Parish newsletter · 4 January 2026

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 Catholic Churches

in Corby

✝ Our Lady of Walsingham
Occupation Road, Corby, NN17 1EE

✝ St Brendan & St Patrick
Beanfield Ave, Corby NN18 0AZ

✝ St John Ogilvie
1 Copenhagen Road, Danesholme,
Corby, NN18 9BX

THE SECOND SUNDAY

AFTER THE NATIVITY

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4 January 2026

Masses & Devotions Celebrated this Week

3rd JANUARY SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY

Our Lady’s 5:00pm Charlie and Grace McClafferty RIP,
Norah Sweeny RIP

St Brendan’s 6:00pm Gallagher & Hetherington Families

4th JANUARY SUNDAY MASSES THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY

St Brendan’s 8:45am Gerry Keenan

Our Lady’s 10:00am Anne Griffen INT, May Hughes RIP

St Brendan’s 11:30am Sally Garvie INT

St John Ogilvie’s 5:00pm Jimmy Rogers INT

WEEKDAY MASSES & DEVOTIONS

MONDAY - Morning Mass - CHRISTMAS FERIA

MON

Catholic Truth Society Missal Page: 116 Our Lady’s

Parish Missal Page: 111 MONDAY EVEN

Sunday Psalm Response: St John Ogilvie’s
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. St Brendan’s
St Brendan’s

January is the Month of the Holy Name of Jesus T

The Holy Father’s Intentions for January ‘26:
St Brendan’s
For prayer with the Word of God. Our Lady’s
Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be
nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our
communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and Our Lady’s
missionary Church. Our Lady’s
.

St Brendan’s

PARISH DIRECTORY

Parish Priest: Fr Mark Floody
Assistant Priest: Fr Liam Castle St John Ogilvie’s

Parish Office Hours: Tel: 01536 203121
At Our Lady’s: Monday & Friday 10.00am - 4.00pm
At St Brendan’s: Tuesday & Thursday 10am – 12pm
At Our Lady’s: Tuesday & Thursday 12.30pm – 4.00pm
Our Lady’s
Websites: ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org
stbrendanscorby.org.uk

Safeguarding:

Diocesan Safeguarding: Danielle Dixon 07833050628 THE
At Our Lady of Walsingham: 07947485935
At St Brendan’s: see Catherine MacLellan Our Lady’s
At St John Ogilvie’s: 07956363869
St Brendan’s

PARISH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS:

St Brendan’s Primary School: Beanfield Avenue, NN18 0AZ
Tel: 01536 202491 www.stbrendansprimaryschool.co.uk THE

St Patrick’s Primary School: Patrick Road, NN18 9NT
St Brendan’s
Tel: 01536 744447 www.stpatricksprimaryschool.com\ Our Lady’s
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School: Occupation Rd,
Corby NN17 1EE Tel: 01536 203805
St Brendan’s
office@olw.cor.olicatschools.org

St John Ogilvie’s

NDAY - Morning Mass - CHRISTMAS FERIA

9:30am Mass Mills Family INT & Frances McDevitt RIP

NING - VIGIL MASSES OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

6:00pm Mass Mary Barron-Edgley RIP & Charlie Lynn RIP
6:00pm Holy Hour + Confessions
7:00pm Mass Linda Wardrop INT & Shay O’Connor RIP

TUESDAY - THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

9:30am Mass Brian Holt RIP & Breda O’Driscoll - RIP
9:30am School Mass Bridget & Pat Killeen RIP & Jim McGread - RIP

WEDNESDAY - EPIPHANY FERIA

9:30am Mass Teddy O’Hagen RIP & Anne Symes INT
10:00am Holy Rosary

THURSDAY - EPIPHANY FERIA

9:30am Mass Maisie Bates RIP & Shay O’Connor RIP

FRIDAY - EPIPHANY FERIA

9:05am Holy Rosary
9:30am Mass People of the Parish
10:00am Confessions

SATURDAY - EPIPHANY FERIA

9:30am Mass Danny Cannon INT & Guiseppe Arrigo RIP
10:00am Holy Hour + Holy Rosary + Confessions

10th January VIGIL MASSES SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY

5:00pm Charlie Lynn RIP & Desmond Gibbons - RIP

6:00pm Dave McArthur RIP & Drew Craig - RIP

11th January SUNDAY MASSES SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY

8:45am Mick McGovern RIP & Margaret Goult RIP

10:00am Marie Mason INT & Anne Kennedy INT

11:30am James Carroll RIP & Fr Mark & Fr Liam INT

5:00pm J T Lavelle RIP & Maire Kelly RIP

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Seven Day Candles Burn for:

Our Lady of Walsingham: Janet & Ross Northing
40th Wedding Anniversary

Our Lady of Grace: Duncan Taylor INT

St Joseph Statue: Eamon McGrenaghan RIP

St Joseph Lamp: Joe Gallagher RIP

St Martin: Susie Banningan INT

Sacred Heart Lamp: Charles Habib & Family INT

Sacred Heart: The Cleary Family INT

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

Terry McGrath R.I.P. Received into St Brendan’s Church
on Tuesday 20th January at 4:00pm. Requiem Mass on
Wednesday 21st January at 10.00am.

Please pray for their families at this sad time.

PARISH

CORBY PARISHES - MASS SCHEDULE AS FROM TODAY:

Saturday Evening
• 5.00pm – Our Lady’s
• 6.00pm – St Brendan’s

Sunday
• 8.45am – St Brendan’s
• 10.00am – Our Lady’s
• 11.30am – St Brendan’s
• 5.00pm – St John Ogilvie’s (unchanged)

This revised schedule ensures that one priest can cover all
weekend Masses and provides greater flexibility should a priest
be away or unwell. These changes will take effect from Sunday,
4th January. We will continue to monitor and review the ar-
rangements.
Readers, stewards, and Eucharistic Ministers: if these changes
affect your availability and you would like to move to a differ-
ent Mass time or church, please contact the parish office by the
end of December.
Thank you once again for your cooperation and understanding.

THANK YOU: Fr Mark and Fr Liam would like to thank you for
your kindness both in the Christmas collections and also in the
gifts and cards they received. They just want to express how
appreciative they are of your generosity.

DEACON CHRIS: Deacon Chris enjoyed spending Christmas with
us in the parish. He is having a break after having a long term at
Seminary and will return on the 9th January.

EPIPHANY: On Tuesday we celebrate the visit of the wise men
to the baby Jesus. The Epiphany is a Holy Day of Obligation. On
Monday we will have two vigil Masses – 6.00pm at St John’s
and 7.00pm at St Brendan’s. On Tuesday we will have two
morning Masses – 9.30am at Our Lady’s which is a school Mass
and 9.30am at St Brendan’s. Parishioners are more than wel-
come to attend Our Lady’s Mass but please be aware there will
be limited space.

MAGGIE‘S RETIREMENT: As mentioned last week after twelve
years Maggie has now retired. On behalf of the parish Fr Mark
would like to thank Maggie for her dedication and support to
the priests and the parishioner’s. Fr Mark is glad to say that
Maggie will still be playing an active role in parish life. We wish
her every happiness and health in her retirement. Thank you,
Maggie.

N.B. NEW OFFICE HOURS are as follows:
At Our Lady’s: Monday & Friday: 10.00am - 4.00pm
St Brendan’s: Tuesday & Thursday Mornings 10am – 12pm
Our Lady’s: Tuesday & Thursday Afternoons 12.30pm – 4.00pm.

NOTICES

RCIA: Meetings will resume after 7.00pm Mass this Monday
evening.

MUSIC – AN APPEAL FOR MUSICIANS AND SINGERS: As a re-
sult of the time changes at St Brendan’s unfortunately some of
the folk group are unable to commit to the new time. So it gives
us an opportunity to review music in the parish. The 8.45am
Mass at St Brendan’s will be the quiet Mass at the weekends. If
any of the parishioners at St Brendan’s would like to come for-
ward to join the folk group we’d be delighted to hear from you.
Whilst the appeal is initially for the 11.30am Mass at St
Brendan’s we would love to hear from any of our parishioner’s
at the three churches that would come together to play or sing
at the Masses in the three churches. What better way is there
to use our talent than in praising and worshipping God. To all
our singers and musicians a huge thank you.

PARISH LISTENING PROCESS: Following this initiative in our
parishes, a Discernment Group was formed to reflect on the
feedback shared by parishioners. Our North Northamptonshire
Pastoral Area - which includes Corby, Kettering, Wellingbor-
ough, Rushden, Thrapston, Oundle and Raunds - is more geo-
graphically dispersed than most, and as a result we are discern-
ing the future at different paces. This is natural, as each of our
communities has its own particular strengths and challenges.
The Corby Discernment Group, made up of representatives
from our three parishes, has been exploring a range of possible
ways forward. In the New Year, we will hold an open meeting
to which everyone will be invited, so that we can share pro-
posals and discuss how our mission in Corby can continue to
grow, thrive and respond to both the challenges and opportuni-
ties ahead. Details of this meeting will be provided in the com-
ing weeks.

BAPTISM MEETING: If you are planning for your child’s baptism
then please come to the next parents’ meeting on: Tuesday
13th January at 7:00pm at Our Lady of Walsingham.

BAPTISM CERTIFICATES FOR FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND

CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES: If you haven’t already done so
please could parents hand in a copy of their child’s baptism
certificate if they were not baptised in any of our 3 Corby par-
ishes. Some parents have handed in birth certificates but we
do not need these, just their baptism certificates. Many thanks.

REFRESHMENTS are served after Sunday’s 11:00am Mass &
Tuesday’s Mass at St Brendan’s, at St John Ogilvie’s after Sun-
day’s 5:00pm Mass, and after Wednesday’s recitation of the
Holy Rosary at Our Lady of Walsingham.