Parish newsletter · 26 May 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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A D Corby Catholic Parishes

2024 Our Lady of

Walsingham & 2 6 t h St John Ogilvie May Diocese of Northampton

J.M.J. Pastoral Area of St Luke,
North Northants

Please ring if you have any safeguarding concerns
Our Lady of Walsingham Parish: Caroline - 07947485935
St John Ogilvie Parish: Kirsty - 07956363869

The Corby Catholic Parishes of Our Lady

Diocese of Northampton Safeguarding Office:
Dani o el f le W Dix a o l n s : i ngham and St 0 1 J 6 o 0 h 4 n 72 O 35 g 1 i 4 l vie

Diocese of Northampton Thank you

to all who suppo rted “Mary’s Meals” by offering

Diocese of Northampton

your uPnaussteodr afol Areriegan o cfu Srtr eLnuckye ,o Nr onrotnh- lNeogartl hUaKn tms o nies.

Pastoral Area of St Luke, North Northants

Baby Basics:

Soon a ‘giving tree’ will be in OLW Church in
support of this charity; the tags will have the name of an item on
that the charity needs to support new mothers and their child.

Thank you

to everyone who participated in Morning Prayer
and/or Rosary and Holy Mass on the Feast of Jesus Christ, the
Eternal High Priest which is a day of prayer for all Priests (retired
and active) and for new vocations to the Sacred Priesthood.

Fr Prasad’s Leaving Gift:

Brightly coloured envelopes
are available at the back of Church for those who would like to
make an offering toward this; alternatively, you can contribute to
the Second Collection this weekend in St John Ogilvie’s Church.

Thank you

for all the positive comments we have
received about our observance of Eastertide.

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Parish Priest: Fr Christopher Perry
Episcopal Vicar
Assistant Priest: Fr Pr asad Kasireddy, MSFS
Priest in Residence: Fr W ayne Coughlin

Parish Secretary: Mrs Maggie Cleary
Parish Office Tel.: 01536 203121
Email: parish.ourladyofwalsing ham@northamptondiocese.org
Parish Website: www.ourla dyofwalsinghamcorby.org
Parish Office Address: 71 O ccupation Road
Office Open: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
& Friday from 9:00am to 12:30pm

Our Lady of Walsingham Cat holic Primary School
Tel.: 01536 203805 Website: www.ourladys.co.uk\ Email: office@olw.cor.olicatsc hool.org

To ensure we have your contact information we invite
you to complete a simple registration form by using the
applicable QR code below. If you do not have an email
address, please contact
the Parish Office, and
Maggie will complete
the form on your behalf.

THANK YOU

Liturgies this Week

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

THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 26th May

The Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit: Three Persons, One God
Parish Mass Book: Page 83 for OLW / Page 30 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention: Special Intention
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Jimmy and Barbara Levins, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: pro populo
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Les Chalmers, RIP (1st Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: C. M. George, RIP (4th Anniv.)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Wendy Kirkaldy, RIP

Monday: St Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop 27th May
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Bridie Donaghey (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Reconversion of this land to Christ

Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 28th May
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Cassie Greaves, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Wednesday: St Paul VI 29th May
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Maisie Bates, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention

Thursday: Blessed Richard Newport, Martyr 30th May
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Bryan Holton, RIP
→I ntention - Priest 2: Reconversion of this land to Christ
Friday: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast 31st May
9:00am (SJO) Salve Regina, Morning Prayer & Reflection
9:30am (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Rose and John Healey RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Marian shrines across the world
10:00am (SJO) The Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary
10:00am (SJO) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

Saturday: St Justin, Martyr 1st June
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: The Logue Family (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: Private Intention
10:00am (OLW) Eucharistic Exposition and the Holy Rosary
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)
12:00pm (OLW) NUPTIAL MASS of Hannah and Sean

THE SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 2nd June
Holy Communion is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus
Parish Mass Book: Page 85 for OLW / Page 33 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention: Graham Carter, RIP
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Aoife & Brian Conmy (Intention, Wedding Day)
Intention - Priest 2: pro populo
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Sheila Mills, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Michael Jordon, RIP (Anniv.)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Peggy Morgan, RIP (Anniv.)

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Requiescat in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

Maisie Bates, whose Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday,
14th June at 10:00am in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.

Teresa Stapleton, whose Funeral will be celebrated on Thursday,
20th June at 11:00am in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.

Walsingham: On 19th August AD 1934, Cardinal Bourne of
Westminster and Bishop Lawrence of Northampton led the great
pilgrimage of Bishops and 10,000 pilgrims to Walsingham; there
the Slipper Chapel was declared to be the National Shrine to Our
Lady for Catholics in England. Thus, let us gives thanks to God for
all that has taken place in “England’s Nazareth” over those ninety
years and for all who visit the Shrine in this its anniversary year.

Vocational Discernment:

1. Online Discernment Workshops on 28th May, 11th June and
   25th June looking at what Ignatian spirituality teaches about
   clarifying our choices, ways of listening to the Holy Spirit and
   discerning the way forward. This is open to all those in their
   20s/30s. To register email: FCJCentreStHughs@gmail.com\
2. For any man who feels a calling to the Permanent Diaconate
   you are asked to visit St Mary’s Catholic Church in Dunstable
   on Saturday, 8th June from 10:00am-12:00noon to explore this
   further. Please let Fr Christopher know if you are attending.\
3. If you feel a call to the Sacred Priesthood do discuss this with
   Fr Christopher or Fr Wayne who will be keen to offer support.\
4. If you (male or female) feel a call to the Religious Life, please
   discuss this with the clergy who will be keen to offer support.

The liturgical reforms of Vatican II

affirmed
the dignity of every Baptised person whose task in the world is to
sanctify it by living as a Priest, Prophet and Monarch. In worship
the Baptised come before God, as His child, but also as someone
united to Him through the Sacraments of Initiation: Holy Baptism,
Confirmation and the Holy Eucharist. Thus, the call of the Second
Vatican Council was that all the Baptised should play an active,
full and conscious part in the sacred liturgy through offering the
responses, by singing and making the various liturgical gestures
(e.g. striking our chest during the Confiteor, the three-fold cross
at the Gospel, bowing during the Creed, etc). In these three ways
our Catholic Faith is nourished and renewed. However, when we
choose not to participate fully in the sacred offering of the Mass
then our worship is impoverished, we give God less than His right
to expect, and we become spectators to what is taking place in
the sanctuary rather than participants in the Eucharistic Sacrifice.

The lectionary - the book of Holy Scripture readings -
for Mass and the Sacraments, is changing as part of a continuing
process of revising all liturgical texts; this began with the Roman
Missal in 2011 when the conclusion to the First & Second Reading
changed to: “The word of the Lord”. The lectionary will use the
English Standard Version (Catholic Edition) of the Holy Bible and
the Abbey Psalter. It will be mandatory to use this from Advent
2024. A training day for the new lectionary is being held in Luton
on Tuesday, 11th June and all responsible for delivering the liturgy
are invited: Readers, cantors, musicians, catechists, etc. Please
contact Maggie if you would like to participate in the training day.

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

Peter Gribben, RIP

Stella Maris

(the ‘Apostleship of the Sea’) is grateful for your
prayers and financial support; to provide an update on its work
you are invited to join a webinar on Tuesday, 28th May at 7:30pm
(to 9:00pm) to hear about the impact of your generosity on the
lives of seafarers, fishers and their families over the last year. To
register please visit: www.stellamaris.org.uk/thankyou2024

We have been asked

to repeat the gentle request that
people maintain the silence of the building before Mass and the
sacred silence during the liturgy. Please also be aware that if you
need to be in the narthex/porch, or are immediately outside the
building, then you can still be heard inside the Church. For those
who, in an emergency, need to leave Mass early, then we would
ask that you do so quietly so as not to disrupt the sacred worship
and other people’s prayers. Thank you for your co-operation.

Angel voices ever singing…

A much deserved “well
done” to the young children at the Vigil Mass last weekend who
sang with such joyful enthusiasm, especially the Offertory Hymn!

First Holy Communion Masses

will be celebrated on
Saturday, 8th June in Our Lady of Walsingham Church at:
• 10:00am for children on the parish preparation course.
• 1:00pm for children on the school preparation course.

✝ The next Life in the Spirit Gathering is on Tuesday,
28th May at 6:30pm in the Catholic Club for a meal. All welcome.

Fruits & Gifts of the Spirit (Catechism # 1831-1832):

• The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are: wisdom, understanding,
counsel ∙ fortitude ∙ knowledge ∙ piety ∙ fear of the Lord.
• The Fruits of the Holy Spirit are: charity ∙ joy ∙ peace ∙
patience ∙ kindness ∙ goodness ∙ generosity ∙ gentleness ∙
faithfulness ∙ modesty ∙ self-control ∙ chastity.

Join us on Friday, 31st May in St John Ogilvie Church

as we honour Our Lady on the final day of this her month of May:
9:00am Salve Regina, Morning Prayer & Reflection
9:30am HOLY MASS
10:00am Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)
10:00am The Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary
10:25am Refreshments with Ferrero Rocher chocolates!
Please contact Maggie if you would like a lift from The Presbytery.

The Corby SVP Pilgrimage for the Sick to Our Lady’s Shrine in Walsingham, Norfolk on Sunday, 7th July

The coach costs £10 per person; first two children are free and £5
per child thereafter for each family. Payment can be made at the
Parish Office. The time of departure is to be confirmed. Please
reserve your place by adding your name to the list in the porch.

With every blessing in this season of Ordinary Time,
Fr Christopher, Fr Prasad & Fr Wayne

The seven-day lamp at the statue of Our Lady of Grace
in Our Lady of Walsingham Church burns in prayer for:

K. Charles Chetan (Intentions)