Author: Jacky

There will be a Social Meeting in St Wilfrid’s Hall on Wednesday 7th May after the 10am Mass .

All are welcome,  please come along and bring ideas with you for future Social events.

A special welcome to Autumn, Boston, Callie, Hannah, Lilyanna, Maksymilian, Oscar, Paris, Sarah and Rio who will be receiving their First Communion at next  Sunday’s 10.30 am mass.   Please remember them, their families and the Catechists, who have prepared them for this special day, in your prayers.

 

Sadly Anne died on Easter Sunday.  We will be holding a memorial service at St Wilfrid’s Church on Thursday 5th June at 11.30am followed by refreshments in our church hall.
 

Deacon John celebrates his 90th birthday in May. A Mass will be held for him at St George’s on Sunday 11th May at 9.00 am, followed by a birthday breakfast in the hall. All are welcome to attend from both communities, but if you are attending from St Wilfrid’s, please could you let Jackie know so we have an idea of numbers for catering purposes. Thank you.

 

Please keep in your prayers Oskar, Raizel, Nathaniel, Chrish, Harvey, Grace and 60 plus others from our deanery who will be receiving their confirmation on the 3rd May at Arundel.

 

You are warmly invited to join our Parish Pilgrimage to Arundel Cathedral on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Thursday, June 19, 2025.

We will travel by coach with Lynns Travel, departing at 1:00pm from St George’s Church, Polegate (parking available in the church car park; the coach will leave from the bus stop opposite). On arrival, there will be time to view the stunning Carpet of Flowers inside the cathedral before the 5:30pm Mass, followed by the Corpus Christi procession and benediction. Return is expected at approximately 8:30pm.  Cost: £20 per person.
Limited availability – those who have already signed up have been allocated places but please arrange payment.  All other seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

To book your place, please provide the following with full payment by Sunday 18th May: Names of all in your party, a primary contact number, an email address.

Payments and details should be given to Jean (St Wilfrid’s) or Sandra (St George’s) or deliver in an envelope clearly marked Arundel Pilgrimage to the parish office.  

We hope you can join us for this beautiful celebration of our faith at the heart of our diocese.

Thank you to the readers, eucharistic ministers, flower arrangers, sacristans and music ministry at St George’s for enabling beautiful Masses during Holy Week.  At a time when it is so important to work together as a community, supporting Fr Rory in his service to us,  everything was accomplished and delivered with grace and respect.  Parishioners enjoyed tea, cake and a natter together to celebrate our Patron Saint George a day early on Tuesday morning, to accommodate both our usual weekday Mass and the hall being available. A good time was had by all.

 

Carlo Acutis Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition, Our Lady of Ransom Church, Eastbourne:

This wonderful Exhibition runs from Fri 25th April -Wed 14th May. We’re extending an invitation for a special Exhibition Open Day on Wed 30th April, starting with Adoration and Mass, followed by 2  Sessions (11.30 & 1.00 start) with a brief presentation, time to view exhibition and ending with a short time of prayer.  All are welcome …… invite a friend!

A big thank you to everyone who helped in anyway, what a great turn out, we were bursting at the seams!!  A great service by Fr Rory, what a difference it makes when the church is so full.  The altar servers, readers and especially our young children; who had loud and clear voices.  The beautiful flowers everywhere, including the pots Lulu attends to outside the church, it was truly a magnificent service.  Everyone enjoyed tea and cake in the hall after mass and the children enjoyed their Easter Egg Hunt with the warm and sunny weather sent to us from the Good Lord.

Please remember to pray for our 8 Communion candidates.