St Wilfrids & St George

Parish Newsletter 6th Sunday of Easter 13.05.12

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St Wilfrid`s Odd Night Out Result:

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Thank you to all who supported the Odd Night Out on Friday 11th May. With the donations received and the proceeds from the event, £1,050.50 was raised for the new church project.

A special thank you to all those who worked hard on organising the event and to those who contributed on the evening.

Brian as Master of Ceremonies kept the evening flowing, Bill and Maeve running the Auction, three generations of the Waters family running the Tote, Dorothy, Sally and Jean on the Tombola, Karl and Doris manning the door and selling the Quiz forms. To name but a few, a real combined effort. The Fish and Chip supper was a great success as was the horse racing event with Dennis Brown crowned the Champion Jockey.

Thank you from the Chaplain at St Wilfrid`s Hospice

churchadmin — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:31:24 +0000

Rev Thomas Duncanson, chaplain at St Wilfrid’s Hospice has written to thank everyone who recently donated money to the Hospice following the St George’s day Euchemenical Service.

World Communications Day 20th May

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There will be a retiring collection at all weekend masses for the Catholic Communications Network, please be as generous as you can.

Thank you.

Independent living

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If you or someone you know is keen to stay living independently at home but need to know more about what help and assistance is available to help, contact STEPS. STEPS is a new initiative run by Eastbourne Homes that has been set up to provide housing support for people aged 65 and over living in East Sussex.

Call 01323 436414 for more information.

St George’s Garden of Remembrance

churchadmin — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:24:43 +0000

Following the planting of the new rose bed in the Garden of Remembrance, there will be a special blessing in the garden by Fr Rory after Mass on Sunday 20th May.

Children’s Liturgy at St George’s:

churchadmin — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:23:13 +0000

We are in need of volunteers from September to help with our children’s liturgy. We would like parents, grandparents or any parishioners with an interest in helping to teach our young children to speak to us about how they might be able to help. Volunteers are asked to lead or help occasionally but ideally once a month to ensure continuity. There is a clear structure to follow limiting preparation time. If you can help please call Sandra on 489249. Also, please help us to grow our children’s liturgy, let your friends and family know that we have a children’s liturgy group, many local families still attend other parishes in our deanery rather than joining us. Thank you.

Help needed for local Foodbanks:

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Feeding people who are living in poverty: Thirteen million people live below the poverty line in the UK. Every day people in the UK go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income. The Trussell Trust foodbanks provide a minimum of three days emergency food and support to people experiencing crisis in the UK. In 2011-12 foodbanks fed 128,687 people nationwide, 100% more than the previous year. Rising costs of food and fuel combined with static income, high unemployment and changes to benefits are causing more and more people to come to foodbanks for help. The Trussell Trust partners with churches and communities to open new foodbanks nationwide. With over 200 foodbanks currently launched, its goal is for every town to have one.

The Crosslink Trust, which represents some of the Hailsham Christian churches working together, is setting up a foodbank to provide and serve Hailsham, where it is estimated that over 40% of children live in poverty. The project manager appointed for the foodbank is Malcolm Richards and he is seeking support with prayer, admin/website, fundraising, practical help with refurbishing the storage and distribution centre, food collection from donors, warehouse management, and food distribution to the needy. If you can help, even if just a little, he would be delighted to hear from you, please call Malcolm on 01323 844428 or email info@hailsham.foodbank.org.uk.

Similarly, in Eastbourne it is estimated that over 3,850 children live in poverty, there is an established foodbank serving the town, however, at present this does not cover Polegate. If you are interested in helping the Eastbourne foodbank and working towards, encouraging and supporting it to cover Polegate please call 01323 409925.

EDGH Hospital Service

churchadmin — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:30:38 +0000

The time for an extra EDGH Hospital service is approaching – 5pm on Sunday 27th May, the great Feast of Pentecost.

It would be helpful if you would arrive by 4.45pm, if possible by 4.30pm as there are usually some hospital patients to be brought to the chapel and help may be needed to do this. The service lasts for about 30 minutes. John Chatfield will be leading the hymns for us. Free parking will be available using a parking permit which will be placed in the porches of both churches at all masses from May 12th. The service is one for both communities and everyone is invited and I hope that it will, as usual, be well supported. I agreed to lead this service, with Fr, Rory`s approval, at the Hospital Chaplain`s request in early March.

Many thanks Deacon John

Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation, West Grinstead

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On the 27th May at 3pm,the Knights invite all parishioners to come with them to the Shrine for Rosary & Benediction.

Please book your place on the coach by phoning:

Bob Waters 01323 847014