Parish newsletter · 25 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 THIRD SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY TIME

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25 January 2026

Masses & Devotions Celebrated this Week

24th JANUARY SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

Our Lady’s 5:00pm Emmanuele Buckman RIP & Martyn Garvey RIP

St Brendan’s 6:00pm Paul Harte RIP & Ann McGinlay RIP

25th JANUARY SUNDAY MASSES THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

St Brendan’s 8:45am Yvette Robinson RIP & Richard Mason RIP

Our Lady’s 10:00am Felix Maguire RIP, Frank MaGuire RIP,
Catherine Duncan RIP & Marie McGinley INT

St Brendan’s 11:30am Phylis Hamilton RIP & Liam Kelly RIP

St John Ogilvie’s 5:00pm Margaret Kinsey RIP

WEEKDAY MASSES & DEVOTIONS (3rd WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME)

Catholic Truth Society Missal Page: 698

Our Lady’s

Parish Missal Page: 127

St Brendan’s
St Brendan’s

Sunday Psalm Response: The LORD is my light and my salvation.

January is the Month of the Holy Name of Jesus

St Brendan’s

The Holy Father’s Intentions for January 2026:

WEDNESD For prayer with the Word of God.

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

PARISH DIRECTORY

St John Ogilvie
Parish Priest: Fr Mark Floody St John Ogilvie
Assistant Priest: Fr Liam Castle
Parish Deacon: Deacon Chris Colaco

Parish Office Hours: Tel: 01536 203121
At Our Lady’s: Monday & Friday 10.00am - 4.00pm Our Lady’s
At St Brendan’s: Tuesday & Thursday 10:00am – 12:00noon
At Our Lady’s: Tuesday & Thursday 12.30pm – 4.00pm

Websites: ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org
stbrendanscorby.org.uk

T Safeguarding:

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

PARISH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: T

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

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

MONDAY - Ss Timothy & Titus, Bishops

9:30am Mass Teddy O’Hagen RIP & Shay O’Connor RIP
6:00pm Confessions
6:30pm Mass Seamus Phelan RIP
Darcy Davey-Sutherland RIP

TUESDAY - Feria

9:30am Mass Dave McArthur RIP
Shay O’Connor RIP

DAY - St Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor of the Church

9:30am Mass Jimmy Carr RIP & Brid Smyth RIP
10:00am Holy Rosary

THURSDAY - Feria

9:30am Mass Jimmy Carr RIP & Maureen Gormley RIP

FRIDAY - Feria

e’s 9:05am Holy Rosary
e’s 9:30am Mass People of the Parish
Followed by Confessions

SATURDAY - St John Bosco, Priest

9:30am Mass Marie Kennedy RIP
Peggy Gallagher RIP
10:00am Holy Hour + Holy Rosary + Confessions

31st JANUARY SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

5:00pm Catherine Gallagher & Betty Glick RIP & Teddy O’Hagen RIP

6:00pm Marek Cicak RIP & Rosie Fagan INT

1st FEBRUARY SUNDAY MASSES THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8:45am Charlie Kearney RIP & The Brown Family

10:00am Margaret Graham RIP & Michael Chisholm RIP

11:30am Sean & Margaret O’Beirne RIP & Seamus Murphy RIP

ie’s 5:00pm Stefan & Robert Marshall RIP

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Seven Day Candles Burn for:

Our Lady of Walsingham: Nora Begley INT.
90th Birthday

Our Lady of Grace: Mary Kirkaldy INT

Sacred Heart Lamp: Charles Habib & Family INT

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

Lorena Fernandez Delgado R.I.P. Funeral Service at Kettering Cremato-
rium on 4th February at 11.00am

Angela O’Neill R.I.P. Funeral at Our Lady’s on 6th February at 1.00pm.

Harry Connelly 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

SUNDAY OF THE WORD OF GOD (Liturgy Commission): This
Sunday (25th January), the Church celebrates the Sunday of the
Word of God, with the theme: “The word of Christ dwells
among you” (Colossians 3:16). Clergy and parish teams are
warmly encouraged to join in marking this day through the di-
ocesan Cathedral Liturgy at 3.00pm, which will include reflec-
tions by Fr Jerome Ituah OCD and the commissioning of read-
ers. The liturgy will be livestreamed, and the service booklet is
available on the diocesan website.

CAR PARKING AT ST BRENDAN’S: Please note - St Brendan’s
School car park will now be open for the 8.45am Mass on Sun-
day mornings.

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 School Hall: 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 prayer,
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

NOTICES

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

CONFIRMATION AND HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMMES: We
began the Confirmation Classes on Saturday at St Patrick’s
School, Patrick Road. It is important that the children attend
the classes. Confirmation from 11.30am - 1:00pm: Saturday
28th February, Saturday 21st March, Saturday 28th March and on
Saturday 18th April. The First Holy Communion children’s clas-
ses will be on the same dates, at the same venue from 9.30am\

• 11:00am. Fr Mark would like to thank the catechists for mak-
  ing 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 may 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. Blessed Nove-
na Packs are available to buy at a cost price of £2.00 at St.
Brendan’s on Sunday 25th January after the 8.45 am and 11.30
am Masses, and at OLW after the 10.00am Mass. Each Novena
Pack contains a Prayer Card, a card to send or give to the Dea-
con, 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.