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50 years Ordination Celebration for Fr Paul Jennings.   An afternoon Tea Party to be held on Saturday 12th July at 3.30 pm at St George’s Hall.   All parishioners invited.  Details to follow.

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Stella Maris (formerly called Apostleship of the Sea) is seeking one volunteer from this parish please to help with Sea   Sunday (which falls on 12/13 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] or call 07887 893 763.

Related to that, all parishioners are warmly invited to an online webinar being run by Stella Maris on Thursday 19^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/thankyouwebinar

Thank you to all those who have booked already to join us on our parish pilgrimage to Arundel Cathedral on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Thursday 19th June to see the Carpet of Flowers and join in the mass and procession. We have a few seats remaining; these will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

To book: please provide name and contact number to Jean (St Wilfrid’s), Sandra (St George’s). The cost is £20 per person and we will leave Polegate at 1pm. Sandra will contact you with more details by w/c 9th June if you have booked.

We have a young lady in our parish community who is looking for a room to rent in Hailsham.  If you can help, please send details to [email protected].  Thank you.

Last Wednesday we celebrated Dennis Browns 75th Birthday in style, please pray for Cecilia, who he cares for, she is quite poorly.
 

Lulu is in hospital having a knee replacement.  Please spare a prayer for her and pick out any weeds in the garden, as she will not be able to attend the beautiful plants she normally does for a while.
 

St George’s Meeting Sunday, June 1st:  The second of St George’s quarterly church meetings will take place after Mass on Sunday, June 1st. Minutes from the previous meeting are available in the file at the back of the church. These meetings are an important opportunity for our community to share, reflect, and move forward together in prayer, formation, and mission. Tea and coffee will be served first.  
 

GCSE and A Level Exams began last week so we ask God’s blessing on the students taking their exams and their families and teachers.  
 

Our Children’s First Holy Communion Breakfast:  As is the custom at St Wilfrid’s, the children have their First Holy Communion Breakfast the Sunday following their First Holy Communion Day.  We had 10 candidates this year so the table headed by Fr Rory was large. Specialities made by Annette and Sophie; large 3 tier cake, red jellies with a white marshmallow for the host, fairy cakes with a gold cross, then Teresa provided “healthy options”.  The buffet table was laden with food, just as well because so many parishioners came in after Mass, lovely to see new faces.
 

If anyone took any photo’s please could you possibly sent them to [email protected].