Category: Saint George’s latest news

Together with Dr Larch Maxey, a prominent climate speaker and activists Rev Sue Parfitt and Rev Mark Coleman, we are hosting a zoom meeting on Sunday 27th February 3pm-4.30pm.  This will give Christians who are aware of the awful reality of the climate crisis and care about everything on God’s earth, the opportunity to learn and ask questions about the forthcoming ‘Just Stop Oil’ campaign.  Register using this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-responsibilities-as-christians-at-this-time-online-tickets-268091507917

Polegate Town Council are using our hall at St George’s on Saturday 5th March from 2-4 pm to talk about land they have bought in Polegate and wish to turn into a wildlife haven. It is a fantastic community project which will benefit schools, wellbeing and mental health. PTC are open to ideas and offers of support so if you love wildlife, nature and being outdoors this will be of interest to you.

On Saturday 12th March at 11am a family friendly Stations of the Cross will take place in St George’s Church.  All parishioners are encouraged to join us, and especially our younger ones (any age).  Following the Stations we will enjoy a Lent soup lunch in the hall.  There will be three soup options to choose from and plenty of bread and butter.  The lunch will be to help the children raise money for Tiny Tickers, our chosen Lent charity.  To help with catering please can you message Sandra on 07791627368 confirming your name and both adult and child numbers attending or email [email protected],  We very much look forward to this event.  All Welcome.

On Sunday 6th March, 20th March,3rd April, and 10th April there will be Stations of the Cross in St.George’s at 3pm. On Passion Sunday, 10th April, Stations will be followed by Benediction.

Pope Francis said that his ‘heart ached’ in response to the situation in Ukraine, with the Pope encouraging people across the world to observe Ash Wednesday, 2 March, as a day of fasting and prayer for Ukraine. 

The ashes of Edna Andrews have been rescheduled to be buried in St George’s Memorial Garden on Thursday March 3rd after the 10am Mass.

Save the Date, Saturday 13th August 2022 when there will be a special Mass with Bishop Richard to celebrate 100 years since the first Mass here at St Wilfrid’s.

A “webinar” with Bishop Richard, Wednesday 9 March at 7.30pm.

      Hopefully you all know that a two-year synodal process is taking place across the Catholic Church and our Parish has already sent its responses to the Diocese. That was the first stage.
The second stage is for Bishop Richard to prayerfully engage with the responses submitted and to discern, with the help of the Holy Spirit, how he will compile this into a document to be sent to the Bishops Conference of England and Wales for the next step in the journey.                                                                                                                                                                       It was decided that, in the spirit of dialogue, it is really important for participants to hear what is being forwarded onto the national level, and have the opportunity to provide feedback.
To enable this to happen, the Diocese will be hosting a live webinar, where Bishop Richard will present the document.  This will be    recorded for those unable to see it on a computer, and, afterwards, the Parish will arrange to show it locally.  Details later.

If you would like to watch the live webinar then you should register your interest by visiting the Diocesan website https://www.abdiocese.org.uk/synod and click on the words indicated.

This Sunday we are encouraged as to how we are to live in our daily lives to ensure that we take life, joy and hope to all we meet.

Further we are told to share our Christian life by watching what we say, especially about others. We must avoid gossip and rash judgments about others. It is made obvious that we should leave all judgment to God and practise mercy and forgiveness, remembering the advice of saints: “When you point one finger of accusation at another, three of your fingers point at you.” Let us pay attention to the Jewish rabbi’s advice: “He who judges others favourably will be judged favourably by God.”

Some food for thought: C.S. Lewis wrote, “There is someone I love, even though I don’t approve of what he does. There is someone I accept, though some of his thoughts and actions revolt me. There is someone I forgive, though he hurts the people I love the most. That person is me.”

Finally I offer you this bit of humour: There’s the story of the conscientious wife who tried very hard to please her ultra-critical husband but failed regularly. He always seemed the most cantankerous at breakfast. If the eggs were scrambled, he wanted them poached; if the eggs were poached, he wanted them scrambled. One morning, with what she thought was a stroke of genius, the wife poached one egg and scrambled the other and placed the plate before him. Anxiously she awaited what surely this time would be his unqualified approval. He peered down at the plate and snorted, “Can’t you do anything right, woman? You’ve scrambled the wrong one!”

If you have any spare shoe boxes, please leave them at the back of the church in St. George’s, so they can be covered for the end of the year.  Thank you to those who have already donated boxes!