Father Rory Kelly

I am happy to say until the day I die “I am 49 “.
‘59 was the year of the great summer, when the Yank’s came home on holiday, it was also the time of Pope John 23rd, and many happy memories. The great days of the 2nd Vatican Council were on the horizon.
‘69 saw me launched upon my Seminary years.
‘79 saw me return from my first Sabbatical, hopes still high but fading like the morning dew.
‘89 saw me as part of an ill supported venture team ministry
‘99 saw me halfway through ten years spent on an ecumenical project - ”A time of insight and surrender”
And now it is 2010, and time to move on. We had two lovely weddings at St. George’s – two young couples, a credit to the human race, and above all, a blessing to the Church.For them, an important part in their choice of partner was that they would actively support each other and share their  faith.
Another young couple, well, twins really, Etienne and  Anusha, won their appeals for places in our Catholic school, St. Richards, as indeed they deserved to.  The challenge for them now is to live up to the high standard required, a credit to the school, and thanks be to God that we have it.
Our  project for St. Wilfrids continues to circle, I will keep you posted, in the meantime keep your eyes on the screen, our website is up and running, full credit to Mark Muller and the ones we know, where the  sustained effort came from.
Mark would appreciate our  prayers for his family, who are battling with illness at this time

Deacon John Truman

I was brought up in Plymouth except for the war years when the school in which my father taught was evacuated to Penzance. I graduated as a teacher in 1958 and taught Chemistry in a variety of schools all my working life although towards the end I was more involved with computers than with Chemistry. My last teaching post was at Worth School near Crawley.

I retired from teaching in 1993 to Seaford and in 1996 my parish priest, Fr.Chris Benyon, asked me after lunch one day if I had ever thought about becoming a deacon. My reply was “No! What is that?” Two years later I started a part time 3 year formation course at Wonersh Seminary before being ordained in 2001 by Bishop Kieran in St.Thomas More Church, Seaford. I moved to Polegate in 2005 to assist Fr.Tony Shelley and currently Fr.Rory.

 

 

 

 OUR MISSION STATEMENT                                              

 ”The Lord gave me this answer;                                                    
   Write down a vision,
   inscribe it clearly on tablets of stone
   so that it may be easily read.”
    (Habbakkuk 2:2)

 The vision of our Catholic family is that the church will grow and develop through an experience of life together in the local communities of St. George and St. Wilfrid, serving the areas around Polegate and Hailsham.

Our community will be a place where faith in Jesus Christ is experienced, transforming our lives, giving us hope and making us warm and compassionate.

Our community will be a place where, within a climate of openness and reconciliation, we come to pray, hear the Word of God, celebrate our liturgies, share our festivals, care for and reach out to each other.

Our community will be a place where all will find a welcome; a place which shows concern for all outside the Catholic community, a place which reaches out to those in our locality and those beyond.