Category: Church Events

Please bring all red boxes to church next Sunday for emptying.  Throughout June we will collect and issue a receipt.  Most importantly, please make sure your name is on the bottom of the box.  Thank you Cathy.
 

We would like to welcome Grace, Ellie and Olivia who were all baptised at St Wilfrid’s Church last Sunday.
 

Fr Rory’s 52nd Anniversary of his priesthood:  Thank you to those who contributed and signed his card, we collected over £300.  Fr Rory would like to say a Big Thank You to you all, he was so surprised!
 

This Sunday at the 10.30am Mass, Maya, Noah, Oliwia and Paulina will make their First Holy Communion. We warmly welcome the children and their families as they celebrate this special occasion. Please keep these children in your prayers as they receive Jesus in the Eucharist for the first time. May they always know Christ’s love and friendship and continue to grow in faith and joy.

Following the 10.30am Mass next Sunday, there will be a Communion Breakfast in the Parish hall.  All parishioners are warmly invited to join the children and their families in celebrating this joyful moment in their faith journey.

St George’s table sale that raises funds for the charity of the month and youth activities is in need of new items for sale.  Please leave bags marked St G’s Table Sale in the church porch.  Thank you.

Stella Maris (formerly called Apostleship of the Sea) is seeking one volunteer from this parish please to help with Sea Sunday (which falls on 11/12 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]

Related to that, all parishioners are warmly invited to an online webinar being run by Stella Maris on Wednesday 17^th  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/thankyou

Good Wishes are being sent to Fr Rory from all the parish as he celebrates his 52nd Anniversary since being Ordained on 11th June 1974.  Congratulations.

Joan and “her wheeler” will be at the back of the church this Sunday and Wednesday after mass taking a collection for Fr Rory.  If you would like to contribute, please pop and see Joan.

Baptismal programmes for St George’s and St Wilfrid’s will run 2-3 times a year.  Please enquire through the parish office on 01323 841504 or email [email protected]
 

St George’s Parish Meeting will take place Today, 7th June after Mass.  Please take the time to attend if you can.
 

Linking Lives Eastbourne – Saturday 20 June – 10.30am – 5.00pm, 20 Prideaux Road, Eastbourne, BN21 2NB

Come and explore this lovely garden with far-reaching views where beautiful wild and cultivated plants grow together. Light refreshments available.  Admission by Donation to support the work of Linking Lives Eastbourne.  Please note that due to uneven surfaces, this garden is unsuitable for wheelchairs.