Tuesday 28th March we are considering paying a visit to the Emmaus Centre in Portslade. If interested please see Joan or Tel 07873390944 asap. Details to follow.
Author: Jacky
Thank You
Thank You to all who contributed to my Birthday Celebrations. Thank you for all the cards, plants, gifts and voucher. I had a really special day. Lulu.
CAFOD Family Fast Day – Lent Appeal: 
This Lent, your donations to CAFOD’s Family Fast Day Appeal will help families fighting the climate crisis and ensure that our Church network can quickly respond to emergencies, like the recent earthquake in Syria and Turkey. Give today using the envelope or at cafod.org.uk/give and please join us in praying for CAFOD’s development and emergency response work all over the world.
St Patrick’s Day
St Patrick’s day cards are on sale at St George’s Church.
Fr Rory Writes
“A very, very special moment”
The outstanding event during my visit to Ireland was Fr Seamus Ryan’s funeral mass in his home village of Cappamore. A truly, truly inspiring priest, a great gift to us during our seminary days. Because of his inspiration we left our seminary full of hope, a time of renewal and inspiration was in store for our church because of the 2nd Vatican Council. Pope John 23rd had announced the council in order to open up the windows and let fresh light shine into the church. A time of great hope. Unfortunately his funeral mass was quite a contract. The age profile of the priests, and indeed the congregation. The stories of all his endeavour and our remembrance of his celebrations of the liturgy. His key message …. “The church as communities of faith and a new generation”. This is exactly what he would want us to continue to focus upon, and to develop and grow.
Stations of the Cross
This traditional devotion is in danger of being lost and as a Whole Parish during lent we encourage maximum attendance from everyone. Family Stations – 11.30am Sat 11th March at St G’s Church this will be followed by a Lenten soup lunch. Stations – 3pm Sun 12th March at St George’s Church – led by our Parish Confirmation Group. Palm Sunday Stations and Benediction 3pm Sun 2nd April, St George’s Church and refreshments in hall. Good Friday Family Service/Stations 10.30am Fri 7th April at St Wilfrid’s Church followed by Hot Cross buns in the hall. All parishioners, our youngest to our most senior, are encouraged to support these, especially the Family Services.
CAFOD & CTS
are both running Lenten Sign-up courses by email with reflections and resources. For more information please check out the following links; https://cafod.org.uk/pray/lent-calendar and https://go.ctsbooks.org/prayer-community
Parish Council
Thank you to the people who have taken the time to recommend parishioners to the Parish Council. If you have not completed your form, please do this today. The Synod Core Group are meeting on Tuesday 21st February to prepare a list of those recommended
Ash Wednesday
is on 22nd February and is a day of Fasting & Abstinence. Many thanks to everyone who brought back their old palms which have now been burned to produce the ashes.
Celebrations at St Wilfrid’s
It was Lulu’s 75th Birthday, we all appreciate what she does for our parish community, clearing, tidying, teas/coffees and keeping our garden pots around the church & hall beautiful. We presented her with a beautiful plant, a special “star studded” bag full of goodies including a voucher for Waitrose and a special birthday cake with sparklers. She was so amazed, she was speechless. Emily paid a fleeting visit from France, so we had a large Christmas Cake too! (one of the things she misses most). She has organised a student visit from her school in France and St Richards College.