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Hailsham foodbank recently became a charity in its’ own right as the Crosslink Trust (Churches Together in Hailsham) will be no   longer active.  We need to close down our old Lloyds bank   account and have opened a new CAF bank account but haven’t been able to make contact with all of our regular givers to ask them to change their details if they still wish to give.  If you do give monthly to our old Lloyds account and would like to continue supporting us please see our website for the new bank details or get in touch for a new form (and gift aid form if applicable).  We very much appreciate the practical support and prayers of all the local churches.  Thank you Julie, 01323 398358 or [email protected]

This afternoon at 3pm our sponsored walk will take place from St George`s Polegate to St Wilfrid`s in Hailsham.  If you have not yet sponsored anyone you can after Mass at St Wilfrid`s you, have two options. To use the card   machine in the porch or to add your name to Fr Rory`s form which will be in the porch. 

For those who are walking this afternoon please remember to bring a bottle of water with you and also to use sunscreen.

Thank you to all those who are walking  and who have sponsored them, who has supplied cakes and to those preparing and manning the hall for the get-together afterwards.

Our Sponsored Walk Today

With the help of God, our walk will do me and indeed all of us some good.  My ability to ask for sponsorship money does not bode well for its financial outcome; but its social value is of great importance.  Quite a number of key        persons for our cause are away, but hopefully it presents an important opportunity for our parish communities to reach out.

I am always impressed by Mary’s Meals.  As well as reaching more than 2.4 million hungry children every school day with our life-changing meals, we do everything we can to help in emergency situations.  It is thanks to your kindness that Mary’s Meals is a shining beacon of hope in dangerous and desperate times.  Already this year we have responded with urgency to the earthquake in Syria and the cyclone in Malawi.  We are also providing emergency aid to people in Tigray, a region in Ethiopia that was locked in brutal civil war for two years from November 2020.

Our Mary’s Meals family longs for the day that it is safe for classrooms to reopen so that we can return to serving our school meals to children as they learn.  In the meantime, your donations to our Crisis in Ethiopia Appeal will enable us to keep doing all we can to bring hope to the people of Tigray as they try to rebuild their lives. 

Thank you for all you do for the world’s poorest children.

Parish Social Events provide a life to our parish and its wider community beyond our spiritual devotions, however we need many more volunteers to reduce the workload of just a few.  If you can offer even just occasionally to help, please give your name and details to Jean Barnham at St W or Sandra King at    St G. We need as many willing helping hands as can be offered! 

Eastbourne Hospital Mass is celebrated in the chapel on the last Tuesday of each month at 12noon. The next Mass is on June 27th. All welcome as we pray for patients, staff and their families.   

‘Our Sponsored Walk’

Is coming at a most opportune time.  I have to confess I really need the exercise, and must benefit from it.  At the   moment the amount of exercise that I take is pathetic.  I could say that at one time I made a real effort to keep fit enough.  Now my car provides too much of my comfort zone.   This is a chance to get back into my stride.  The walk will provide a good challenge and become a real marker for my future exercise endeavours.  Getting sponsorship is more of a challenge.  I am being encouraged to get sponsorship, but  I also know that many are constantly giving in support of the activities that are taking place at this time.

Finance is becoming more of a challenge and careful decisions are very important.  Maintenance, health and safety requirements, child and vulnerable adult protection are going to be a heavy essential expense in parishes in the      future.  So it is important, like our kindred cause “Foodbank” similar charitable causes must remain a constant on our horizon.

The Bursary Fund was formed by The Catenian Association, a Catholic    organisation which promotes Catholic life. The Fund makes 2 types of awards: Lourdes Awards – every year many young Catholics travel to Lourdes to work as a helper to an assisted pilgrim. Individual Project Awards – a grant to assist a young Catholic to volunteer in the UK or overseas. Contact www.catenianbursary.com or Eastbourne Catenians : [email protected].   

Hailsham Foodbank are asking if we can help with some donations for local asylum seekers as follows:-

Clothes; sizes S x 30, M x 15, L x 10, Indoor games, Shoe/Flipflops; sizes 40 x 18, 41 x 20, 42 x 20, 43 x 12, 44 x 12 and 45 x 5.  Thank you.

Next afternoon tea will be Thurs 29th June, 2-4pm, St W’s Hall.  £5.  We will have a French theme, as Annette & Joan will be back from their holiday in France.  See you there!

Our next outing is a trip to Staverton Nursery, Mon 26th June, £10 each.  Leaves St Wilfrid’s 10am return 4pm. contact Joan on 07873390944.

Charity Breakfast:  Today, 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.