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New Parish Monthly Newsletter

The New Parish Monthly Newsletter will be distributed this Sunday.  It is also available online through the new Parish website:-

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Parishioners at St Wilfrid’s

Parishioners at St Wilfrid’s have decided not to send each other Christmas cards this year, but instead will donate the money to Bethlehem University (a Catholic co-educational institution whose  mission is to provide quality higher education to the people of Palestine). There will be a collection of these donations on Sunday 14th December.
 

30th November 2025

Many of you already know that Fr Rory had a fall on Wednesday this week and has broken his left arm just below the shoulder. As a result he has been told to rest it completely for 4-6 weeks to allow the bones to mend. This week we have been able to ask Canon Paul Jennings to supply for us and he has said ‘yes’. Our thanks for this are sincere and we are very grateful for this. At this time of writing we do not know what will happen at the weekends between now and January. It is a bit like Advent – wait and see! While waiting please keep him in your prayers.

Bishop Richard wrote this in a letter today: In this first part of Advent, we reflect on our hope in the coming Kingdom. This carries a particular          resonance this year, perhaps, as we enter the final month of the Jubilee Year of Hope. Advent calls us to be open to the gift of hope. Hope is a virtue. Hope is a gift. It is a mark of the Christian, for our lives are a preparation for the coming of the Lord. We proclaim, every time we profess our faith in the Creed: “I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.” The Christian life looks forward all the time – in hope – to the wonder of the experience of total love in the Kingdom of the Father. This hope must inform our actions, our encounters with others, our words, our prayer. It is this hope that enables us to live our Christian life, sometimes in the face of opposition and not without suffering and difficulty, here and now – to be Christ’s people each and every day, as we await His coming.

May this season be a time of renewed hope for us all, bringing us to be ever more effective in the work of mission that the Lord has given to us as   beacons of hope, witnesses to the coming Kingdom of Our Lord Jesus Christ.   With every blessing + Richard.

Thank You:

Many thanks to all those whom attended the quiz night at St Wilfrid’s on 17th October. In total 55 people attend and we raised a total of £490. This will be divided  between two causes; Bethlehem University (a Catholic co-educational institution whose mission is to provide quality higher education to the people of Palestine) and East Sussex Young Care Givers Christmas celebration.
 

Advent Reconciliation Service:

We welcome Joseph, Maya, Noah,    Oliwia, and Paulina to our First Holy Communion Programme. They will be leading us in an Advent Reconciliation Service at 5:30 p.m. on 13th December at St Wilfrid’s, during which they will receive this sacrament for the first time. We invite everyone in our community to join us in   supporting them as they help us prepare our hearts for the Christmas season.