The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
And the love of God
And the communion of The Holy Spirit
Be with you all
Palm Sunday will be celebrated on Saturday,12th April at 6:00pm.
On Sunday, 13th April, there will be only one Mass at 10:00am.
Please note: There will be no 9:00am or 11:00am Mass on this day.
Easter Triduum & Easter Sunday Schedule:
Maundy Thursday – 17th April at 7:00pm
Good Friday – 18th April at 3:00pm
Children Way of the Cross - 18th April at 10:30am
Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) – 19th April at 8:30pm
Easter Sunday – 20th April: Masses at 9:00am and 11:00am
Palm or Passion Sunday is a very special time in Church’s life. This special day marks the start
of the most sacred time in the Christian calendar. Across the world, catholic believers gather to
honour a moment of triumph and reflection. The liturgy of this Sunday brings together joy and
solemnity, mirroring the journey ahead.
Ancient traditions come alive as people carry branches, echoing scenes from the scripture
readings. Our gospel passage from Luke, highlights both celebration and sacrifice. This duality
invites deep spiritual connection. From processions to prayers, the observance unites diverse
cultures. It is a powerful reminder of shared faith and hope. Themes of redemption and
fulfilment resonate through every ritual.
Few moments in the faith of a Christian carry the weight of triumph and sorrow like this sacred
observance. Palm Sunday bridges Jewish Passover traditions with Christ’s entry into
Jerusalem, where crowds hailed him as King. Palms waved in victory, yet the shadow of the
cross loomed.
Today’s liturgy marks a pivotal time in Scripture. Old Testament prophecies, like Zechariah’s
humble king on a donkey, find fulfillment. The crowd’s “Hosanna” echoes ancient praises, but
Jesus wept for Jerusalem’s blindness. The paradox is striking: a Messiah is welcomed as a
royalty yet walking the way to death. The temple veil’s tearing later would signify a new
covenant.
The palm branches, once symbols of earthly triumph, now point to Christ’s Kingdom. They
remind all the followers of Christ that true victory comes through surrender. Therefore, this day
prepares Christians for Holy Week’s journey from shouts to silence. In every procession and
prayer, the Church relives this tension. Joy and sorrow intertwine, inviting deeper reflection on
the cost of redemption. It is a call to follow, even when the road turns steep.
God bless you all. Fr. Henry
The Holy See Press Office tells journalists that Pope Francis continues to show gradual improvements during his recovery at the Casa Santa Marta, and comments on the Pope's unexpected visit to St. Peter's Square on Sunday.
The Pope's convalescence continues according to the indications of the doctors, the Holy See Press Office told journalists on Tuesday morning.
Pope Francis sends a message to the 29th General Chapter of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, and encourages Salesians to renew their passion for Christ and dedication to educate young people.
The Salesians of Don Bosco are holding their 29th General Chapter in Turin, Italy, from February 16 to April 12, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of their founder’s first missionary expedition to Argentina.
Pope Francis has sent his papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to Ukraine with a gift of four ambulances, which will be used to save lives along the frontlines of the war.
As Ukraine faces another Easter marked by war, Pope Francis continues to show his closeness to the suffering people through concrete gestures—three years after what he previously called “a painful and shameful anniversary for humanity.”
Cheques payable to :
Catholic Church
Chadwell Heath, St. Bede's.
Online:
Account Number: 01017624
Sort Code: 40-13-22
HSBC.
Thank you for your donations. God Bless You, Fr. Henry.
A heartfelt thank you to all our dedicated parishioners who help keep our church clean. Your time and effort make a meaningful difference in our community, and
your service is deeply appreciated. As we prepare for Easter, here are the upcoming "Big Clean" dates: Team 2: Saturday, 12th April at 10:00 AM
Thank you for sharing your time and talents in this
important ministry.
Blessings to you all.
All altar servers wishing
to serve at the Easter
liturgies—Holy
Thursday (17th April,
7pm), Good Friday (18th
April, 3pm), and Holy
Saturday (19th April,
8:30pm)—must attend
a mandatory meeting
on Saturday, 12th April
at 12 noon in the Lady
Chapel.
Your attendance is
important if you wish to
assist during these
celebrations.
You are warmly invited to attend the next National Justice
and Peace Network (NJPN) event titled "Opening the Doors
to Refugees and Asylum Seekers", taking place via Zoom on
Monday, April 7th at 7:30pm. This timely webinar will explore
the sudden and forced movement of people to the UK in 2025,
and how we, as 'Pilgrims of Hope', can respond to their often-
hostile welcome by embodying the call to "Welcome the
Stranger." To attend, please register by emailing
admin@justice-and-peace.org.uk. The Zoom link will be sent to
all registered participants closer to the event. We hope you
will join us for this important conversation.
5th & 6th April
Envelopes: £387.38
Loose Plate: £424.95
Fr Henry would like to thank you all !
Please save the date for the upcoming Life in the Spirit Seminars which are being held in Brentwood Cathedral Large Hall over 6 Tuesday evenings (29th April - 3rd June). Come along to hear inspiring speakers, be filled with the Holy Spirit and travel through your own 'Holy Door' as we celebrate this Jubilee Year. More details will follow shortly.
All sessions are at 7pm
26th March
30th April
21st May
25th June
16th Jul
25th September
30th October
27th November
Mary’s Meals would like to invite you to collect all your foreign currency—no matter how old or small—for a special collection. In 2 weekends’ time, there will be envelopes at the back of the church for you to take home and put all your foreign coins and notes into. Clear out your drawers and check under the sofa! Currently, the charity feeds over 2.4 million young children in their place of education. By giving Mary’s Meals your foreign coins and notes, you can help feed the next hungry child. Mary’s Meals feeds children in over 17 countries. Because of our low costs, we can do this for as little as £19.15 per child per year! We will also take UK coins/notes that aren't legal tender .
On 24th May 2025: Join Bishop Alan and other parishes around the Diocese of Brentwood in Walsingham to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Hope. We will celebrate Mass at the Basilica before walking the Holy Mile to the grounds of Walsingham Abbey to celebrate Vespers and Benediction on the site of the Holy House. If you would like to come please contact Fr Henry.
Due to new rules set by the Bishops’ Conference it is essential that I know the names of every priest and deacon attending as the Shrine will need the Bishop to provide letters of good standing for every cleric assisting at Mass. Therefore, if you intend to come make sure you put it in your diary now and let me know as soon as possible.
I look forward to seeing you in Walsingham on Saturday 24th May.
Yours fraternally,
Fr Daniel Kelly
Join Bishop Alan in Lourdes from Friday 18th to Friday 25th July.
We can support those with medical needs.
For further information, please phone Tangney Tours on 01732 886 666
or book online:
www.Tangney-tours.com/diocese-pilgrimages/diocese-brentwood/
Of course, you may wish to make your own travel and hotel arrangements for your parish. You are most welcome to do this and still participate fully in the program of the diocesan pilgrimage. If so, please tell me and I shall make sure you are able to join as much of the diocesan program as you would like.
Annual Collection
The money raised from the annual collection for Lourdes at Sunday Masses is used to help cover the costs of nurses and others who assist.
This ensures that pilgrims with medical can come to Lourdes. The money is also used to support pilgrims who otherwise could not afford to come.
For further information regarding this, you are most welcome to contact me.
With warm regards and thanks,
Fr Paul Keane
Director of the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Tel: 01223 742 192.
You are invited to join CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year - walking 200km over 40 days during Lent. Journey to one of the churches or shrines designated as places of pilgrimage in our diocese as part of your Big Lent Walk. Every £1 you raise will support communities like Lokho’s in Kenya, experiencing the worst impact of the climate crisis, to rebuild their lives in hope.
Sign up here: https://walk.cafod.org.uk/
Are looking to appoint a School Chaplain & an Exam Invigilator.
Please see the school’s website for
further details
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School in Romford (NoR: 416) is currently inviting applications for the position of
Headteacher, with a salary range of L19–L25. The successful candidate will take up the post from either 1st
September 2025 or 1st January 2026. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 22 April 2025 by 12 noon,
with shortlisting scheduled for Wednesday 30 April and interviews taking place on Tuesday 6 May 2025. For
further details and application information, please visit the Diocese of Brentwood website at
www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/departments/education/vacancies/school-vacancies.
The following leadership roles are
currently open within the Brentwood
Diocese. Please consider applying or
sharing with others in Catholic
education.
Headteacher – St Peter’s Catholic
Primary School, Romford
Application Deadline: 12:00 noon,
Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Deputy Headteacher – St Patrick’s
Primary School, Walthamstow
Application Deadline: 3:00pm, Monday
28th April 2025
Headteacher – St Mary’s Primary
School, Hornchurch
Application Deadline: 5:00pm, Monday
28th April 2025
For more details or to apply, please visit
the Brentwood Diocese Education
website or contact the school directly.
THE CANONESSES OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE invite applications for the post of BOOKKEEPER. (Relevant skills and experience required). 20 HOURS A WEEK. Office based in Colchester CO4 3XD. For further details please look at our website – www.canonesses.co.uk Closing date for applications May 9th, and interviews on May 23rd.
Is your child born between 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022? If so, they may be eligible to start nursery in September 2025! Did you know? You may be entitled to free nursery childcare provision. Don’t miss out on this opportunity—find out more and secure your child's place today!
We offer both full-time and part-time places in our well equipped Nursery, led by an experienced, fully qualified teacher and dedicated Nursery staff. Our provision includes a well-resourced classroom and a warm, friendly team committed to nurturing every child’s development in a supportive environment. Visits are warmly welcomed! Please contact the school office, and Mrs. Rector will be happy to assist you.
We offer both full-time and part-time places in our well equipped Nursery, led by an experienced, fully qualified teacher and dedicated Nursery staff. Our provision includes a well-resourced classroom and a warm, friendly team committed to nurturing every child’s development in a supportive environment. Visits are warmly welcomed! Please contact the school office, and Mrs. Rector will be happy to assist you.
A parishioner is seeking a piano teacher willing to work with their two young children at their
home in Chadwell Heath.
All expenses will be covered. If interested, please contact - 07970 001673 for more details.
Bede was born in 673 AD in the northeast of England. From the age of seven, he received a Benedictine education at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth, today part of Sunderland. Bede spent his whole life within the twin monasteries of St Peter at Wearmouth and St Paul in Jarrow, where he became a Benedictine monk and continued his studies using the fine libraries established by the monastery's founder, St Benedict Biscop, Bede's first teacher, and under the guidance of Abbot Ceolfrith (Ceolwulf).
Bede wrote on many topics. His most famous work, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (the Ecclesiastical History of the English People), earned Bede the title "The Father of English History". His works revealed not only Bede's qualities as a scholar and historian but also the qualities of modesty and humility which make his works so memorable. However, Bede's work shows that he had at his command all the learning of his time. Bede's writings included papers and articles on scientific, historical, theological, and mathematical matters, as well as poetry and literature. St Bede is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars. His sainthood was generally recognized around fifty years after his death on 25th May 735 AD. His bones were later elevated from St Paul's in Jarrow to Durham, where they lie in the Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral. Bede's scholarship and importance to Catholicism were recognized on 13th November 1899 when Pope Leo XIII decreed the title of Doctor Ecclesiae to St Bede the Venerable, making him the only English Doctor of the Church.
Barking
6:00pm - 7:00pm (Thursday)
Becontree
9:30am - 10:10am (Friday)
Chadwell Heath
9:30am - 10:00am (Friday)
Clayhall
8:30am - 9:00am (Tuesday – Saturday)
(until 11am on the First Friday)
4:30pm - 5:00pm (Sunday)
Dagenham, Holy Family
9:30am – 10:30am (Friday)
Dagenham, St Peters
8.30am – 9.00 am (Monday – Friday)
9.30am – 10am (Wednesday)
Goodmayes
9:30am - 10:00am (Monday – Saturday)
Hainault
10:30am - 11:30am (Tuesday – Saturday)
Ilford
10:00am - 12:30pm (Wednesday)
New Barking
8.15am - 9.15am (Friday)
10.30am - 11.30am (Saturday)
Newbury Park
10:00am - 11:00am (Thursday)
5:00pm - 6:00pm (Saturday)
Wanstead
9:30am - 11:00am (Friday)
7:00pm - 8:00pm (Friday)
South Woodford
8:45am - 9:30am (Wednesday)
5:30pm - 6:30pm (1st Saturday)
Confessions
Saturdays 10 to 11am or anytime by appointment.
Baptism of children
On Sundays with prior arrangements. Parents must attend two sessions. Parents must be registered members of the parish. At least one godparent must be a baptised catholic with a baptism certificate and confirmed.
Marriage
Those to have their marriage blessed should notify the Priest-in-charge at least six months before the proposed date.
First Holy Communion
This is usually done once a year in conjunction with the school. Other cases will be dealt with on individual bases.
Confirmation
This is usually done once a year. Announcements are done in the parish newsletter and on the website
RCIA
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adult
Those who would like to be received in the Catholic church should see the priest-in-charge any time and make arrangements to start the course.
All are welcome.
N.B
You need to be a registered member of our parish. Have faithful attendance at mass on Sundays and Holy Days. Fill out our registration form.
Fr Henry
The weekly parish newsletter is now available as a PDF download from the Newsletter Page
The Lady Chapel is a lovely place to introduce young children to our Liturgy on Saturdays & Sundays without parents getting stressed. It is also used for prayer groups and individual just wanting a quiet moment. Can we ask that we all respect the Lady Chapel, by ensuring that we leave it in a clean and orderly manner. If children make a mess, after mass can parents ask the welcomers to point them to the broom cupboard so you can clean up before departing. Also, can we ask that children do not play or eat on the Altar or organ.
The Parish Council
The Parish can now offer contactless donations for parishioners who may wish to avoid handling cash. A new donation page with further information and QR codes is available. Click the button below for the Donation Page Donations can be made with or without Gift-aid Copies of the QR codes are also available in the church.
As always, we are deeply grateful to all our parishioners for the continued support you so generously give our parish
St Bede Catholic Church
Rev. Henry Mobela, The Presbytery, Bishops Avenue, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 5RS
Email: chadwellheath@brcdt.org
Brentwood Diocesan Trust
Registered Charity No. 234092
Copyright © 2022 St Bede Catholic Church - All Rights Reserved.