Parish newsletter · 5 April 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

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

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5 APRIL 2026

Masses & Devotions Celebrated this Week

4th APRIL HOLY SATURDAY

Our Lady’s 8:00pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Hugh McAtteer & Benny Savage RIP; Margaret O’Rourke INT
St Brendan’s 8:00pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Peggy & Peter Floody RIP; John McGinlay RIP

5th APRIL SUNDAY MASSES EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

St Brendan’s 8:45am Imelda & Locious Breslin RIP; Sophie O’Beirne Int.

St John Ogilvie’s 9:30am People of the Parish

Our Lady’s 10:00am Bridie Donaghey RIP; Frances Long RIP

St Brendan’s 11:30am Betty Penman RIP; Eve Lyons RIP; Hughie Mulgrove INT

WEEKDAY MASSES & DEVOTIONS - IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

MONDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

Our Lady’s 10:00am Mass

Catholic Truth Society Missal Page: 364 Parish Missal Page: 251

Sunday Psalm Response: St Brendan’s This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad.

April is the Month of the Holy Eucharist Our Lady’s

The Holy Father’s Intentions for April 2026:

W For priests in crisis:

Let us pray for priests going through moments of crisis Our Lady’s
in their vocation, that they may find the accompani-
ment they need and that communities may support
them with understanding and prayer.

Our Lady’s

https://www.popesprayer.va/praywiththepope/

PARISH DIRECTORY St Brendan’s

Parish Priest: Fr Mark Floody

Parish Deacon: Deacon Chris Colaćo

St John Ogilvie

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

Our Lady’s

At Our Lady’s: Tuesday & Thursday 12.30pm – 4.00pm

Websites: ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org
Email: parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org
stbrendanscorby.org.uk
Email: parish.stbrendan@northamptondiocese.org

Our Lady’s Safeguarding:

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

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

Mary McCabe RIP;
Dennis McKenna-Docherty RIP

TUESDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

9:30am MASS
David Gadsden RIP
Joe Montgomery RIP
Cormac Mc Monagle RIP
5:30pm Adoration + 6:30pm Holy Rosary

WEDNESDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

9:30am Mass
Carmel & Joe Gallagher RIP
Grace Crawley RIP
William Kitson INT
10:00am Holy Rosary

THURSDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

9:30am NO MASS

FRIDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

e’s 9:30am NO MASS

SATURDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

9:30am NO MASS

11th APRIL SATURDAY VIGIL MASSES SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

5:00pm Mick Murray RIP; Margaret & Derek Hindwood INT

6:00pm Giovanni & Consolata Spinelli RIP; Jimmy Carr RIP

12th APRIL SUNDAY MASSES SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

8:45am Thanksgiving; John Lynch RIP; John Keane RIP
John McBride RIP

10:00am Grace Crawley RIP; Kathleen MacKenzie RIP

11:30am Margaret Owens RIP; Daphane Kelly RIP
Maisie Short RIP

e’s 5:00pm People of the Parish

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Seven Day Candles Burn for:

Sacred Heart Lamp: Henry Kane INT

St Martin: Baby Lauchlan McShefferty RIP

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

John Ryan RIP - Funeral Service at Our Lady’s on Friday 17th April at 11.00am.
Patrick McGinlay RIP - Funeral Service at Our Lady’s on Tuesday 21st April at
12.00noon.
Patricia Aston RIP – Requiem Mass at St John Ogilvie’s on Wednesday 22nd April
at 11.00am.
Margaret Ann Keogh RIP - Funeral at St Brendan’s on Friday 24th April at
12.30pm.

David Christopher O’Farrell RIP - Requiem Mass at St Brendan’s on Thursday
30th April at 10.00am.

Please pray for their families at this sad time.

PARISH

EASTER SUNDAY COLLECTION: As is traditional the collection on
Easter Sunday is a Parishes gift to the clergy. You can also donate
on the Dona station.

ST JOHN OGILVIE’S: As we prepare for forthcoming changes to the
parishes in Corby following the Discernment Process, we are plan-
ning to conclude the Sunday evening Mass at St John Ogilvie’s. The
final Mass will be celebrated at 5:00pm on Sunday, 26th April.
This will be a special opportunity to give thanks for the
vibrant community at St John’s and to celebrate the significant
contribution the parish has made to Catholic life in Corby. While
this marks the end of a cherished chapter, we look forward with
hope and optimism to the merging of our parishes. We warmly
encourage all parishioners to come together as one community,
building on the strong foundations established by the four parishes
that have served Corby so faithfully.
The Church is entering a time of change, but we do so
with confidence and trust that it will continue to grow and flourish.
A celebration will follow the final Mass at St John’s on 26th April,
and we remain committed to continuing the Church’s mission
across the town - proclaiming the joy of the Risen Christ to all.

A BIG THANK YOU TO: Fr Andy Richardson who celebrated the
Easter Triduum in our parishes. Fr Mark is so grateful to Fr Andy
who is the Pastoral Director of Oscott Seminary in Birmingham. It
was great to have him here and hope he will return at another
time.

THANK YOU: We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has
helped prepare for Holy Week. We are deeply grateful to our stew-
ards, musicians, singers, readers, Eucharistic Ministers, servers,
and cleaners, as well as those who prepared the altar linen and the
flower group for the beautiful arrangements. Your dedication and
care have made the services truly powerful, moving, and memora-
ble. If you are visiting our parishes this Easter, you are most warm-
ly welcome. It is a joy to have you celebrate with us.

YOUTH/YOUNG ADULTS GROUP: We are excited to begin a Youth/
Young Adults Group in our parish this month. This will be a space
for anyone from the age of 18-35 focusing on fellowship, faith-
sharing, and growing together in Christ. All young people are
warmly invited to join us and to spread the word to others who
may be interested. Meetings will start on Friday 17th April and take
place on the first and third Fridays of each month at St. Brendan’s
parish room at 7:00pm, followed by refreshments after. Come
along, bring a friend, and be part of this new journey in our parish
community!

A HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER: Fr Mark and Deacon Chris and the
pastoral teams in our three parishes wish you, your families and
friends every happiness and blessing this Easter. May the joy and
light of the risen Lord fill our hearts this
Eastertide.

NEW OFFERTORY ENVELOPES: The new boxes of offertory enve-
lopes will be distributed at all the Masses this weekend. If any of
your details have changed from last year please us know when you

NOTICES

collect this year’s envelopes. If you have never had Offertory enve-
lopes but would like to start using them then please contact the
Parish Office Monday to Thursday 10.00am to 4.00pm. on 01536
203121 or email requesting envelopes:
parish.stbrendan@northamptondiocese.org for St Brendan’s
& parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org
for Our Lady’s.

NEW WINESKINS DISCERNMENT - THE NEXT STEPS:

We have now come to the end of the formal discernment process.
The transition phase over the next 6 months will see a number of
changes, including our three parishes in Corby becoming one single
parish. We will soon be distributing a parish census to understand
better the make up of our whole parish community. Through the
discernment process we identified key development areas for our
new parish including mission, liturgy; music, finance, property,
young people, schools; families, catechesis; and adult formation.
There will be opportunities over the next few months for everyone
to say how they might want to get involved in the things that inter-
est them. This is an exciting time as we work together to make the
new parish in Corby a thriving and growing community, reaching
out to evangelise with a message of hope, joy and life in Christ. The
approaching Easter season when we celebrate the Lord’s death
and rising in glory is the basis for our hope and missionary out-
reach - and we all have a part to play in it.

PARISH OFFICE: Please note that the Parish office is closed on
Wednesdays, Saturday’s and Sunday’s.

CONFIRMATION AND HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMMES: It is
important that the children attend the classes at St Patrick’s
school. Confirmation from 11.30am - 1:00pm: Saturday 18th April.
The First Holy Communion children’s classes will be on the same
date, at the same venue from 9.30am - 11:00am. Fr Mark would
like to thank the catechists for making such a huge commitment to
help prepare the children to celebrate the sacraments.

SVP: The SVP run a foodbank as sadly those who are in need grows
all year round. All our food parcels are distributed to those who
need them in our Catholic Schools and parishes, here is a REVISED
list of items in most need: tinned spaghetti, tinned tomatoes, pasta
sauce, rice, tinned vegetables, tinned meat, tinned fish, tinned
fruit, tinned custard and rice pudding, breakfast cereals, biscuits,
coffee, long life juice, UHT milk, disposable razors, shampoo, deo-
dorant, shower gel, toilet rolls, toothpaste. If you can donate,
please leave your items with a steward at the back of the church.
ALSO, if anyone is struggling with the cost of living, food, fuel etc
or you know of anyone, please contact the St Vincent de Paul soci-
ety, directly or through the Parish office.

REFRESHMENTS are served after Sunday’s 11:30am Mass & Tues-
day’s Mass at St Brendan’s, at St John Ogilvie’s after Sunday’s
5:00pm Mass, and after Wednesday’s recitation of the Holy Rosary
at Our Lady of Walsingham.