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Sunday 13th November 12noon, afternoon of    Rosehip picking and a picnic (weather permitting) near Ringmer. For more information contact Sandra on 07791627368 or [email protected].  The terrain is hilly and you will need gloves for the foraging bit as it can be spiky. 

Last week was a great success. Everyone enjoyed the delicious hot breakfast baps of sausages and bacon and we were delighted to raise £72 for The Royal British Legion. If those who didn’t have cash donation at the time want to give something extra please pass your   offering to Sandra.  The next breakfast will be 10am Sunday 27th November. The charity will be Polegate Children With Cancer.  Everyone is welcome so invite,  family and friends if you wish. They are welcome to join us from 10am if not attending mass.

Tues 8th Nov (11am) in OLR: With clergy and parishioners from other parishes of the deanery.  All are welcome.   

Our trip to Headcorn, Monday 7th November (tomorrow).  We have a 16 seater coach from Lynns Travel, and have 3 remaining seats, so if you would like to join us, please contact Joan 07873 390944 now.  The coach will leave North Street, Hailsham at 9am and return at 4.30pm.  You will be given a leaflet (explaining times and venues), when you board the coach.  Fr Rory will be coming with us.  Please pray for good weather, it will make all the difference.

At 1pm we entered into the church, so peaceful and quiet everywhere, one of the Monks said a decade of the Rosary every half hour we were also in time for the “Divine Office” chanted by the Monks.  All in all it was a very moving experience.

Please can we pray for a three year old child, Nellie Oakshott, who is terminally ill from a condition called MLD (metachromatic leukodystrophy).

If you would like Holy Masses offered for deceased family, friends and all for whom you wish to pray.  Please use the envelopes provided at the back of the church.  Thank you.

As this year draws quickly to a close, it is time for a quick and timely review.  Two funeral celebrations; one for Margaret and one yet to come for Sue.  In these circumstances they give us a good context to make this review as we celebrated the Feast of all the Saints and Holy Souls.  Life has great difficulties or challenges.  I have to acknowledge that in my life I have been very fortunate, well provided for, and tend to make mountains out of mole hills.  But in my ministry I am very aware that this is not the case for many, and life can have great suffering and loss.  My best response remains “these are the trials through we triumph, by the power of Him who loves us”.  Margaret Piegrome’s funeral service was a very good expression of this.  Remembrance of all her contributions to our lives, her willingness to use all her talents and to embrace every occasion to the best of her ability, enriching her and our lives, was her great achievement.

As we draw so close to the end of our year in faith, it is inevitable that we are going to die.   We should look forward to the glory of God. For me, I settled for meeting my mum, Maura, that I was so privileged to have as my mum, with my dad who provided for eight children, sent some off to boarding school and lived with great pain and affliction, supported by his faith, and as mentioned his special devotions to the Stations of the Cross.

I am sure that they share the glory of heaven.

We have decided to venture out, our very first trip is a coach from St George’s and St Wilfrid’s to the very pretty village of Headcorn in Kent.  Monday 7^th Nov, £12 pp, first pick up St George’s, 9am, then onto      St Wilfrid’s, 9.30am where the hall will be open for a toilet call before we board the coach.  Then on to Headcorn where we are booked in for tea/coffee, 10.30am.  Please don’t be tempted to purchase a large slice of homemade cake because we are booked in for lunch at the Village Tea Room, 12noon.  Homemade food at very reasonable prices.  When you book your seat on the coach, I will be   asking for £12 pp and give you a menu to choose your meal and hand back to me please, as they need to have our orders at least one week beforehand.  We will probably take about 2 hours, they have a “Secret Garden” – plenty of room for us all.  The main high street through the village has plenty of different shops you can browse and buy?  There are no hills its all on the flat, okay for chairs and      wheelers.  Leaving about 3pm. Back to St Wilfrid’s and St George’s between 4 – 4.30pm.

Any queries please contact Joan 07873390944.  You are invited to bring a friend if you wish.   

Saturday, Nov 19th, 3.30pm – 5.30pm, St Wilfrid’s Hall. This is an opportunity for families to come together and have fun, be creative together and prepare for Advent.  There will be variety of Christmas   related activities, relevant to all ages, followed by a short time for worship and shared meal. Children under 11 must be accompanied by an adult, Please register your interest at the back of church and collect a tear off slip for your small contribution to bring to  the shared meal.