes you can help feed the next hungry child. Mary’s Meals
feeds children in over eighteen countries and because of our low
costs we can do this for as little as £19.15 per child per year.
*UK coins and notes that are no longer legal tender are welcome.

With the assurance of our prayers this joyous Eastertide,
Fr Christopher, Fr Prasad & Fr Wayne