Author: Jacky

Diocesan Festival of Hope: 20 September (Ardingly):

The Diocese will be gathering to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the         Diocese, the Jubilee Year of Hope, and the Pastoral Plan with its call to Mission.  Sadly, space is limited which means that not everybody who might wish to attend will be able to.  Each parish has a small number of tickets which will be allocated via its parish priest.  Thanks for your understanding.  The whole Diocese will be prayed for, and those attending will be encouraged to share back in their parishes the fruits of the day’s reflections.
 

Stella Maris

Stella Maris (formerly called Apostleship of the Sea) is seeking one volunteer from St Wilfrid’s Church please to help with Sea Sunday (which falls on 12/13 July this year) in this parish. (Thank you to Anne, who has kindly volunteered for St George’s).  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
 

15th June 2025

Trinity Sunday

Celebrates the end of our journey when we will experience the fullness of life in God’s Kingdom.

Having celebrated all the great feasts from the annunciation through the birth of Our Saviour, highlighting the response of the Kingdom of Darkness and the forced journey of the Holy Family into Egypt.  Then commencing with His baptism, Jesus begins the process that leads us to salvation and the fulness of life in God’s Kingdom.

Soon we will return to that journey as we again celebrate what we call “the ordinary”, the cycle leading us to our salvation and the fulness of life in God’s Kingdom.  It is through the ordinary cycle that we grow in faith and faithfulness; the great challenge .  As a priest it will be my fifty first cycle, and while on earth, sadness is part of our experience.  In my earliest years I was full of hope and purpose, it was shortly after the Second Vatican Council, and there was a great focus on it.  Our Professor of Theology, Fr Seamas Ryan, was truly inspirational, and continues to inspire me and I hope all of us, as we face the new challenges, our emphasis will be on communities of faith.

St George’s Children’s Liturgy

St George’s Children’s Liturgy – Help Needed:

Children’s Liturgy has been a valued part of St George’s for years — even continuing remotely during COVID. Sadly, we now have just two leaders and one helper, and with frequent travel, we can’t cover every Sunday.

We need your help! If you can assist as a helper or leader, please speak to a member of the team. No    experience needed — training and support will be   provided. It’s a simple and rewarding way to support our young people in their faith.

CAFOD

We are joining with Missio, Aid to the Church in Need and Stella Maris in this Jubilee Year to pray the “Rosary of Hope” online on Tuesday 10 June at 7pm. You can register here to get the Zoom link.  All are welcome as we pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary together.

Pope Leo XIV said, “Our blessed mother Mary always wants to walk with us, be close to us, she always wants to help us with her intercession and her love.” He invited us to pray together, “for all of the Church, and for peace in the world.”

Aquinas and Friendship

‘AQUINAS AND FRIENDSHIP’ – Saturday 14 June at St      Pancras church in Lewes – FREE EVENT:

To mark this year’s 800th anniversary of the birth of St  Thomas Aquinas, Father Andrew Pinsent (now a Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the Athenaeum of Ohio in Cincinnati, and a priest of our own Diocese of Arundel and Brighton) will be speaking about ‘Aquinas and Friendship’. The conference will run from 11am until 1pm, beginning with coffee and including an opportunity for questions after the talk.  Until 2024, Father Andrew was Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion.

8th June 2025

“When the day of Pentecost came”

When the day of Pentecost came to the early church it had a powerful impact upon the early Christians, giving them strength and inspiration to go out into the world to proclaim the good news.  It is equally important to us today and we must be more and more aware of our need, but above all of God’s faithfulness.  In the words of Jesus “without me you can do nothing”.

With the power of Him who loves us, we will grow in faith and faithfulness as we respond to the challenges of time. 

A life long friend of mine, Fr Dick Kelly, has died.  Over fifty years ago he fished me out of a swimming pool in Rome, nearly more dead than alive, and we have faithfully lived on in service to the church in Christ’s glory.

Eternal rest grant unto him O’ Lord and let his soul rest in peace.