30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Masses and devotions

Date	Church	Time	Intention or devotion
Saturday 24 October	Our Lady of Walsingham	5.00pm	Patricia Connelly RIP; Bob Clarke RIP
Saturday 24 October	St Brendan’s	6.00pm	Eileen Waterhouse RIP; Eugenia Maria Spinelli RIP
Sunday 25 October	St Brendan’s	8.45am	Olga Prelovska intention; Vivianne Gozoles intention
Sunday 25 October	Our Lady of Walsingham	10.00am	People of the parish; Bridie Keenaghan RIP
Sunday 25 October	St Brendan’s	11.30am	Thomas Bunyan RIP; Bridie Canavan RIP
Monday 26 October	Our Lady of Walsingham	9.30am	Joe Connellan RIP; Michael Cummins RIP; confessions follow
Monday 26 October	St Brendan’s	6.00pm	Holy Hour and confessions
Monday 26 October	St Brendan’s	7.00pm	Josie Deathridge intention; Amanda Cannady intention
Tuesday 27 October	St Brendan’s	9.30am	Jessica Hayes and Mikey Connelly RIP; Joan Hales intention; Miss Pridmore intention
Tuesday 27 October	Our Lady of Walsingham	5.30pm	Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Wednesday 28 October	Our Lady of Walsingham	9.30am	Bridie Keenaghan RIP; Julie McAuley RIP; Peter Joseph Loughlin RIP
Wednesday 28 October	Our Lady of Walsingham	10.00am	Holy Rosary
Thursday 29 October	St Brendan’s	9.05am	Holy Rosary
Thursday 29 October	St Brendan’s	9.30am	Kathleen Byrne RIP; Candice Duffy RIP; Peter Joseph Loughlin RIP
Saturday 31 October	Our Lady of Walsingham	5.00pm	Charlie Lynn RIP; Neil Herbert RIP
Saturday 31 October	St Brendan’s	6.00pm	Ewaryst and Helena Nowakowski RIP
Sunday 1 November	St Brendan’s	8.45am	People of the parish; Margaret Vickers RIP
Sunday 1 November	Our Lady of Walsingham	10.00am	The deceased members of the Friel family RIP; Mary Mack RIP
Sunday 1 November	St Brendan’s	11.30am	John Byrne RIP; Linda Naylor intention

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday are ferias. Wednesday celebrates Sts Simon and Jude, Apostles. The weekend of 31 October–1 November celebrates All Saints.

The Sunday psalm response is “I love you, LORD, my strength.” Catholic Truth Society Missal page 798; Parish Mass Book page 146.

October prayer intention

For mental health ministry: Let us pray that the mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental illnesses. The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network.

Parish news

Baptism certificates: First Holy Communion and Confirmation candidates

If you have not already done so, you must submit a copy of your child’s baptism certificate by 30 October if they were baptised in a church other than St Brendan’s, St Patrick’s, Our Lady’s or St John Ogilvie’s.

For children baptised in one of these four churches, parents must enter the date of their child’s baptism on Casper by 30 October.

The old church and Scout hut

The original church, used by the Scouts for 50 years, has just returned to parish use again. The old church, which is just by Our Lady’s Catholic Club, will take on a new role as the Good Shepherd Parish Centre.

In the coming months we will be carrying out work so that we can use it for parish events, catechesis, meetings and parish social occasions. We plan to lay a path from the church car park to a new access gate in the hedge. This will allow us to access the garden from the new parish centre, enabling parish events in the garden during spring and summer.

This is an exciting development. We will hold fundraising events for all the work planned on the parish sites at Our Lady’s and St Brendan’s, where we are planning to install a disabled toilet and make the parish room bigger and more accessible. We will provide more details in the coming weeks.

November: praying for our faithful departed

November is a special month to remember our departed loved ones and pray for the repose of their souls. Masses for All Souls will be celebrated on Monday 2 November.

Masses of Remembrance will be celebrated on Tuesday 17 November at St Brendan’s at 7.00pm and Wednesday 18 November at Our Lady of Walsingham at 7.00pm. Refreshments will be provided after both Masses. In a special way, we pray for those who have died over the last year and will call out their names. All are warmly welcome.

May the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

November lists for the dead

Whilst we remember our beloved dead every day, November is a special month when we remember them in a special way and entrust them to the loving embrace of God. We have put out the envelopes for you to put in your lists and will place them in a box in front of the altar and pray for them every day during the month of November.

Diocesan Mass to remember babies lost during pregnancy or infancy

This special celebration will offer an opportunity to remember these children, pray for their parents and families, and entrust them to God’s loving care. At the end of the Mass, the children and their families will be entrusted to Our Lady. Those attending will also be invited to light a candle in memory of a child.

The Mass will be celebrated at 12 noon on Saturday 7 November at Northampton Cathedral, with Canon Simon Penhalagan, Cathedral Dean, as the main celebrant.

Baptism meeting

If you are planning for your child’s baptism, please come to the next parents’ meeting on Wednesday at 7.00pm at Our Lady of Walsingham.

Becoming a Catholic

If anyone is interested in knowing more about the Catholic faith, the RCIA and journeying in faith group meets on Monday evening at St Brendan’s Church after the 7.00pm Mass. It is an opportunity for people to come and reflect on the faith in a relaxed setting. The next meeting will take place on Monday 2 November.

Young Adults Group

Our next meeting will be on Friday 6 November at 7.00pm in St Brendan’s Parish Room, followed by refreshments. All young adults aged 18–35 are warmly invited. Please bring a friend and help spread the word. For more information, please speak to Fr Chris.

Gift Prayer Group

The GIFT prayer group resumes next week when schools return.

Second collection next week

Next week’s second collection is for the Sick and Retired Priests Fund.

Marriages abroad or elsewhere in the UK

Fr Mark and Fr Chris held a marriage evening for everyone getting married over the next year. At the meeting they highlighted that, whether you are getting married in the parish here or elsewhere in a Catholic church, you must give us six months’ notice to complete the process.

The process includes meeting with the priest, marriage preparation and courses, and checking documents.

Prayer and remembrance

Seven-day candles

• Our Lady of Walsingham: Mary Kitson intention
• Sacred Heart statue: Eamonn McAuley and family intention
• Our Lady of Grace: Anne Kennedy and family intention
• St Joseph: Tom Sweeny intention
• St Martin: Ted, Jean and Stefan Czernuszka RIP
• Sacred Heart lamp: Tricia Carr intention

May they rest in peace

• John Final RIP: Funeral service at St Brendan’s on Tuesday 3 November at 11.00am.
• Eileen Waterhouse RIP: Reception into St Brendan’s on Wednesday 4 November at 4.30pm; Requiem Mass at St Brendan’s on Thursday 5 November at 10.00am.
• Julie McAuley RIP: Reception into Our Lady of Walsingham on Thursday 5 November at 4.30pm; Requiem Mass at Our Lady of Walsingham on Friday 6 November at 10.30am.
• Alice Kerr RIP: Requiem Mass at Our Lady of Walsingham on Tuesday 10 November at 10.00am.
• Lily Latta RIP: Funeral service at St Brendan’s on Wednesday 18 November at 10.00am.
• Mary Davis RIP: Funeral service at Our Lady of Walsingham on 20 November at 1.30pm.

Please pray for all those who have died, that the Lord may grant them eternal rest. Please also remember their families and all those who are grieving the loss of a loved one, that the Lord will comfort them.

Parish directory

Contact details below are those printed in this edition.

• Parish priest: Fr Mark Floody
• Assistant priest: Fr 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
• Parish website: https://www.thegoodshepherdcorby.com
• Our Lady of Walsingham email: mailto:parish.ourladyofwalsingham@northamptondiocese.org
• 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

Parish Catholic schools

• St Brendan’s Primary School: Beanfield Avenue, NN18 0AZ; 01536 202491; mailto:office@sb.cor.olicatschools.org
• St Patrick’s Primary School: Patrick Road, NN18 9NT; 01536 744447; https://www.stpatricksprimaryschool.com
• Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School: Occupation Road, NN17 1EE; 01536 203805; mailto:office@olw.cor.olicatschools.org