Author: Jacky

5th October 2025

Father,                                                Son                                       and Holy Spirit. 

A work in process.  Progress was made at the meeting on Monday at OLR.                                                                                            

Our Parish Priest, Fr Kevin has sent us the following information:-

NEW PARISH UPDATE

Our New Parish will operate from 2 Hub centres (the Eastbourne end and the St Leonard’s/Hastings end). We already have an excellent Leadership Group up and running in each Hub, made up of clergy and lay reps from each church. When we reach Advent, end of November, we will have a Single  Newsletter for all churches in each Hub; all our Catechists will be working together across churches to deliver Sacramental programmes; we will have Stewardship Groups in each Hub, expertise drawn from across our churches, to oversee care of our many buildings in a strategically joined-up way; we will be consulting with you all about revised New Mass Schedules in each Hub, taking account of fewer priests and giving good variety of times for everyone. Please keep all this work in your prayer, and for more detailed info see: https://eastbourne-stleonards.org.uk  God bless, Fr Kevin (on behalf of the clergy team)

Quiz Night:

Quiz Night at St Wilfrid’s:  We will be holding a Quiz Night on Friday 17th October 2025, 7pm start.  There will be a main quiz, picture quiz and raffle.  Prize for the best table name and lucky ticket prize.  Please bring your own nibbles and alcoholic drinks.  Entry £5 (6 to a table).  Please support this event if you can.
 

Rosary Group:

From this Monday 29th September at 2-30pm, the Rosary Group will commence with a short Eucharistic service for those wishing to receive Holy Communion. The Rosary with the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be prayed following this. Both will be held in the church. This will be followed by refreshments in the hall. All are welcome to join us.
 

28th September 2025

Vibrant Communities,     Vibrant Communities,               Yes, Vibrant.    

Our parish priest, Fr Kevin, continues to highlight our need to be vibrant, and hearing from progress in the diocese in establishing now the new order that is intended to be in place, we must focus our efforts.  Good work has taken place over the years, but now we are at the point of deliverance and facing a challenge.   

The saying is “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”.  We need to continue to develop our responses, so far the preparation for the sacraments of reconciliation and holy communion has got off to a good start.  Last week a good suggestion for caring for the housebound; increasing opportunities to receive holy communion and praying together.  We now have an item from Fr Kevin for next weeks bulletins.  Please continue to pray and work for our future.   

St Thomas a Becket Catholic Primary School – Open Day

St Thomas a Becket Catholic Primary School warmly invite parents of children due to start school for the first time in September 2026 to our open day on Wednesday 5th   November. We will be holding 3 sessions throughout the day 9am, 1.30pm and 6pm. Please contact the school for further information or to be added to one of the sessions.

Email- [email protected]

Phone- 01323 737221.

Eucharistic Adoration

The Diocese of A&B is renewing and developing its Adoration Lay Committee in order to increase the practice of Eucharistic Adoration in parishes throughout the diocese.  You are welcome to attend an Information Meeting.  On Thursday 2nd October, at 8pm, for one hour.  Registration from 7pm, includes light     refreshments.  In St Philip Howard Centre, Crawley RH10 6RP.  For further details – See poster in the church.