Parish newsletter · 30 June 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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Corby Catholic Parishes

Our Lady of

Walsingham

and

St John Ogilvie

Northampton Diocese

Charity number: 234091

St Luke Pastoral Area, North Northants

AD 2024 ✝ 30th June ✝ J.M.J.

Parish Priest:

Fr Christopher Perry, Episcopal Vicar
Priest in Residence: Fr Wayne Coughlin

Email: parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org
Parish Website: www.ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org\ Parish Secretary: Mrs Maggie Cleary
Parish Office Tel.: 01536 203121
Parish Office Address: 71 Occupation Road
Parish Office: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
& Friday from 9:00am to 12:30pm

Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School:

Headteacher: Mrs M. Hayes
Tel.: 01536 203805 Website: www.ourladys.co.uk\ Email: office@olw.cor.olicatschool.org

Please ring if you have any safeguarding concerns

Our Lady of Walsingham Parish: Caroline - 07947485935
St John Ogilvie Parish: Kirsty - 07956363869
Diocesan Safeguarding Office: Danielle - 01604 723514

We gently encourage everyone to arrive before MASS so that we
are truly prepared to receive Jesus and to avoid disturbing others.

Liturgies t his Week

OLW: Our Lady of W alsingham Church
SJO: St John Ogilvie Church

On Ss Peter and Paul’s Day (30th June) we have the annual
Peter’s Pence Collection to s upport the work of the Holy See

SOLEMNITY OF SS PET ER & PAUL

, Apostles 30th June
Parish Mass Book: Page 169 & 1 72 for OLW / Page 98 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention: Deceased Members of the Logue Family, RIP
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Hayley Caugley (Intention)
Intention - Priest 2: pro populo
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention: Deceased Members of the Jordan and Gollogly Families
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: Ena Howard and Jan Mason, RIP

JULY IS DEDICATED TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS

Precious Blood of Christ, poured out on the Holy Cross: Save us!

Monday: St Oliver Plunket, Bishop and Martyr 1st July
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Roger Bettles, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Mairead Naughton: healing intention

Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time 2nd July
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Maisie Bates, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: St Thomas Becket: diocesan and parish festivals
12:30pm (OLW) Funeral Liturgy of Christopher Easton, RIP

Wednesday: St Thomas, Apostle 3rd July
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Maisie Bates, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: Pat Mackenzie, RIP

Thursday: St Elizabeth of Portugal 4th July
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: William Wilson, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: St Thomas Becket: diocesan and parish festivals
7:00pm (OLW) MASS of Confirmation: all are welcome!
Intention: Confirmation candidates and family

Friday: Blessed Thomas Belson 5th July
9:10am (SJO) Holy Rosary
9:30pm (SJO) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Wendy Kirkaldy, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: St Thomas Becket: diocesan and parish festivals
10:00am (SJO) Litany of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
10:00am (SJO) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

6th - 8th July

Be a part of our:

ST THOMAS BECKET

Parish Festival

Saturday: Feast of the Patronage of St Thomas Becket 6th July

9:00am (OLW) → Solemn Entrance of the St Thomas Becket
Relic, Morning Prayer and the Blessing of Wine
9:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Robert Steele, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: St Thomas Becket: diocesan and parish festivals
10:00am (OLW) → Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
with St Thomas of Canterbury Devotions
10:00am (OLW) Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)

SUNDAY: PATRONAGE OF ST THOMAS BECKET 7th July

→ Private prayer at the relic and icon of St Thomas Becket
Parish Mass Book: Page 103 for OLW / Page 50 for SJO
5:30pm (OLW) VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention - Priest 1: Bill Currie, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: St Thomas Becket petition slip intentions
8:30am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Maisie Bates, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: pro populo
10:00am (OLW) MASS
Intention - Priest 1: Patrick Kennedy, RIP (Anniv.)
Intention - Priest 2: Damian Reilly (Intention)
5:00pm (SJO) MASS
Intention: To be announced

Monday: Votive of St Thomas Becket 8th July

9:00am (OLW) → St Thomas of Canterbury Devotions
9:30am (OLW) VOTIVE MASS
Intention - Priest 1: William Wilson, RIP
Intention - Priest 2: St Thomas Becket petition slip intentions
10:00am (OLW) → Reposition of the St Thomas Becket Relic

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Requiescant in Pace

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

Christopher Julian Easton, whose Funeral will be celebrated on
Tuesday, 2nd July at 12:30pm in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.
Sharon Muir, whose Funeral Liturgy is on Friday, 12th July at
11:00am in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.
Elaine Green, whose Funeral Liturgy is on Friday, 19th July at
1:00pm in Kettering Crematorium.
Pat (Patricia) Mackenzie, whose Funeral will be in Dumfries.

SVP Pilgrimage for the Sick Walsingham: Sunday, 7th July

COACH DEPARTURE TIMES:
St Patrick’s Church - 8:00am
St John Ogilvie Church - 8:15am
St Brendan’s Church - 8:30am
Our Lady of Walsingham Church - 8:45am

Carlo’s Acutis 5-Step Plan to Holiness
1: Holy Mass. Carlo strove to go to
Mass each day for he knew it is the
foundation for having an intimate
relationship with Jesus. He knew that
Holy Mass was a foretaste of heaven
and thus he had an ardent love for
the Real Presence of Christ in Holy
Communion. Carlo wanted everyone
to know the intimacy of receiving
Jesus in Holy Communion; so much
so that he used his computer skills to
share with the world the miracle of “transubstantiation”. At only
eleven years old Carlo researched eucharistic miracles and even
visited many of the places where they occurred; this was the
basis of his website and exhibition. It was his profound love for
the Mass that inspired Carlo’s parents to return to the Catholic
Faith and for his Hindu nanny to convert to Christ. Carlo longed
to worthily receiving Jesus each day at Mass. When the Acutis
family travelled, the first place that Carlo would look for was the
Church and the time of Mass. After receiving Holy Communion
for the first time, he encouraged his family to consecrate itself to
the Sacred Heart of Jesus. His reasoning was profound: “The
Eucharist is truly the Heart of Jesus.” Carlo couldn’t fathom why
sports stadiums were full of people and yet churches were empty
and thus he would repeatedly say: “They have to see; they have
to understand.” To understand the intimacy with which Jesus
comes to us in Holy Communion is astonishing, especially in such
a young person. A key to understanding Carlo’s deep eucharistic
spirituality was his devotion to St John, the beloved disciple of
Jesus. At the Last Supper, this young disciple leans on Jesus’
breast and he receives the Priesthood from the Lord with power
to renew the sacrifice of the Holy Cross at each celebration of the
Mass: “Do this in memory of me”. Carlo’s commentary on the
disciple John is an invitation to draw close to Jesus: “It’s fantastic:
like St John, all are called to become beloved disciples. All we
need is to become eucharistic souls, adoring souls, allowing God
to work those wonders in us, which only he can do. But he wants
our will to submit freely. God does not like forcing anyone. He
desires our freely given love.” Blessed Carlo Acutis: Pray for us!

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

Danny McEleney, RIP

Please pray for God’s blessing on the Cathedral and Parish
St Thomas Becket Festivals; may they both stir our hearts.

St Thomas Becket Festival 2024:

Details of this 6th to 7th July celebration in
our Cathedral Church are on the poster.

✝ The Relic of St Thomas Becket

will be on display between 6th and 8th July
in OLW Church for prayer and veneration.
• 6th July: Procession of Relic, Morning
Prayer, Mass, etc.; details in the calendar
• 6/7th July: Private prayer at the relic
and new image of St Thomas Becket.
• 8th July: Devotions - 9:00am / Mass -
9:30am / Reposition of Relic - 10:00am
A St Thomas Becket prayer slip has been attached to this
newsletter; please take this home and on the back write a private
intention, e.g. healing for Angela, Jones family, etc. The petition
slip is then sealed in the envelope provided and brought to Mass
next weekend when it can be left in the petitions box at the relic
and image of St Thomas Becket; any petition slips returned to SJO
will be taken to OLW. Additional petition slips will be available
at the relic of St Thomas Becket. NB: the petition slips will not be
read but Mass will be offered for the intentions on 7th & 8th July.
St Thomas Becket Prayer Cards will be distributed before
the Sunday Masses next weekend for use in the Intercessions.

Mary’s Meals would like to thank everyone for their generosity in
responding to its “Foreign Currency” initiative which raised £359!
This means eighteen children can be given one meal each school
day for a whole year. Please pray for the work of Mary’s Meals.

Bishop David encourages us to offer devotion to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus and so we will do so each Friday of July at SJO.

To have hanging lamps at the statues of Our Lady of Grace and
St Joseph in OLW would cost approx. £600 each. If you or your
family would like to sponsor these (including having an engraved
dedication, e.g. In memory of…), please speak to Fr Christopher.

A new hanging lamp for the Sacred Heart Chapel has been gifted
to OLW in loving memory of Baby Elémae and Baby Korey.

When at Mass the Priest elevates the Sacred Host and Precious
Blood it can be spiritually rewarding to silently pray the following:
“My Lord and My God” or “Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner”.

You are invited to join Bishop David on pilgrimage to France
from 15th to 22nd October including visits to Lisieux, Chartres and
Paris. For details email: neil.roseman@northamptondiocese.org

With our prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for you,
Fr Christopher & Fr Wayne

All Readers and Extra-Ordinary Ministers of Holy

Communion, and those interested in fulfilling either role,
are encouraged to attend one of the following gatherings:
∙ Friday, 13th September at SJO from 10:30am to 12:00noon
∙ Saturday, 14th September at OLW from 11:00am to 12:30pm
∙ Monday, 16th September at OLW from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
∙ Monday, 17th September at SJO from 7:00pm to 8:30pm

The seven-day lamp at the image of Jesus, the
Mystic Lamb in OLW Church burns in prayer for:

Bella Connelly, RIP