Parish newsletter · 5 October 2025

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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NEWSLETTER

Our Lady of Walsingham St John’s Ogilvie’s
Parish Priest: Fr Mark Floody, Assistant Priest Fr Liam Castle
Tel:01536 203121.
Parish office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday 10.00am - 4.00pm. Wednesday, 9.30am - 12.30 pm.
Website: ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org
Diocesan Safeguarding: Danielle Dixon 07833050628
Our Lady’s: 07947485935 St John’: 07956363869

4th & 5th October 2025 27th Sunday In Ordinary Time Year C

OUR PARISH LITURGY THIS WEEK SATURDAY VIGIL

Our Lady’s 5.00pm Annie Currie RIP
St Brendan’s 6.00pm Manus Fallon RIP

SUNDAY

Our Lady’s 8.30am Marie Kennedy RIP
St Brendan’s 9.00am Luigi & Carmela Spinelli RIP
Our Lady’s 10.00am Baby Bonnie Marie Aguiler Int.
St Brendan’s 11.00am Anna Owen RIP
St John’s 5.00pm People of the Parish

WEEKDAY MASSES

MONDAY - of week 27 in Ordinary Time
Our Lady’s 9.30am Celine Doherty RIP
St Brendan’s 5.45pm Exposition
St Brendan’s 7.00pm Kathleen White RIP
TUESDAY Our Lady of the Rosary
St Brendan’s 9.30am Margaret Owens RIP
WEDNESDAY of week 27 in Ordinary Time
Our Lady’s 9.30am Pauline Burke Int.
THURSDAY St John HENRY Newman, Priest
St Brendan’s 9.30am Marie Doherty RIP
FRIDAY of week 27 in Ordinary Time
St John’s 9.30am People of the Parish
SATURDAY of week 27 in Ordinary Time
Our Lady’s 9.30am Fay Reilly Int.
Our Lady’s 10.00am Exposition

SATURDAY VIGIL

Our Lady’s 5.00pm Alice McBride RIP
St Brendan’s 6.00pm Richard Mitchell Snr RIP

SUNDAY

Our Lady’s 8.30am Margaret (Madge) Cronin RIP
St Brendan’s 9.00am Mavis O’Connor RIP
Our Lady’s 10.00am Joe Gallagher RIP
St Brendan’s 11.00am Kieran O’Driscoll RIP
St John’s 5.00pm People of the Parish

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

Catherine Russell RIP: Funeral Service at
Our Lady’s on Monday 6th October at
11.00am.

James Cuffe RIP: Funeral Service at St
Brendan’s on Wednesday 15th October at
11.00am.

Edward Joseph O’Hagen RIP: Funeral
Service at Our Lady’s on Friday 24th October
at 11.00am

Seven Day Candles Burn for:

Our Lady of Walsingham: Mary Hurst RIP.
Sacred Heart, Charles Habib and family INT

CONFESSIONS: St Brendan’s - 6.00pm
Monday or by appointment.
St John Ogilvie’s - Friday morning after
09:30am Mass or by appointment.
Our Lady’s - 10am Saturday morning or by
appointment.

Parish Missal page: 146

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: O that today you
would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your
hearts.’

NEXT SUNDAY: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS:

St Brendan’s Primary School: Beanfield Avenue,
NN18 0AZ Tel. No.01536 202491
www.stbrendansprimaryschool.co.uk

St Patrick’s Primary School: Patrick Road, NN18
9NT Tel. no. 01536 744447
www.stpatricksprimaryschool.com

Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School:
Occupation Rd, Corby NN17 1EE
Tel. No. 01536 203805
office@olw.cor.olicatschools.org

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PARISH NOTICES

HOLY HOUR: We will have Holy Hour on a Monday evening at 5.45pm
It will give us an opportunity to pray before the Blessed Sacrament, e
and the consecrated life.

NEW CONFESSION TIMES AT ST BRENDAN’S: Again to give the priests
confessions from a Saturday evening to Monday evening at 6.00pm,

CORBY HARVEST FESTIVAL: Will take place at Corby Irish Centre next
3.00pm. There will be a Town-wide Food Drive Donation for Corby Fo
the church for everything that is taking place on the day including a L
event.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CATHOLIC? It was good to see nine peo
reflect on the Catholic Faith. Since then a few others have asked to jo
come along on a Monday evening at St Brendan’s Church after the 7p
for people to come and reflect on the faith in a relaxed setting. If you
encourage them to come along or offer to come with them.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION MEETING: It was so
the meetings last week. Fr Mark outlined the programmes and appre
the parents. 88 children signed up for the First Holy Communion Pro
Confirmation meeting. Fr Mark wants to thank all those who are work
Maggie and Anne in the office. It is a big change but it was explained
help parents in their great responsibility to prepare their children for
we are holding one final combined meeting for First Holy Communio
Thursday 16 October at 7pm.

CARPET AT ST BRENDAN’S: We are hoping to lay the new green carpe
Brendan’s next week.

CAFOD : Family Fast Day is on Friday 3rd October. It’s a day when we’re
Our parish’s support of CAFOD this Harvest is a way for us to offer new
practical help to people affected by poverty, conflict and climate chan
a CAFOD envelope as you leave to Gift Aid your donation or give on th

SISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, MOTHER OF CHRIST

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, will make an appeal at e
next week - 11th & 12th of October. The Sisters do great work all over
vulnerable children and adults, refugees, widows and elderly people.

ROSARY: The Rosary is prayed after the Wednesday morning Mass in
afterwards. All are welcome.

BAPTISM MEETING: If you are planning for your child’s baptism then
Wednesday 22nd October at 7.00pm. Please note that we encourage b
months before they attend the baptism meeting.

OFFICE LOCATION AND TIMES: The parish office will be located at Ou
there. On Tuesday and Thursday mornings Anne will be at St Brendan
lunchtime.

m at St Brendan’s when there is an evening Mass.
especially praying for vocations to the priesthood

s flexibility on a Saturday evening we are moving
during the Holy Hour.

Sunday 12th October from 12.00pm until
ood Bank. Please see the notice at the back of
Low-Cost Kitchen offering Free Meals at the

ople come to the initial meeting last week to
oin the group and if you want to join them please
pm Mass in the Parish Room. It is an opportunity
u know someone who may be interested

o good to see so many families represented at
eciated the response from the vast majority of
ogramme and 63 children attended the
king on the programmes, our catechists and
why it is being introduced and our priority is to
the sacraments. If you missed the meetings
on and Confirmation parents at St Brendan’s on

et behind the altar and one of the steps at St

re asked to pray, eat simply and give generously.
w signs of hope this Jubilee year, by giving
nge in our volatile world. Collect
he CAFOD website. Thank you.

T: Sr Mary Sebastian Ogwuike, from Sisters of the
each of the weekend Masses at St Brendan’s
the world serving the homeless, destitute,
.

Our Lady’s and refreshments will be served

please come to the next parents meeting on
baptism parents to come to Mass at least two

ur Lady’s and Maggie and Anne will be based
n’s to deal with any enquiries in person until