Parish newsletter · 18 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

IN ORDINARY TIME

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th

18 January 2026

Masses & Devotions Celebrated this Week

17th JANUARY SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

Our Lady’s 5:00pm Marilla Ness RIP & Patsy Currie RIP

St Brendan’s 6:00pm Margaret- Anne Mitchell RIP
Sr Teresa Agnes Dougan RIP & Family

18th JANUARY SUNDAY MASSES THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

St Brendan’s 8:45am Eucheria Ekultoto RIP & Timmins Family RIP

Our Lady’s 10:00am Mary Rodgers INT & Mary Hurst RIP

St Brendan’s 11:30am Adam MacNeill RIP & Fr Mark & Fr Liam INT

St John Ogilvie’s 5:00pm Ela Molik RIP

WEEKDAY MASSES & DEVOTIONS (2nd WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME)

Catholic Truth Society Missal Page: 695

Our Lady’s

Parish Missal Page: 125

St Brendan’s
St Brendan’s

Sunday Psalm Response: Behold, I have come, Lord, to do your will.

St Brendan’s

January is the Month of the Holy Name of Jesus W

The Holy Father’s Intentions for January 2026:
Our Lady’s
For prayer with the Word of God. Our Lady’s
Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be St Brendan’s
nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our
communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and
missionary Church. St Brendan’s
https://www.popesprayer.va/praywiththepope/

PARISH DIRECTORY

St John Ogilvie’s
Parish Priest: Fr Mark Floody
Assistant Priest: Fr Liam Castle SATURDAY -
Parish Deacon: Deacon Chris Colaco
Our Lady’s
Parish Office Hours: Tel: 01536 203121
At Our Lady’s: Monday & Friday 10.00am - 4.00pm
At St Brendan’s: Tuesday & Thursday 10:00am – 12:00noon
At Our Lady’s: Tuesday & Thursday 12.30pm – 4.00pm 24th
Websites: ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org THE
stbrendanscorby.org.uk

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

THE PARISH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS:

St Brendan’s Primary School: Beanfield Avenue, NN18 0AZ St Brendan’s
Tel: 01536 202491 office@sb.cor.olicatschools.org
St Patrick’s Primary School: Patrick Road, NN18 9NT Our Lady’s
Tel: 01536 744447 www.stpatricksprimaryschool.com

Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School: Occupation Rd, St Brendan’s
Corby NN17 1EE Tel: 01536 203805
office@olw.cor.olicatschools.org St John Ogilvie’s

MONDAY - Feria

9:30am Mass Peggy McDevitt RIP & Bridgie Sweeney RIP
6:00pm Holy Hour + Confessions
7:00pm Mass Conor Harte RIP & Terry McGrath RIP

TUESDAY - Feria

9:30am Mass Mary Hurst RIP & John Evelyn Ryan RIP

WEDNESDAY - St Agnes, Virgin & Mother

9:30am NO MASS
10:00am Holy Rosary
10:00am Requiem Mass Terry McGrath RIP

THURSDAY - Feria

9:30am Mass Maria Hastings RIP & Family
Margaret & Nina McMonagle

FRIDAY - Feria

9:30am NO MASS

St Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

9:30am Mass Thomas Kennedy RIP
& Nora Begley INT
10:00am Holy Hour + Holy Rosary + Confessions

h JANUARY SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES E THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

5:00pm Emmanuele Buckman RIP & Martyn Garvey RIP

6:00pm Paul Harte RIP & Ann McGinlay RIP

25th JANUARY SUNDAY MASSES E THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8:45am Yvette Robinson RIP & Richard Mason RIP

10:00am Felix Maguire RIP, Frank McGuire RIP,
Catherine Duncan RIP & Marie McGinley INT

11:30am Phylis Hamilton RIP & Liam Kelly RIP

5:00pm Margaret Kinsey RIP

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Seven Day Candles Burn for:

Our Lady of Walsingham: Jim Treacy RIP

St Joseph Statue: Fr Mark & Fr Liam INT

Sacred Heart Lamp: Charles Habib & Family INT

Sacred Heart Statue:

Streetly & McCahill Families RIP

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
Lorena Fernandez Delgado R.I.P. Funeral Service at Kettering Cremato-
rium on 4th February at 11.00am
Harry Connolly R.I.P. Requiem Mass Our Lady’s 10th on February at
10.30am
Hannah Conaghan R.I.P. Requiem Mass at Our Lady’s on 11th February
at 12.00pm
Please pray for their families at this sad time.

PARISH

NEW WINESKINS DISCERNMENT PROCESS: Our New Wineskins
process is reaching its final stages. The discernment group has
been working hard to produce a scenario which will be shared
with all parishes within Corby so that everyone has the chance
to contribute ideas to the plans going forward.

Open Meeting 1
Come and find out the results of the listening process and the
scenario that is being proposed.
Open Meeting 1: Monday 26th January
Our Lady’s Catholic Church: 10:00am - 11:30am
St John Ogilvie’s Catholic Church: 12:30 - 2:00pm
St Brendan’s Catholic Church: 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Open Meeting 2
A chance to meet with other parishioners and share the pros
and cons for the scenario.
Open Meeting 2: Monday 9th February
St Brendan’s Primary School: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
In between the two meetings, take time to pray, reflect and talk
with others about what living your Catholic faith would be like
in the proposed scenario.

Each meeting is open to all parishioners regardless of where
you usually go to Mass. Please choose the time that suits you
best.

Following these meetings, the discernment group will meet
again to take on board all the feedback and finalise the plans
going forward.

VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD: Are you a man who is won-
dering whether God may be calling you to the priesthood? The
Diocese warmly invites you to “Come and See” - a day of pray-
er, reflection, and questions for men who are thinking about or
discerning a vocation to the priesthood.
Date: Saturday 28th March, 2026. Programme: A day including
prayer, reflection, input on priestly vocation, and an open Q&A.
Who is it for? Men who are exploring, questioning, or discern-
ing a call to the priesthood. Where? Our Lady of Christian and
St Lawrence, Olney. This day offers a relaxed and supportive
opportunity to reflect on God’s call, to learn more about priest-
ly life, and to ask honest questions in a prayerful setting. To
register your interest or for more information, please contact:
Fr Pius vocationsdirector@northamptondiocese.org 01753
523147

THE GREAT AWAKENING: Healing and Evangelisation Conven-
tion day led by Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries invites you to
Birmingham for our annual Convention day on January 24th
2026. All welcome. See flyers at the back of church. Coach leav-
ing from Our Lady’s Church, Corby at 7:30am. Please contact
Jophy on 07932 026017 for further information and to book
your place asap.

NOTICES

CONFIRMATION AND HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMMES: We
begin the Confirmation Classes on Saturday 24th January at
11.30am at St Patrick’s School, Patrick Road It is important that
the children attend the classes that will be held on the follow-
ing dates from 11.30am - 1:00pm: Saturday 24th January, Satur-
day 28th February Saturday 21st March, Saturday 28th March
and on Saturday 18th April. The First Holy Communion chil-
dren’s classes will be on the same dates, at the same venue
from 9.30am - 11:00am. Fr Mark would like to thank the cate-
chists for making such a huge commitment to help prepare the
children to celebrate the sacraments.

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.

FROM FR. LIAM: As some of you
many know I have epilepsy. I am
therefore aiming to walk 100 miles
in the month of January in support
of the Epilepsy Society. If you are
able to support my efforts please
scan the QR code to see my fund-
raising page. Thanks and God bless,
Fr Liam.

HOLY FACE OF JESUS NOVENA: This Novena begins on Monday
9th February and concludes on Tuesday 17th February (Shrove
Tuesday). It is being offered for all the Deacons, Priests and
Religious of our Diocese of Northampton and/ or a particular
named Deacon, Priest or Religious known to you. Novena Packs
will be blessed and available to buy at a cost price of £2.00 after
the 10.00 am Mass at OLW this Sunday 18th January. They will
also be available to buy at St. Brendan’s on Sunday 25th January
after the 8.45 am and 11.30 am Masses. Each Novena Pack con-
tains a Prayer Card, a card to send or give to the Deacon, Priest
or Religious for whom you are praying the Novena and a unique
set of Chaplet Beads.

REFRESHMENTS are served after Sunday’s 11:30am 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.