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Donating On-Line Information

For those who wish to donate on-line to the A&B Lourdes Pilgrimage Appeal Collection, the following information shows how this can be done using the A&B Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage website.

1. Go to the Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage website using this link: A&B Lourdes Pilgrimage Website or the website address https://www.abdiocese.org.uk/lourdes/home
2. Click on the donate button on the right-hand side of the screen.
3. Please then click on the donate button in the middle of the page and follow the instructions.

If you have any questions, please contact the A&B Lourdes Pilgrimage Office, either by email on [email protected] or call 01403 740110

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We received from Alithea Williams at SPUC the following information, and she asks for our response.

Respond to Department of Health consultation to stop home abortions!

The Department of Health is holding a public consultation on whether to continue the practice of allowing abortion providers to send abortion pills to women so that they can perform their own abortion at home. We need as many pro-life people as possible to complete the Department of Health’s questionnaire in order to help stop dangerous DIY abortions becoming permanent. SPUC has prepared a briefing which gives a step by step guide to completing the consultation questionnaire. Please go to https://www.spuc.org.uk/Get-Involved/Campaigns/England-DIY-Abortion-Consultation The consultation ends on 26 February 2021.

Deepening Prayer in our Ordinary Life :  Led by David Clayton and Michael Woodward, this is an Worth Abbey online weekend to explore how we can pray more Contemplatively at home.  January 29^th – 31^st.  Smart phone, Tablet or computer and Zoom account needed.  More information from Michael Woodward:  [email protected]

Coming soon – Invited

God loves you. He has great plans for you. He wants to accompany you through all the highs and lows of your life.There will soon be an opportunity for you to explore all this and more as we journey together as a Diocese through a season of mission. Visit www.abdiocese.org.uk/invited to find out more.

You, are Invited.

Bishop Richard’s Refugee Crisis Newsletter:  The latest copy of the Newsletter is now available and can be found on the Diocesan   website under the Latest Publications section https://abdiocese.org.uk/diocese/news

Are you a Confirmation Catechist?

Would you like to talk to other Catechists and the Diocesan Youth Ministry Adviser about all things Confirmation?

If so, please sign up to join your Deanery Confirmation Network.  These networks were launched towards the end of last year and the conversations were really helpful, particularly in this time of change and adaptation. If you have not already joined your network please contact [email protected] who will make sure that you are involved with the next round of conversations that she is holding at the end of January.

Clare Ingelbrecht who was a parishioner of St George’s for 32 years and had moved to be with her son and family in Folkestone 7 years ago.  She died, aged 95 years, on 3rd January.  Her funeral mass will be live streamed on Thursday, 28th January at 11am (www.churchservicestvfolkestone).  Her interment will be at Willingdon cemetery at 2pm.

4 Weeks of Guided Prayer  – Online Event

Sundays at 5:30pm beginning 17th January

· An opportunity to deepen your relationship with God through prayer.

· Learn new ways of praying, enjoy some input on prayer, discernment and spirituality.

Speak with a prayer guide each week for the four weeks.

More information: [email protected] or follow us on Facebook

You are still able to donate non-perishable food and money to the foodbanks over the coming months.  There are opportunities to donate online, or our website to make this easier for people.  Immediate food needs will probably change week to week.  For more updates visit www.hailsham.foodbank.org.uk or www.eastbourne.foodbank.org.uk.  Thank you.

In last Sunday’s gospel about the Baptism of Jesus, we hear that a voice from heaven says ‘You are my son, the Beloved”. These words should remind us of one of the most important truths in the whole of the Christian message. In the words of Saint Augustine: “God loves each and every one of us”. 

William Barclay summed this up when he wrote: “The gospels tell us of the width of the love of God. It was the world that God so loved. It was not a nation, it was not the good people, it was not only the people who loved him, it was the world. The unlovable and the unlovely, the lonely who have no one else to love them, the person who loves God, and the person who never thinks of God, the person who rests in the love of God, and the person who spurns it, all are included in the vast inclusive love of God.”

Tessa and I wish to say a sincere thank you for the cards and gifts received this Christmas and New Year. We wish you all a Happy 2021. May you keep safe and you and your family keep well.. We are sure that we all hope that it will be a better year than 2020. God bless you all. 

With our love and prayers. DJ & T