Corpus Christi

Masses and devotions

Date	Church	Time	Intention or devotion
Saturday 6 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	5.00pm	Gina Donagher RIP; Bridgie Sweeney RIP
Saturday 6 June	St Brendan’s	6.00pm	Hughie and Mary Coyle RIP; Sue Conway RIP
Sunday 7 June	St Brendan’s	8.45am	Hubert Tonner RIP; Luigi Restaino RIP; Maria Hastings RIP
Sunday 7 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	10.00am	Sam Stout Int; Peter Loughlin RIP
Sunday 7 June	St Brendan’s	11.30am	People of the Parish; Letty Millar RIP
Monday 8 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	9.30am	Frances McDevitt RIP; Madeline Maguire intention
Monday 8 June	St Brendan’s	7.00pm	Arthur Hamill RIP; Mary Hurst RIP
Tuesday 9 June	St Brendan’s	9.30am	Manus Fallon RIP; Luigi Restaino RIP
Tuesday 9 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	11.00am	Requiem Mass – Margaret Moone RIP
Tuesday 9 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	5.30pm	Adoration
Tuesday 9 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	6.00pm	Holy Rosary
Wednesday 10 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	9.30am	Grace Crawley RIP; Monica Int.
Wednesday 10 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	10.00am	Holy Rosary
Thursday 11 June	St Brendan’s	9.05am	Holy Rosary
Thursday 11 June	St Brendan’s	9.30am	Candice Duffy RIP; Mary Hurst RIP; Josephine Taylor RIP
Saturday 13 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	5.00pm	Luigi Restiano RIP; Arthur Hamill RIP
Saturday 13 June	St Brendan’s	6.00pm	Bill Burt RIP; Margaret-Anne Mitchell RIP; Mary Forsyth RIP
Sunday 14 June	St Brendan’s	8.45am	People of the Parish; Letty Millar RIP
Sunday 14 June	Our Lady of Walsingham	10.00am	Felix Maguire RIP; Noel Reilly RIP
Sunday 14 June	St Brendan’s	11.30am	Karen Timmins RIP; Ann Muldoon RIP

This week’s liturgy

• Monday 8 June: Feria
• Tuesday 9 June: Feria
• Wednesday 10 June: Feria
• Thursday 11 June: St Barnabas, Apostle

The Sunday psalm response is “O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord!” Catholic Truth Society Missal page 823; Parish Mass Book page 83.

June prayer intention

For the values of sport: Let us pray that all sport may promote peace, fraternity and communion. The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network.

Parish news

Ordination of Deacon Chris

Please keep Deacon Chris in your prayers as he prepares for his ordination to the priesthood on 20th June at Northampton Cathedral. It will be a great blessing for the diocese to celebrate the ordination of a new priest. After his ordination, Deacon Chris will celebrate Mass at St Brendan’s in Corby on the following weekend, on 28th June at 11.30am, with refreshments served afterwards in the school hall. Pray for Deacon Chris in this final stage of preparation for his priestly ordination.

Young Adults Group

We are delighted to have begun a Young Adults Group in the parish for those aged 18-35. The group focuses on fellowship, faith-sharing, and growing together in Christ, and it has already been wonderful to gather as a community of young people in the parish. Due to Deacon Chris preparing for his ordination and the commitments during the month of June, the next young adults meetings will resume in July.

Prayers for school exams

Please remember in your prayers all the children preparing for their exams in the coming weeks. May the Lord bless them with calmness, confidence, and the ability to do their very best.

Robert Dunne’s pilgrimage for the SVP

Help Robert Dunne raise money to support the SVP On 10th June he will be embarking on a pilgrimage from the doors of Our Lady’s Church in Corby to the Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham, Norfolk, also known as “England’s Nazareth”. He will be travelling solo, on foot for three days and covering around 90 miles in total. The plan is to join the annual Northampton Diocesan pilgrimage on the morning of Saturday 13th June.

Please see the link to donate: https://www.justgiving.com/page/robert-dunne-1?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

Confirmation services and preparation

Confirmation will be celebrated on Saturday 27 June, within a Service of the Word. This allows Fr Mark to lead both services and prepare for the evening Masses.

• St Brendan’s: 11.00am.
• Our Lady of Walsingham: 2.00pm.

Parents and carers of children preparing for First Holy Communion or Confirmation should collect and keep the letter at the back of the church. It contains rehearsal dates and times, attendance requirements and further service details.

SVP food bank

The SVP supports people in need through the Catholic schools and parishes in Corby. Leave donations with a steward at the back of the church.

Items most needed:

• Tinned spaghetti, tomatoes, vegetables, meat, fish and fruit; pasta sauce and rice.
• Tinned custard and rice pudding; breakfast cereals and biscuits.
• Coffee, long-life juice and UHT milk.
• Disposable razors, shampoo, deodorant, shower gel, toilet rolls and toothpaste.

If you or someone you know is struggling with food, fuel or other living costs, contact the St Vincent de Paul Society directly or through the parish office.

Parish office notice

The office will be closed on Friday this week instead of Wednesday.

Diocesan news

Protect life and conscience

The newsletter draws attention to a proposed change in the law on assisted suicide and a national petition seeking:

• Protection of conscience rights for healthcare workers.
• Safeguards for hospices and care homes.
• Assurance that patients are not pressured towards ending their lives.

The notice concerns patients, NHS staff and Catholic healthcare providers. The petition is at https://bioscentre.org/petition-on-conscience-protection; the original PDF also includes a QR code. Signatories must be aged 18 or over.

Diocesan Mass for Marriage and Families

Diocesan Mass for Marriage and Families - Northampton Cathedral will host the annual Mass for Marriages and Families at 12pm on Saturday 5th September. All are welcome, and as usual we are looking forward to welcoming couple celebrating milestone anniversaries this year. A registration link will be provided in the coming weeks.

Diocesan pilgrimage to Walsingham

The annual diocesan pilgrimage to Walsingham is on Saturday 13th June. It will begin at midday with Mass at the National Shrine, before pilgrims gather outside the Chapel of Reconciliation for a procession along the Pilgrim route to the Priory grounds, where there will be a short service at the site of the original Holy House.

Called & Equipped 2026–27

Want to go deeper in your faith? Is now the time to take the next step? Our year-long Called & Equipped discipleship course begins again this September, offering a foundation in Catholic teaching and a journey of faith formation, with a like-minded community. This course is for anyone active in parish life or coming into ministry.

Find out more here: https://northamptondiocese.org/called-equipped/ or sign up to one of our introductory webinars on https://www.tickettailor.com/events/northamptondiocese

Permanent diaconate taster morning

Many of us see deacons serving at the altar, but their call is truly to be a ‘guardian of service’ in the Church. A deacon’s ministry isn’t just within the walls of the church building; it is out in the world – in our workplaces, our hospitals, our schools and with the marginalised within our community.

It is a unique vocation for men, many of whom are married and have families, who feel called to serve God through the Word, through service at the Altar, and doing works of charity within the community. If you have ever felt a nudge in your heart to serve more deeply, or if others have told you that you have a ‘servant’s heart, ‘the Lord may be calling you. For married men, this is a journey shared with your wife, and her support is a vital part of the discernment.

You can join us at our ‘Taster Morning’ on Saturday 4th July at The Holy Family church, Langley, Slough. SL3 7UD, beginning at 10.00am. You can email Dcn. Erik Kerr at mailto:deaconerik.kerr@northamptondiocese.org for more details. We have Jim and Paul from the parishes in Corby who are preparing for the permanent deaconate. Please keep them in your prayers as they continue their journey.

Prayer and remembrance

Seven-day candles

• Our Lady of Walsingham: Mary Kitson – intention.

May they rest in peace

• Margaret Moone RIP: Received into Our Lady’s on Monday 8th June at 4.30pm – Requiem Mass on Tuesday 9th of June at 11.00am.
• Anne-Marie Roberts RIP: Received into Our Lady’s on Thursday 18th June at 4.30pm – Funeral Service on Friday 19th June at 11.00am
• Cieran Warren RIP: Funeral Service at Our Lady’s on 26th June at 10 am
• Robert Garvey RIP: Received into Our Lady’s on Tuesday 30th June at 4.30pm – Requiem Mass on Thursday 1st of July at 10.00am.
• Michael McColgan RIP: Funeral service at Kettering Crematorium on Thursday 9th July at 11.30am

Please pray for their families at this sad time.

The original funeral notice calls 1 July a Thursday; 1 July 2026 was a Wednesday. Later editions list Robert Garvey’s Requiem Mass on Wednesday 1 July at 10.00am.

Parish directory

Contact details below are those printed in this edition.

• Parish priest: Fr Mark Floody
• Parish deacon: Deacon Chris Colaço
• Parish office: 01536 203121
• Our Lady of Walsingham: Occupation Road, Corby, NN17 1EE
• St Brendan’s: Beanfield Avenue, Corby, NN18 0AZ
• Our Lady of Walsingham office: Monday and Friday, 10.00am–4.00pm; Tuesday and Thursday, 1.15pm–4.00pm
• St Brendan’s office: Tuesday and Thursday, 10.00am–1.00pm
• Our Lady of Walsingham website: https://ourladyofwalsinghamcorby.org
• Our Lady of Walsingham email: mailto:parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org
• St Brendan’s website: https://stbrendanscorby.org.uk
• St Brendan’s email: mailto:parish.stbrendan@northamptondiocese.org

Safeguarding contacts

• Diocesan safeguarding: Danielle Dixon, 07833 050628
• Our Lady of Walsingham: 07947 485935
• St Brendan’s: Catherine MacLellan

Office notice: The parish office is closed on Friday this week instead of Wednesday.