Category: Saint George’s latest news

Lunch at Kings Head – Friday 8th October:  Sorry you missed out if you couldn’t attend this time, perhaps next time?  Thinking about either Thursday 4th or Friday 5th November for our next lunch date.  Let me know which date you prefer please; Tel Joan 07873 390944. 

Afternoon Tea for our over 50’s:  After our successful “Afternoon Tea” for our over 50’s.  The next date is Thursday 28th October at 2pm in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall.  We have a few surprises for you all!  So do come an enjoy yourselves.

Feast of St Wilfrid – Patron of the church in Hailsham

As Tuesday is the Feast of St Wilfrid the Mass will be held at St Wilfrid’s Church at 10am, this will be a Healing Mass concluding with Benediction.  A Mass will be held at St George’s on Wednesday at 10am.

Tea/Coffee at St Wilfrid’s:  Did you know we are serving tea/coffee and biscuits/cakes after the 10.30am Mass every Sunday.  Do pop in and meet some new friends and get to know your parishioners, we are a very friendly lot and we welcome you.  There is an Honesty Pot if you would kindly make a donation to cover the cost of these refreshments.  Thank you.

We look forward to meeting you, also don’t forget our ‘Sales Table’ is up and running – plenty of bargains to be had.  Please leave suitable gifts for the table in the porch, marked ‘Sales Table’ please.  We are still hoping for someone to come forward to take on the very rewarding job of keeping our Altar Servers Alb’s fit for the important job they do for us.  If you can’t contact David Hoad – who teachers them, then call or see Annette who helps us with the “Children’s Liturgy”.  Tel: 849732, thank you in anticipation.

St George’s is sparkling, fresh and clean thanks to hard work by Pailey and Shirley this week. Shirley removed candle wax from the altar carpet whilst Pailey used his Vax machine to shampoo the aisle and altar carpet. This will be done now quarterly so if you would like to help let Pailey know. Thank you to both of them.

Our thanks to Ros and Stella who before the pandemic started had sold books and plants raising £200. This paid for the make over in the Remembrance Garden at St George’s with the residue to be used to maintain a seasonal display and keep it looking as beautiful as it currently does.

Ann Eamer:  Ann’s Funeral Mass will be on Tuesday 19th October at 2pm in St George’s Church

Thank You:  A big thank you to everyone who contributed towards the purchase of the chairs for the hall.  The total came to £903.00. Many thanks, Maeve.

Pact, the national Catholic charity supporting prisoners, people with convictions, defendants and their families, continues to be a shining example of strength and conviction.  Pact continues to bring hope in what continues to be a very difficult environment:  hope to families and children who have suffered prolonged separation; hope to those who have been confined to their cells for 23 hours a day for over a year.

Rooted in Catholic Social Teaching the staff and volunteers at Pact are unrelenting in their dedication to accompanying people on their journey through the criminal justice system to a fresh start and new opportunities.

Pact, its staff and beneficiaries will be grateful for any support you may be able to offer at any point in the year.  Please do contact the Pact team for more information, either by telephone on 020 3031 6867, or by email [email protected]

The Scripture readings we have heard recently offer us an invitation to become instruments of healing in Jesus’ hands by giving voice to the voiceless, the needy, and the marginalised in our society.   We have been invited to open our ears to hear the word of God and to allow the Holy Spirit to loosen our tongues to spread the Good News of God’s love and salvation to others.    God especially cares for “the frightened, the blind, the deaf, the lame, the mute,” and He encourages the powerless to “be strong and fearless.” Psalm 146 sings of a God who gives sight to the blind, raises up those who are bowed down and welcomes strangers. The Psalmist thanks God and asks us to rejoice because “the God of Jacob keeps Faith forever,” keeping His promise of peace and fullness of life for His people. In recent readings we have been given some basic, challenging principles of social justice. He exhorts Christians to show no partiality based on external appearance and to practice God’s “preferential option for the poor.” He warns the faithful against scorning or shaming the poor while showing special consideration to the rich.   Recently the Sunday  Gospel described how Jesus, by healing a deaf man with a speech impediment, “The eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.”  In another recent reading Isaiah listed conditions which are symbolic of our interior illnesses: blindness to the needs of our neighbour, unwillingness to hear God’s voice and the inability to speak words of praise, apology, forgiveness, and gratitude. 

Through the readings we hear at Mass we are constantly reminded that no one can be a follower of Jesus without reaching out to the helpless.