No services for the rest of this week

NEWS & VIEWS

Our celebration of Easter, which began last night during the vigil, continues this morning with our Festival Mass. We hear again of, and rejoice in, the greatest of all miracles - Christ being raised from the dead - the very reason for the Christian faith. Because of the paramount importance of this day Easter has a season of 50 days and every Sunday is a ‘little Easter’.

HAPPY EASTER Fr Gareth and the churchwardens wish you a joyful Eastertide. Please stay after Mass for our Easter Champagne breakfast. The church will ‘rest’ this week and there will be no weekday services.

EASTER MEMORIAL TREE As has become our custom, we invite you to remember your departed loved ones on our Easter Memorial Tree. Please write their names on a tag, which, during the 10am Mass you will be invited to hang on the tree, which will then be blessed. Those named will be prayed for during the Easter season daily Masses.

THANK YOU to those who helped with our Easter clean-up yesterday, to those who have adorned the church with Easter flowers and to those who worked to ensure that our Holy Week and Easter services were edifying and fitting.

ELECTORAL ROLL REVISION Our official membership register, known as the Electoral Roll, is being revised Saturday until Monday 1 May. If you are already on the roll you need do nothing. If you are a regular here, and are baptised and aged 16 or over, we strongly encourage you to join. If you are unsure, or for more information, please ask Emma Jeffery - emma@stmarysilford.org.uk. Application forms are available on paper in church and to download with the link below. 

ILFORD COMMUNITY GROCERY for £5 a year anyone can fill their grocery basket twice a week for £4 each time at City Gates, 25-29 Clements Road, where there are also free training courses. Details at communitygrocery.org.uk/ilford or from 020 3422 6511.

MESSIAH Ilford’s St Alban’s Singers will perform excerpts from Handel’s great oratorio at St John’s Seven Kings at 7.30pm on Wednesday 12 April. Admission is free but a collection will be taken for The House of Hope (bahay-ng-pag-asa.org), a Philippines children’s charity. The choir, which rehearses at St John’s on Tuesday nights, is also recruiting singers. No experience necessary; membership is free! For more information contact stalbans.singers@gmail.com /
07984 338978 / 020 8550 5987.

REGULAR GIVING We rely on the people who worship at St Mary’s to cover the costs associated with our church. Financial giving to fund the ministry of the Church is part of being a Christian and an essential part of our commitment to our faith. Please, if you don’t already, would you consider giving a regular amount each month? We are really struggling to make ends meet! No amount is too small. Using our parish giving plan is easy and you are in full control (and Margaret Quinney will be pleased to help you if needed).

PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM We have booked twelve places for a pilgrimage to Our Lady’s Shrine at Walsingham (walsinghamanglican.org.uk) from Monday 15 - Thursday 18 April 2024. The total price - including full board and travel by coach - is estimated at £380 each. Please sign the list at the back of church if you would like to come, and secure your place with a £10 deposit. If you would like further information, please ask Hilary Hardwick.

INTERCESSION

OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE PRAY FOR

the sick, distressed and bereaved
John & Joan Cassidy, Richard Holland, Sam, Lucy Ball, Amberly Crediton, Kathy Valentine, Margaret Harding, Mel Taylor, Bernard Street, Muriel Masters, Keith Holland, Helen Johnson, Joe & Sally Cox, Kay Higgins, Edward, Peter Decker, Matthew, Jacqui & Leslie Haigh, Bibi Bacchus, Awin, Margaret Hopwood, Denis Deasey, Malcolm Avery

the recently departed

those whose anniversaries of death fall this week

Sunday

William Jackson

Monday

Ellen Cassidy

Wednesday

Alice Gathercole, Louise Patmore

Thursday

Sarah Jones

Friday

Leslie Bridgeman, Linda Palmer

At this time

Ron and Pat Smith

please pray especially for

Peace in the Holy Land

ORDER OF SERVICE