Fatima Devotions will take place at CTK on the days of Our Lady’s apparitions in Fatima: 13 May, 13 June, 13 July, 19 August, 13 September and the vigil of the last appearance, on 12 October. We will pray the Rosary and a Litany to Our Lady of Fatima, with an intention of reparation for the sins of the world and for peace. Times for each day are available on cards in each church. Everyone welcome.
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Parish Magazine & Website:
Parish Magazine and Website – Call for Contributions
If you have any news, stories, or items to share from recent parish events, or details of forthcoming events for the diary, we would be delighted to hear from you. Contributions from across the New Single Parish help us share and celebrate what is happening in our communities and encourage others to take part.
The next magazine will be published in mid-June, but items may also be used on the parish website, so please do send them in as soon as you have them and keep sending!
Please email contributions to:[email protected]
Sunday Charity Breakfast:
Our next breakfast will be Sunday 31st May after mass at St George’s when we will be supporting “Linking Lives Eastbourne”. We hope you, your family and friends can support this.
Roses Walking Pilgrimage:
All are welcome to join the Roses Walking Pilgrimage from Middlesbrough to Blackburn, 15th to 30th August 2026. The route links the cathedrals of Middlesbrough, Ripon and Blackburn, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. We follow the lower Tees valley and Vale of York before crossing the Pennines and cutting through the Forest of Bowland, so expect some great scenery. There are rest days in Ripon and Skipton. The organisers are Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Ecumenical Walking Pilgrimages who have run an annual pilgrimage since 1975 in different parts of England and Wales. Come with us and experience walking as part of our travelling Christian community, whether for a fortnight or just an afternoon! The walk is guided and luggage is forwarded. The cost is £350 to walk with us all the way, or £33 per night to book a shorter spell. To find out more and book your place, visit www.thepilgrims.org.uk/book
Parish Over 50’s Club:
We next meet on Thursday 28th May, 2-4pm, Anyone over 50 is welcome, just turn up on the day.
Fr Paul Writes:
During the month of May there will be some slight changes to the weekday Mass schedule.
I shall we attending a conference in connection with my diocesan work so there will be no weekday Mass on 5th and 6th.
I shall be attending a family funeral on 12th, so there will be no Mass on Tuesday 12th.
Thursday 14th is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, a holyday, and there will be Mass at 10.00am at St George and 7.00pm at St Wilfrid.
The following week, there will be Mass at 10.00am at Wilfrid on Thursday 21st and 10.00am at St George (funeral Mass of Pamela Whitty) on Friday 22nd.
The following week, beginning 25th, I shall be taking a few days break, so there will be no weekday Mass that week.
These changes during May affect weekday Mass only, Sunday Mass will be at the usual times.
New Parish Update:
‘Our Diocesan Pastoral Plan is not a re-structuring for survival, but the lens through which we view everything, so that our parishes and communities can thrive in the new situation of the change of era. During this time when the world is becoming ever more polarised and the Gospel itself can be weaponised to support ideology, our parishes, however we configure them, have to become that place of truth and calm, able to respond to the restlessness and curiosity that we see around us. For this we need the courage to nudge us out of our comfort zones and to try something new and Spirit-led. Yet none of this is in our own strength, which is why the first pillar of the Pastoral Plan will always be prayer.’ [ Canon Kieron O’Brien, Episcopal Vicar for Implementation of the Pastoral Plan]
Community Breakfasts in Hailsham:
Community Breakfasts in Hailsham are happening this year on Friday 1 May (CAB will be present for legal advice), Friday 7 August (CMA will be present for debt advice), and Friday 6 November (Sussex Energise will be present for fuel bills advice). All of these will be at the Hailsham Parish Church (town centre near Costa Coffee) in the side room (go through the glass door).
The breakfasts are on a drop-in basis and people can come in anytime between 10am-12pm to enjoy tea, coffee and breakfast. We have some funding for the breakfasts, we ask people to contribute £1-£3 if they can, but if they can’t then it’s totally free.
For the August Community Breakfast children are also welcome to join with their parents.
Catholic Women’s League – Monthly Gathering:
All ladies are warmly invited to attend the Catholic Women’s League monthly gathering on Wednesday 6th May at 7.00pm in the Christ the King, Langney Parish Room (rear of the church hall – entrance nearest the house).
Parish Magazine and Website:
Parish Magazine and Website – Call for Contributions
If you have any news, stories, or items to share from recent parish events, or details of forthcoming events for the diary, we would be delighted to hear from you. Contributions from across the New Single Parish help us share and celebrate what is happening in our communities and encourage others to take part.
The next magazine will be published in mid-June, but items may also be used on the parish website, so please do send them in as soon as you have them and keep sending!
Please email contributions to:[email protected]