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World Mission Sunday

Today, parishes worldwide celebrate World Mission Sunday.  By supporting Missio – the Pope’s charity for world mission – we stand united as God’s global family, in prayer, solidarity and action.  We are called to be ’Missionaries Of Hope Among All Peoples’ as everyone deserves to hear that God loves them and to be strengthened by God’s Spirit.  Please pray for missionaries and give what you can to this vital collection, bringing God’s compassion, peace and justice to those in need.   To donate, use the Missio envelope, call 020 7821 9755 (office hours) or visit mission.org.uk to give a gift, set up a Direct Debit and Gift Aid your  donation if possible.
 

19th October 2025

Fr Rory writes:                                          

 Simple & Sincere.                                          For the love of God.

The harvest is great but the labourers are few, ask the Lord of the harvest.

With help of God; let us focus upon the Kingdom of God.  The focus remains the same, the labourers are few.  Moments of Grace are so important, and as you read, our moments of grace are so special.  My greatest failure is expressed in the appeal for Special Ministries.  The constant reality is that the labourers are few.  The Requiem Mass for Shiela Jury was very special, and great thanks to the funeral helpers who worked so hard to provide the event.  Another bonus, Annette has been given a date for her surgery.  The incredible amount of work that she does, sometimes without much support, leaves us very short while she is recuperating.  We wish her a speedy recovery, and like Lulu make a remarkable recovery.  All our thanks is not sufficient, but we remain ever so grateful.  The other items help us to realise how important our newsletter has been as a great platform to help us communicate within our communities.  We hear a lot about it, “to be vibrant communities”.  A constant work that will dictate the outcome for our future.  Other special moments, a call for prayer and thanks for Gary’s dad and the long list, who we remember each week in the newsletter, which is constantly updated.  Constant moments, “Month of the Holy Rosary”, nourishment.

West Hub Lumen Christi Confirmation Formation Group

Last Saturday, the West Hub Lumen Christi Confirmation Formation group gathered for the first time. Please keep in your prayers the more than fifty young people who have begun their journey of preparation to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation after Easter 2026.

Applications for this year’s programme are now closed. If you have a child who will be in Year 9–13 in September 2026, applications for the next group will open in July 26.

East Sussex Young Care Leavers Christmas, donation request:

Each year our team of staff have been able to cook and serve a Christmas meal, give small Christmas gifts and create a happy and positive experience for 200 of our local care leavers aged between 16-25 yrs and in some cases also their own children.  They often find Christmas a very difficult and isolating time and sadly they do not have the usual  support networks that makes Christmas a special time for many.

We are collecting small gifts or items suitable to include in our fundraising Christmas raffle, or if you are thinking of a financial donation, however small, please write a cheque payable to East Sussex County Council and pass to Jackie in the office.  Thank you in advance.

World Mission Sunday

Next Sunday, the Holy Father invites all Catholics to support Missio – his charity for world mission – through a special collection.  This day of prayer, solidarity and giving unites Catholics worldwide to share the Good News of God’s love which has the power to transform lives and heal our world.  To donate, use the Missio envelopes, call 020 7821 9755 (office hours) or visit mission.org.uk to give a gift, set up a Direct Debit and Gift Aid your donation if possible.
 

12th October 2025

Fr Rory writes:        

Father,                                                Son                                       and Holy Spirit. 

A work in process.  Progress was made at the meeting last Monday at OLR.                                                                                             Our Parish Priest, Fr Kevin has sent us the following information:-

NEW PARISH UPDATE

Our New Parish will operate from 2 Hub centres (the Eastbourne end and the St Leonard’s/Hastings end). We already have an excellent Leadership Group up and running in each Hub, made up of clergy and lay reps from each church. When we reach     Advent, end of November, we will have a Single  Newsletter for all churches in each Hub; all our Catechists will be working together across churches to deliver Sacramental programmes; we will have Stewardship Groups in each Hub, expertise drawn from across our churches, to oversee care of our many buildings in a strategically joined-up way; we will be consulting with you all about revised New Mass Schedules in each Hub, taking account of fewer priests and giving good variety of times for everyone. Please keep all this work in your prayer, and for more detailed info see: https://eastbourne-stleonards.org.uk  God bless,  Fr Kevin (on behalf of the clergy team)