The forerunners of Christ with saints and martyrs
probably by Fra Angelico c 1395 - 1455

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THE WEEK AHEAD
All Saints, Year C
Weekday Cycle Year I, Psalter Week II

Sunday 3 ALL SAINTS

8am Angelus & Mass of the Dawn

9am Morning Prayer

10am Sung Parish Mass (for our Parish Community)

5pm Evening Prayer (OH 150; Psalm 145; Job 38 & 42. 1-6)

Monday 4 Feria

10am Mass (for refugees and asylum seekers)

Tuesday 5 Feria

8am Angelus & Mass (for homeless people)

Wednesday 6 Bl Willian Temple, bp    
(for our Bishops)

Thursday 7 St Willibrord, bp – votive of the sick

9.30am Jesus Prayer & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

10am Mass & healing rites (for the sick and suffering)

Friday 8 All Saints of England

(for the conversion of England)

Saturday 9 Bl Margery Kempe
(for Ilford Citizens)

NEXT SUNDAY

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

8am Angelus and Mass of the Dawn

9am Morning Prayer

10.30am Sung Requiem Mass

Job 19. 23-27a; Psalm 17. 1-9; II Thessalonians 2. 1-5; 13-17; Luke 20. 27-38

5pm Evening Prayer

PARISH NEWS

ALL SAINTS today

Today we celebrate this great festival, giving thanks for the holy men and women, now in the glory of God in heaven, who by example of their life and faith show us the way to Christ. 

ABO-ALHAWA FAMILY today

After Mass please say hello to the Abo-Alhawa family from Syria who are visiting today.

ST MARY’S POCKET DIARIES

Church diaries for 2020, containing the Church calendar, are now available at the back of church for £1 each. 

YOUTH PARTY Friday 7-9.30pm

St George’s Church, Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, IG2 6XQ is hosting a party for 11-18 year olds with pizza, a silent (headphone) disco, a bonfire and (at 8pm) a firework display. Admission requires parental consent and costs £3. Details and consent forms from andy007_smith@yahoo.co.uk. chelmsford.anglican.org/youth/ has information and resources for young people and adult youth leaders.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY next Sunday 10.30am

Next week, with Queen and country, we give thanks for those who gave their lives in war. The Solemn Requiem Mass for the War Fallen begins at 10.30 with the remembrance ceremonies at 11am. We look forward to welcoming the representatives of our uniformed organisations taking part. 

DEMENTIA FRIENDS Saturday 16 November 10.30am

Increase your understanding of dementia, and think about the small things that you can do to make a difference to people affected by it, in this friendly and interactive session of about an hour in our community hall. To register, go to tinyurl.com/smgidf or speak to Nicky Tann.

QUIZ NIGHT Saturday 16 November 7pm for 7.30

Margaret Quinney is selling tickets at £10 for our quiz night with fish/chicken and chips, or a vegetarian alternative.

LET EVERY HEART PREPARE Saturday 30 November

Fr Gareth will lead our Advent Quiet Day on the theme Transformed by Eucharist  at Pleshey Retreat House. The cost is £20 for the day. Please see the flyer and sign up list at the back of church and pay your money to Marcel Firth.

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OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE PRAY FOR

 the sick, distressed and bereaved

Alan Finch, Karen Shallow, David Wells, Nancy Banks,

Pordou Eweka, Cornelius Chalwe Jr, Peggy Maloney, William Hemmings, Tony Webb, Barbara Hope, Therese Launder, Connie Newman, Nazanin Ratcliffe, Bill Lodge, Richard Wenman, Peter, Shirley Ellis, D’Marni Walker, Donna Walker, Gary Scott

Richard Scott, Linda Powell; Charlie Brinkley, Sylvie Scott.

the recently departed

David Coles

those whose anniversaries of death fall this week

Sunday

Alec Cook, Sidney Taylor priest, Elizabeth Bates

Monday

Robert Sippet, Sydney Cook, José Nunez-Martinez;

Tuesday

Ada Pritchard, Benjamin Williams;

Wednesday

Joseph Wharton, Joan Humphryes, David Bloomfield

Thursday

Douglas Taylor, Bill Maloney

Friday

Eileen Knight

Saturday

Canute Westcarth, Joan Reid