St Thomas a Becket Catholic Primary School warmly invite parents of children due to start school for the first time in September 2026 to our open day on Wednesday 5th November. We will be holding 3 sessions throughout the day 9am, 1.30pm and 6pm. Please contact the school for further information or to be added to one of the sessions.
Email- [email protected]
Phone- 01323 737221.
Margaret Nevill would love to join a team at St Wilfrid’s Hall on Friday 17th October. Please contact Jackie on 841504 or email [email protected] if you have a vacancy. Thank you.
The Diocese of A&B is renewing and developing its Adoration Lay Committee in order to increase the practice of Eucharistic Adoration in parishes throughout the diocese. You are welcome to attend an Information Meeting. On Thursday 2nd October, at 8pm, for one hour. Registration from 7pm, includes light refreshments. In St Philip Howard Centre, Crawley RH10 6RP. For further details – See poster in the church.
Do you enjoy a bit of sewing or making simple jigsaws and wooden items? The Children’s Liturgy team needs helping hands to create resources for Godly Play—patterns are provided! Please speak to Annette or Teresa for more details.
Children’s liturgy: Both our churches offer regular children’s liturgy during term time.
¨ A gentle reminder for parents: please complete registration forms
¨ Children under 5 should be accompanied by a parent or carer.
¨ We urgently need new leaders—full training and support is provided, please speak to Teresa (St W) or Mary (St G) for more details.
¨ We also need Doorkeepers —volunteers who help escort the children safely to and from the hall and encourage them during the storytelling. Please add your name to the rota.
Exploring Our Faith: Catholicism with Bishop Robert Barron
New 10-week course (not consecutive) begins Wednesday 24th Sept, 6.30pm at 55 Gorringe Valley Road. Each session features a one-hour video from Bishop Barron’s acclaimed Catholicism series, followed by discussion. A wonderful opportunity to deepen and share our faith together. To find out more or to join, please contact Mary O’Hanlon (07789 464817 / [email protected]).
Our parish Harvest Festival will be celebrated at both St George’s and St Wilfrid’s on Sunday 28th September — a time to thank God for His gifts and share them with others.
¨ St George’s: The Monthly Charity Breakfast will follow the 9.00am Mass, raising funds for Eastbourne & Hailsham Foodbanks.
¨ St Wilfrid’s: A produce sale in aid of CAFOD will follow the 10.30am Mass (donations of fruit, veg, preserves, or baked goods welcome at Friday Mass, Saturday Adoration, or on the day).
¨ Foodbank Collection at both churches: Non-perishable items may be left in either church porch during the week.
CAFOD Family Fast Day – Friday 3rd October
Eat simply and donate to parish collection to help communities like Waré’s in Ethiopia, where women walk for hours to collect water. Your gift brings signs of hope in this Jubilee Year. Use the CAFOD envelope in church, digital plate or follow this QR code to make your donation.
Harvest Ploughman’s Lunch AT St Wilfrid’s – Sunday 5th October
To round off our harvest celebrations, St Wilfrid’s will be hosting a Harvest Ploughman’s Lunch after the 10.30 Mass on Sunday 5th October. Tickets are £5, with all proceeds going to CAFOD. Please sign up in advance if you’d like to attend. We’d love to share this simple, joyful meal with you.
“By the grace of God with the help of God”
The Rosary Group at St George’s, faithfully, quietly, constantly over the years gathered to pray and share time together each Monday early afternoon. This has been invaluable and leaves a great legacy of shared memories and company. It now lends to something most important for us in facing the challenge for the future. Suggestion has been raised to Fr Rory, that this could be a valuable opportunity for the elderly to receive Holy Communion in the church to begin with, and then they could join together for the rosary and teas in the hall after the service.
We will also have celebrated the anniversary of the Diocese at Ardingly Showground. At this time we can hope that it will be a great celebration of our life in the Diocese. When I entered the seminary, it had just been established, seeing as a good opportunity for a future of its own, freeing it from the clutches of the Diocese of Southwark.
Walsingham Pilgrimage – 14-16 October 2025: For more information please contact Cheryl in the OLR parish office (01323 723222).
I am planning to start a session of 10 weeks (not necessarily consecutive) showing the videos on Catholicism by Bishop Robert Baron. These are easy to watch and very informative on our faith-all the things we aren’t sure about or want to extend our knowledge of Catholicism. They are beautifully presented. There will be time for discussion and a book to guide us. Initially it will be in my home in Willingdon but I’m happy for others to host the videos too. Please call or text me if you are interested and I’ll try to arrange a date that suits most people. I look forward to our journey in faith Mary O’Hanlon 07789464817
