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Weekly Bulletin

Archive of Fr Leo's Homilies.....

Download our latest bulletin here:
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You can listen listen again to past recordings of Fr. Leo's homilies here online - just click below....
Previous week's homilies available in the archive.

The Lord's Day at Home


​We are not receiving the Lord's Day at Home Liturgy sheet currently from the diocese. Why not click on the link opposite for two Prayers of Spiritual Communion..... 
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​​Spiritual Communion Prayers



​On Good Friday we will have Stations of the Cross presented by the young people of the parish followed by a Lenten Soup Lunch. Please come along and support the young people as we celebrate the great Easter Triduum.
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Pastoral Letter - Advent Dec 2021

Bishop John's Letter for Advent 2021.
Listen to Bishop John here:

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Pastoral Letter - October 2021 - COP26

Read Bishop John's letter ahead of the COP26 conference in Glasgow at the end of this month with leaders attending from around the world including Pope Francis.
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Pastoral Letters - Pentecost 2021

For Pentecost we are blessed to have two Pastoral Letters this year. One letter is a joint communication from the Bishops' Conference to all parishes in England and Wales. The second is from Bishop John to the children in our own diocese. 
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Pastoral Letter - Lent 2021


​Click on the link below to download a copy of Bishop John's Pastoral Letter to the Diocese as we prepare for Lent 2021.
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​Pastoral Letter - Jan 2021

​Click on the link below to download a copy of Bishop John's Pastoral Letter to the Diocese for Caritas Sunday (17/1/21).
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Remembrance Sunday 2019

On Sunday 10th November, we paid our respects to all of those lost in the many conflicts around the world as we joined together in a minute's silence at the beginning of Mass and then our children laid poppies at the altar.

Listen to the opening hymn Abide with Me and the minute of silent reflection in the audio clip below and see more photos of church from Remembrance Sunday by clicking on the photo.

Flower Festival - St Mary Osbaldeston

From Friday 6th to Sunday 8th September, St. Mary's Osbaldeston hosted a wonderful Flower Festival on the theme of Celebrating Communities Together.

Visitors were treated to a wide range of displays and also had the opportunity to enjoy musical entertainment on the Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Fr. Leo and others have shared some photos of the fabulous displays and these can be seen in the Photo Gallery - click on the photo below....
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​Fr. Leo's Golden Jubilee

On Friday 21st June Fr. Leo will celebrate 50 years of priesthood.  He will mark this joyous occasion by celebrating a special Mass at St. Mary's Langho at 7.00pm, followed by a reception in the Parish Centre to which all are welcome.

Fr. Leo's brother Fr. Dermot Heakin will preach and he will be joined by members of his family travelling from around the UK and further afield.



​Easter 2019


​We were blessed with a wonderful parish celebration of the Triduum where we journeyed together with Christ through the final hours of his life on earth to his death on the cross and his glorious resurrection. Happy Easter!!!

On Good Friday morning the young people of the parish led a through provoking Stations of the Cross liturgy followed by a Lenten Soup lunch raising money for the christian families in the Holy Land - see photos of the event by clicking here.

​After the emptiness of Good Friday we celebrated the joy of the resurrection in our Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Masses.

The church and liturgies were beautiful - see more photos here.
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 Porch Noticeboard.....

​We don't always get chance to look at the displays created in the church porch - have a look at the latest display with some reflections on peace and justice in our world.
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Find us on Facebook and Twitter now...

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Are you a Social Media follower? If so we have just recently launched our Facebook Page - click on the logo to find us and then follow.

CAFOD Bake Sale 13/14th October '18

Thank you for supporting the great work of CAFOD through your support of this weekend's bake sale - those who baked and those who bought - a delicious way to make a difference!!!
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'Members of the Families Group boiling the kettle'

Coffee Morning 7th October '18

The October Coffee Morning raised money for the disaster relief fund supporting those whose lives have been devastated by the tsunami and earthquake in Indonesia. Your generous donations raised £377 which along with a £500 donation by the parish will see £877 going to help the vital work being undertaken by the combined aid agencies.
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Children's Liturgy Party 15th July

St Mary’s Children’s Liturgy Group invites all children and their families to a party on Sunday 15th July from 10.30 until 12.30 (straight after 9.30am mass).
 
Come along and join us for games, food, music and a chance to get to know one another.
 
The Liturgy Group will be providing some party food and drinks however this will also be a ‘Jacob’s join’ event, so please if you are able, bring along a plate of something to share.
 
Please let us know if you would like to attend by signing the register at the back of church (this will give us an idea of numbers).
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In the meantime please speak to one of the Liturgy leaders if you have any questions. You can reach Joanna on 07968 227935 or Liz on 07813 863604

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Christian Aid - Big Brekkie 20th May

A big thank you to everyone who supported this year's Big Brekkie which raised a fantastic £500 (+ £30 Gift Aid) to support the work of Christian Aid as they help those people around the world being made homeless through conflict, civil war and natural disaster.

A great time was had by all with bacon and sausage sarnies, pastries and pancakes served by our wonderful volunteer team.

​Click here to see photos of the event.......

Easter 2018

A big thank you to all of those involved in making our Easter services a truly wonderful celebration.

He is Risen - Alleluia Alleluia!!!

From the cleaners and flower arrangers, to the musicians and servers, readers and apparitors, sacristans and ministers, the whole congregation and of course Fr. Leo through the Easter Triduum we walked with Jesus to his death on calvary and waited patiently for his resurrection with sure and certain hope.

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​November Coffee Morning - 5/11/17

A big thank you for the support of today's Coffee Morning which raised just over £128 for the CAFOD Rohingya Refugee appeal. Thank you for your generous ongoing support for this important cause.

Thank you to all those who supplied the lovely baked goods enjoyed at the event.

Click on the file download to watch the Communion reflection again and video explaining the crisis.
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Parish Letter - October 2017

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Sunday 28th May
​Remembering those affected by the Manchester attack

As we started Mass this morning Bishop Alan, visiting Langho from his Brentwood Diocese, spoke of the need for us to pray for those affected as we recalled those injured and the 22 who lost their lives in Monday's attack at Manchester Arena.

In his sermon, Fr. Leo reminded us that we must not let fear rule our lives. We must still accept each other as fellow human beings worthy of our respect and friendship. 

Fr. Leo left us with the words of the medieval mystic Juliana of Norwich 'In God there is no hate only love'

Download the full sermon here:
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Big Brekkie Success

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Our 'Big Brekkie' which took place on Sunday 21st May, in support of Christian Aid's work with refugees was a 'Big' success raising a fabulous £900 for their appeal.

The Families Group welcomed around 90 people to pastries and hot breakfast sandwiches with coffee and tea flowing freely served by our wonderful team of volunteer helpers.

See our photo gallery for pictures of the event as it unfolded on the day. A huge thank you to everyone that supported the day!


Click on the clip on the right to watch the video again of Theodor's story that was shown in church last weekend.

​To find out more about the work of Christian Aid then visit their website by clicking on the logo left.
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​Easter 2017

Holy Week and Easter were a wonderful time of celebration here at St Mary's Langho with uplifting and thought provoking liturgy. The church was beautifully presented with lovely flowers and decorations.

​A big thank you to everyone who took part in delivering the liturgy and preparing the church including the church cleaners, flower arrangers, altar servers, musicians. welcome teams, sacristans, ministers, readers and liturgy leaders but as always most of all to everyone who attended and took part in celebrating the Lord's resurrection.

Are Jesus and the Easter Bunny best pals?

Well if you want to find out you'll need to listen to Isla and her dad in the clip here.

The Easter Bunny was certainly generous in Langho after our Easter celebrations with chocolate eggs for all of the children.


Diocesan Consultation - Outcome

The outcomes of the Diocesan consultation have now been published. Bishop John explains a little more about the outcomes in the video below. Downloadable copies of the Bishop's letter to St. Mary's Langho and the summary proposals for our deanery along with the full report can be found in the links below the video.
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Click the image above to visit the dedicated
pages on the Diocesan website for all the related news regarding the consultation process
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Epiphany - 8th January 2017

The Kings arrived on Sunday and graced our Nativity scene bringing with them their gifts for the baby Jesus of Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh.

'O Come Let us adore him'


​See if you can spot any of our parishioners starring in this Nativity parody of Carpool Karaoke shot recently on location in Langho and the surrounding local area........

Remembrance Day

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The church looked beautiful this morning to mark Remembrance Sunday as we remembered those who have lost their lives in the two world wars and in conflict since.

The children and other members of the parish brought poppies to lay on the sanctuary in memory of those that have died.
 
The children from Year 3, embarking upon the Sacramental Programme towards Holy Communion and Confirmation then made their commitments supported by family members and the whole parish. 
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Listen again to today's Communion reflection....

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​​Great clip designed for younger ones to highlight Remembrance

RECENTLY IN THE NEWS...

Carpool Karaoke style YouTube Clips Go Viral

On YouTube this week two priests and a bishop, en route to a Youth Summit in America, filmed a Carpool Karaoke style video reminiscent of those seen featuring various celebrities chatting and singing with Late Late Show James Corden.

As an extra bit of 'religious' fun see alongside it some outtakes of a version from a group of nuns who perform selected clips from the hit film Sister Act.

SIERVAS - HOY DESPIERTO


​Have you heard Siervas? A worship band of 11 nuns (yes, nuns!) who have just released the video for their new single “Hoy Despierto” (I awake today).

​Their talent and radiant, joyful faith really shines through - even if you don't understand the words. These sisters rock!

Artist - Catherine Moran tells us about her painting of The Assumption....

"I met Father Leo Heakin in early July and was immediately impressed and inspired by his vision, values and hopes for a painting of The Assumption of Mary which would celebrate the founding principles of St. Mary’s. By the end of our conversation, I knew that I would be committing to this work and I knew more or less what it was going to look like and what I was going to try to represent."
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"​..... I think I’ll probably have it finished by Christmas. I keep forgetting to take photos and it changes so much every time. I’ve got to a point where I’m feeling a bit happier with my progress, but it’s not been plain sailing! I spotted a pencil written note left for me today which made me grin from ear to ear, it said: ‘We all absolutely love it’. Now I’m thinking: “Don’t mess this up! and thank you all so much for this amazing opportunity”."

To the left are some of the early drawings Catherine made of Mary as she was planning her work.

For the full story so far and to learn a bit more about Catherine and some of her other work then please open the file below. Catherine is always happy to discuss her work with people and listen to your thoughts on how the project is progressing.

Raphael Pilgrimage to Lourdes

From the 5th-9th September a number of parishioners enjoyed a pilgrimage to Lourdes with Fr. Leo and the Raphael Pilgrimage. 
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​The Raphael Pilgrimage to Lourdes was set up over 60 years ago by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire (Cheshire Homes) and is made up of small groups from all over the UK who travel to Lourdes each year during the first full week of September and enjoy a full pilgrimage programme under the spiritual guidance of Fr. Leo. If you would be interested in joining the pilgrimage in future then do speak to Fr. Leo or find out more by visiting the website.


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