Articles by OLQoH
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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Sea Sunday 7/8 July 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Clergy Moves (September 2018): Parish Priests Fr Joseph Whisstock from Westcliff to Halstead Fr Alex Poblador from Colchester (Assistant Priest) to Westcliff Assistant Priests Fr David Pearce from Halstead to Dagenham, Holy Family Fr John Victor from Upton Park to Colchester Fr Rick Fernandez to […]
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Today’s readings seem to take us back to Easter: Death, Healing, Raising from the Dead! Our first reading tells us that death is not God’s doing. He wants us to live. However, we are not speaking of physical death here, but spiritual death, a separation from […]
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Nativity of St John the Baptist 24th June 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Our Lady’s cousin, Elizabeth, was married to a priest of the Jerusalem Temple named Zechariah. Both had hoped for a child, but grew old. When Zechariah was in the Temple, an angel appeared and promised that Elizabeth, despite her age, would bear his son. The angel added […]
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Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 16/17 June 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Both the parables in today’s Gospel point to the role that we are called to play in God’s plan. He takes care of the major part and leaves us with a small but important role: the role assigned to us is fundamental. The farmer has to […]
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Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 9/10 June 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Today we welcome Bro John McAllister sm to both parishes. Like our Bishop, Bro John is a Marist and will be talking to us about the Society of Mary’s mission work in education and pastoral care in Oceania, South Asia, Africa and South America. There will be […]