Category: Church Events

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.

Tuesday 20 May in Our Lady of Ransom hall (6.30-8.00 pm) for the “Eastbourne communities including Hailsham & Polegate” of our New Parish – an opportunity for a detailed update on the practical developments towards our becoming a New Parish, and the ways everyone is invited to be part of this important work.
 

The Pope’s funeral will be celebrated on Saturday 26 April at 9am (UK time) and will be broadcast live on most major TV channels and on the Vatican’s YouTube channel. Following Mass in St Peter’s Square, the Pope’s body will be transferred to the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major for burial.

Bishop Richard is offering nine Masses for the repose of the Pope’s soul, including Mass at Arundel Cathedral on Sunday 27 April at 11am. The Dean of Arundel Cathedral, Fr Stephen Dingley, is also celebrating Masses for the Pope at Arundel Cathedral or Our Lady of England Catholic Church, Storrington.

Our next breakfast will be 27th April after mass at St George’s – this month our charity is Cinnamon Trust, a national and local charity for older people, the terminally ill and their pets.  We hope you, your family and friends can support this   breakfast.  All are welcome.
 

Margaret Nevill wishes to thank the Parishioners of St George and St Wilfrid for their Prayers and good wishes pre and post operation. She is making a good recovery.

 

OPEN DAY FOR THE EXHIBITION OF EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES

ON THE OCCASION OF THE CANONISATION OF ST CARLO ACUTIS (1991-2006)

FIRST SAINT BORN IN THIS MILLENNIUM

Come and join us at our Open Day for this exciting Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles, designed and catalogued by our newly canonised St Carlo Acutis (1991-2006), the first canonised Saint to be born in this new millennium. St Carlo, a teenager when he died of cancer, was born in London of Italian parents.  Starting with Adoration and Mass, there will then be 2 X Sessions with a short presentation   followed by plenty of time to discover, view and absorb the magnitude of the 23 Miracles that make up this special Exhibition. Each session will then end with s short time of prayer.  Come and be amazed, to understand, appreciate and love the Holy Eucharist.    Everyone is welcome. Don’t miss the chance to visit this wonderful Exhibition.

WHEN: Wednesday 30 April 2025 – 2 sessions: 11.30 (Adoration and Mass at 10.45) and 1.00

WHERE: Our Lady of Ransom Church, Grange Road, Eastbourne.

Please indicate if you have a group, how many in the group, that you would like to bring with you. Please email: Caroline Rother – [email protected]  .  We look forward to welcoming you on this special occasion

Will now take place on Sunday 1st June.