Category: Saint George’s latest news

We would love to have a group of singers and musicians from across the Deanery for the Deanery Confirmation on Sunday 18^th June 3pm (arrive 2pm) at the Cathedral.  There will be a rehearsal on Saturday 3^rd June at 11am in Eastbourne.  All who wish to be involved contact Marylou Cockshoot on [email protected] by 27th May.

Parish Fund Raising and Social Committee Meeting on Wednesday 24th May at 6.30pm in St Wilfrid’s Hall to finalise the Sponsored Walk.

With the Help of God

Our initial meeting of our parish council got off to a good start on Tuesday evening in the church.  Its role and above all its responsibility will be of great importance and will please God, be a great gift, very beneficial for our parish in the years to come.  The awareness that a body is made up of many parts, but working together is most beneficial; hence please God, core groups will enable this to bear fruit.

This coming Thursday to the Feast of the Ascension, with its focus upon the words of Jesus “It is good for you that I should go, for I will send the Holy Spirit, hence Feast of Pentecost” the most important event in the life of our church.

The Charity Breakfast last Sunday and 50% table sale for April raised £150 for charity of the month RNLI – thank you to all those who supported. Next        breakfast Sunday 28th May 10am after mass. Charity for May is Kipling Children’s Ward. They are raising money for the Children’s communal courtyards so our fundraising will be used for purchasing plants/garden features.  ALL WELCOME

St Wilfrid’s Church will celebrate in the hall after Mass today for our “New King Charles & Queen Camilla”.  Money raised from our sales table in January has now run out, so we are asking for a    donation please towards the cost.  We are reliably informed that the donation pot for tea/coffee/biscuits has not kept up with the raising costs, therefore we are asking for a donation of at least £2 please towards the cost each week.  Thank you.

our parish is delighted to be instructing 12 local young Catholics for     Confirmation. Please keep our candidates in your prayers.  

The entire month of May is dedicated to Our Lady and once again we celebrate this at both our Parish churches with our children placing a Crown on Her head whilst we all sing.  

Thank you to our Parish Rosary group for donating £100 from lent alms (no cake for them during lent) this has been split   between our lent charity HCPT and the Parish Youth Group.  The Parish Rosary Group meets every Monday at 2pm in St George’s Hall (not bank holidays).  Everyone is welcome to join as a regular or occasional member to Pray the Rosary a most wonderful devotion together.  May is the Month of Our Lady so a good time to start.

Parish Sponsored Walk: June 11th Start time 3pm – collect your sponsorship form today from welcomers. 

All parishioners, their friends and families are invited to take part in the sponsored walk. We will start promptly at 3pm from St George`s Car Park Polegate and walk via the Cuckoo Trail to St Wilfrid`s Hailsham (approx 3miles).  At     St Wilfrid’s we will be greeted by those who couldn’t walk with delicious cakes and refreshments. Fundraising is to be split 50/50: Hailsham and Eastbourne Foodbank, who will need more than ever during school holiday time this year; and Parish Church funds, much needed at this time with rising costs and often lower collections. Joan is already organising a team of helpers for the refreshments (the ones who cannot walk so far) and rattling a sponsor pot for these good causes, please give generously. 

Volunteers for Stewarding are also needed please speak to Sandra at St Georges of Jean at St Wilfrid’s if you can help. This is an event that all ages can take part in, let’s make this a whole Parish effort, if you can’t walk join us at 4pm   onwards anyway.  

Another very special event, but this time a very happy one.  I received a copy of my sister Mary’s second book that has just been published “love speaks”, a very beautiful book full of hope and promise.

From the editor:

Love Speaks is a timely book, appearing at a time when all God’s people are asked to embark on a spiritual journey marked by two important elements: listening and sharing.  This journey is the synodal path that Pope Francis has    proposed for our times so that the Church can listen profoundly to what the Holy Spirit is saying to us.  However, an aspect of this listening which can too often be neglected is attentiveness to the inner voice in our own hearts, that still small voice of the Spirit in us.  Our author has shared generously the fruits of such attentive listening and by so doing invites us to ponder the words of love that sustains our journey in the spiritual life.