Our next breakfast will be Sun 29th June after mass at St George’s – this month our charity is “Young Parishioners Local Retreat(s)”. We hope you, your family & friends can support this.
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Music Practice:
There will be a music practice for the Children’s Mass on Saturday 14th June at 10am in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall. Everyone welcome.
Over 50’s Afternoon Tea
Over 50’s Afternoon Tea & Games: This months theme is French. Our next fun afternoon is Thursday 26th June at 2pm. If you are new to our parish or never been to one of our fun afternoons, why not give it a go? Just turn up and join us, you will be very welcome.
Parish Jubilee of Hope
50 years Ordination Celebration for Fr Paul Jennings. An afternoon Tea Party to be held on Saturday 12th July at 3.30 pm at St George’s Hall. All parishioners invited. Details to follow.
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Stella Maris
Stella Maris (formerly called Apostleship of the Sea) is seeking one volunteer from this parish please to help with Sea Sunday (which falls on 12/13 July this year) in this parish. This is the day when the Church comes together to pray for seafarers, fishers and their families, and takes a second collection to support the work of Stella Maris. The volunteer will read out the appeal (which Stella Maris will provide) at the end of Masses that weekend. If you can kindly do this, please contact [email protected] or call 07887 893 763.
Related to that, all parishioners are warmly invited to an online webinar being run by Stella Maris on Thursday 19th June from 7:30pm to 9pm. You will hear about the work that Stella Maris has been doing with seafarers and fishers over the past year or so, including the use of the funds kindly donated on Sea Sunday last year. To attend this webinar, please sign up at: www.stellamaris.org.uk/thankyouwebinar
1st June 2025
“Alleluia, Alleluia”
I will not leave you as orphans, says the Lord.
I am going away and I will come to you and your hearts will rejoice, Alleluia.
The readings this week are incredible, very much fit for purpose. This Sunday, St George’s quarterly meeting takes place after their mass, and we have our regular meetings at St Wilfrid’s. Important communication from Fr Kevin, who is tasked with a large responsibility he is carrying out to the best of his ability, (and very well at that), I am sure it is very stressful for him. He has been in communication with us, and agrees it has become clear we share a common view that July would be too soon to commence the new time schedule. He relies on a sense of urgency and willingness to get it right and has made suggestions that we will engage in.
Please take away the newsletter and get all the nourishment that is offered to us by Jesus at this most important and fruitful time.
Arundel Cathedral Corpus Christi Trip:
Thank you to all those who have booked already to join us on our parish pilgrimage to Arundel Cathedral on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Thursday 19th June to see the Carpet of Flowers and join in the mass and procession. We have a few seats remaining; these will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
To book: please provide name and contact number to Jean (St Wilfrid’s), Sandra (St George’s). The cost is £20 per person and we will leave Polegate at 1pm. Sandra will contact you with more details by w/c 9th June if you have booked.
Do you have a room to LET?
We have a young lady in our parish community who is looking for a room to rent in Hailsham. If you can help, please send details to [email protected]. Thank you.
75th Birthday
Last Wednesday we celebrated Dennis Browns 75th Birthday in style, please pray for Cecilia, who he cares for, she is quite poorly.
Lulu
Lulu is in hospital having a knee replacement. Please spare a prayer for her and pick out any weeds in the garden, as she will not be able to attend the beautiful plants she normally does for a while.