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Well done St George’s parishioners on an excellent fire drill last Sunday.  Evacuation took 1.5 minutes  which is well within the guidelines of 2.30/3 minutes. Thank you everyone for following instructions. It will keep everyone safe going forward. A huge thank you to the fire stewards – a vital part of the evacuation procedure and to the Children’s Liturgy Leader for ensuring the children understood the drill and safely left the hall to join their parents at the evacuation point. During the coming months there will be a reminder during our parish notices of how and where to evacuate so it remains fresh in our minds.
 

Service of Healing with Anointing of the Sick

Sunday 13th October 3pm—St Wilfrid’s Hailsham

Everyone, especially those with responsibilities for sick and/or elderly Catholics, living within Polegate/Hailsham/Willingdon and surrounding areas, may wish to bring loved ones to our healing Service, with the Anointing of the Sick, so that they may be commended to the Lord and strengthened with the Sacraments. Please pass this notice on to all who should consider attending.

Christ the King and St Joachim parish is organising a Pantomime for January 2025 and would be happy if any of our parishioners wanted to join them as cast/crew. If you are interested there is a meeting Today, Sept 22nd at 3.00pm in the hall at CTK Langney. If you can not make the meeting but would like to be part of the show email Sandra [email protected]
 

First Holy Communion: Deadline for enrolment has now passed. Our programme begins this week with an introductory meeting for parents on Wednesday 25th September 6pm in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall.  For more information contact Teresa Palmer. 07951082592, [email protected] .
 

Charity Breakfast at St George’s – after Mass. Sun 29th Sept.   Bring your friends and family all are welcome.  This month we are raising money for “You Raise Me Up Café”. 
 

St Wilfrid’s Sun 29th September:  During the family mass we will be led by our children’s liturgy in celebrating the harvest and give thanks to God for our food, our farmers, and all who produce and supply it. Please bring your offerings of fresh harvest produce to the church, at the Friday mass or on the day of the harvest mass. We will sell fresh produce afterwards to raise further funds for CAFOD. Gifts of tins & packet foods are requested during the month for Foodbank, please leave them in the labelled box in the porch as soon as possible. These will form part of our display. Most needed item list is at the back of church. 

St Georges Sun 6th October:  Same format as above except fresh produce donations requested by 8.45am at Sunday mass.

Thank you for your generosity.

Fr Rory celebrates his 75th birthday on September 24th and what better way to   celebrate this than by joining us for a sponsored walk along the Cuckoo trail on Sun Sept 29th? You may recall that Fr Rory had hoped we would all walk with him along this trail that links our two churches together as part of his golden Jubilee celebrations.  Sadly, this event was postponed due to the closure of the Cuckoo trail for that weekend.  We will set off 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 with warm hospitality and a delicious birthday tea.  Sponsor forms will be available soon at the back of church. Please gather as many sponsors as you can from friends and family.  We are raising funds for CAFOD. If you are unable to walk please come and celebrate the birthday tea with us at 4pm . 

No meeting in August. Our next meeting will be Friday 27th September.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMME 2024-25

First Communion Preparation: Parents are invited to enrol their children for our First Holy Communion Programme 2024 – 25 (those entering Year 3 or above). Application forms to join the programme are available at the back of the church and on the parish website. The course will begin with an introductory meeting for parents on September 25th at 6.00pm in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall.  Deadline for enrolment is September 15th. For more information, please     contact Teresa Palmer. 07951082592, [email protected]

Usually Ann Hoad makes the teas/coffees, sets up tables etc., but currently she has shingles.  Ladies and gentlemen stepped up to help for which we thank them.  As Ann will be absent for a while we would be very pleased if other people could help out please.  Lulu very kindly cleans away for us each week and we take this opportunity of thanking her so much.  If you can help please, just slip away before the last hymn and get the kettle on, it will be all set up for you.  Thank you in advance.

Please say a prayer that Ann will return as soon as she is able.  We send our best wishes to you Ann.  Sophie says “Thank You” to all who helped celebrate her birthday last week after Mass. The very large cake was gone in a flash!