Parish newsletter · 1 December 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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December Dedication: The
Immaculate Conception

This banner shows
how the ‘Messiah’
prophecy in Genesis
3:15-20 is fulfilled in the
Immaculate Virgin Mary.

ADVENT WEEK 1: HOPE

Diocese of Northampton. Parishes of:

Our Lady of Walsingham

and St John Ogilvie, Corby

Parish Priest:

Fr Christopher Perry, Episcopal Vicar

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

If you have any safeguarding concerns, please ring:

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

Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School:

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

Liturgies this week:

St John Ogilvie Church

Sun., 1st December: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Parish Mass Book: Page 82
5:00pm MASS
Intention: To be announced

Fri., 6th December: St Nicholas, Bishop
9:05am → Holy Rosary
9:30am MASS
Intention: To be announced
Intention: Teresa & Roy Bailey, Intention
10:00am Sacrament of Confession

Sun., 8th December: SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
5:00pm MASS
Intention To be announced

Liturgies this week:

Our Lady of Walsingham Church

Sun., 1st December: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Parish Mass Book: Page 82
5:30pm VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention: Charlie Kerr, RIP (6th A)
8:30am MASS
Intention: Margaret Taylor, RIP
Intention: pro populo
10:00am MASS
Intention: Jim Mills, RIP
& Sheila Mills, RIP

Mon., 2nd December: Advent Week One
9:30am MASS
Intention: Maise Bates, RIP

Tues., 3rd December: St Francis Xavier, Priest
8:00am ✝ MASS
Intention: Betty Creek, RIP (A)
Intention: Thomas Mutemachani, RIP (A)
5:30pm Prayer Group with Exposition

Wed., 4th December: St John Damascene, Doctor
9:30am MASS
Intention: Margaret & James McCahill, RIP
Intention: Fr Jithu, Fr Daniel and Fr Liam
10:00am → Holy Rosary (in the Holy House)

Thu., 5th December: St Birinus, Bishop
9:30am MASS
Intention: Sean Kennedy, Birthday Intention
Intention: Sudan, Ukraine & Holy Land

Sat., 7th December: St Ambrose, Bishop & Doctor
9:30am MASS
Intention: Maura Neeson, RIP
Intention: Canon Michael Griffiths, RIP
10:00am Sacrament of Confession
10:00am Eucharistic Exposition
10:00am → Holy Rosary

Sun., 8th December: SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
5:30pm VIGIL MASS OF SUNDAY
Intention: Barbara Levins, RIP (4th A)
& Jimmy Levins, RIP
8:30am MASS
Intention: James and Mary Griffen, RIP
Intention: pro populo
10:00am MASS
Intention: Eamon Carr, RIP
James Brennan, RIP

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Requiescant in Pace:

All the faithful departed

✝ HOLY MASS this TUESDAY

will be celebrated at 8:00am.

→ See the calendar for details of when the Rosary
is offered on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Readers are:

• Needed for St John Ogilvie Church; if you can
assist with this, please speak to Teresa ASAP.
• Invited to collect the new rota from the server’s
sacristy in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.
• Needed especially for the Saturday 9:30am Mass
in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.

Charity ‘Events’:

• Two Giving Trees are in the Church of Our Lady of
Walsingham. Please take a tag from either tree,
one in support of “Baby Basics” and the other for
those in need, and then buy someone a present.
Thank you in advance for your support of this.
• A ‘400 Square Board’ prize draw will be available
on 7th/8th December to raise funds for Our Lady of
Walsingham parish; the winning prize is £50!
Thank you in advance for your support of this.

The seven-day lamps in Our Lady of Walsingham
Church are available to sponsor for a donation of £5;
please contact the Parish Office ASAP to do this.

Advent On-line Retreat: On four consecutive
Mondays at 7:30pm, starting on 25th November, Avril
Baigent and Canon John Udris will be leading an on-
line retreat called ‘Doorways to Grace’. The retreat
will explore the four Holy Doors of Rome and how we
are called into a grace filled encounter with Jesus in
the 2025 Jubilee Year. To see the trailer and register,
visit: https://northamptondiocese.org/doorways/

The Tuesday Prayer Group will start at 5:30pm
and will include Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament;
all are welcome to participate in this time of prayer.

Prayers and congratulations to the parents of the
following on their recent Holy Baptism: Alice & Olivia.

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

Esta King, RIP

The lamp at the Our Lady of Walsingham
statue burns daily in prayer for - RIP:
Barbara Levins (4th A) & Jimmy Levins

2024/2025 SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION:

Parents are asked to ensure that their child or children
can confidently offer the following:
• All the said or sung responses at Mass.
• Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, the Angelus.
• Liturgical gestures, e.g. the Sign of the Cross,
striking our chest during the Confiteor, kneeling,
bowing during the Creed, etc.
→ Parents are also asked to ensure that their child is
accompanied by an adult when lighting candles, etc.

Saturday, 7th December: We are invited to pray
and fast for the end of abortion and euthanasia.

Monday, 9th December: On this day we celebrate
the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady with:
• 9:00am Walsingham Prayer and Rosary
• 9:30am HOLY MASS
• After Mass Perpetual Succour Novena
• After Novena Refreshments
This is not a Holy Day of Obligation; however, we do
encourage you to come to MASS and to participate in
the other liturgies and the refreshments on this day.

Saturday, 21st December: Extended Eucharistic
Exposition and Confession ‘slot’ for Advent from 10am
to 11:30am in Our Lady of Walsingham Church.

New Translation of the Lectionary:

From the First Sunday of Advent we are using, along
with all parishes in England and Wales plus Scotland,
the new translation of the lectionary. This is a good
moment to refresh our minds and hearts that:
• The First, and Second Reading if there is one, ends
with: “The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.”
• The reader won’t say: “The response to the Psalm
is…” but will say the response and we repeat it.
• At the Gospel the reader will not say: “The Gospel
Acclamation” or “We stand for the Gospel”.
• In the Bidding Prayers the reader will pause after
each intention so that we might silently pray.

New Translation of the Lectionary - Missal:

Copies of the Sunday Missal can be purchased (£13)
from the Our Lady of Walsingham Church repository.

With prayers to Mary Immaculate for you,
Fr Christopher & Fr Wayne

The lamp at the statu e of the Most Sacred
Heart of Jesus burns daily in prayer for:

Bishop David and the Lay Faithful,
Religious, Deacons and Priests of
the Diocese of Northampton

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: Have mercy on us!