(Front of) newsletter of St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Hastings, UK, Holy Family, 28th December 2014

St. Mary Star of the Sea   1 High Street, HASTINGS TN34 3EY

Tel: 01424 421263

(Arundel and Brighton Diocesan Trust – Registered Charity 252878)

Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Parish Priest: Fr Seamus Stapleton SCA

Normal Mass Times

Sundays: 6.00pm (Sat), 10.00am, 11.30am. Monday to Saturday: 10.00am

Adoration: First Friday of Month 10.30am to 12 noon. Saturdays: 10.30am to 11am.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 10.30am and after the 6.00pm Mass.

28th DECEMBER  2014  

HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH     YR B

SNOWFLAKE : DONATIONS NEEDED Snowflake still needs donations of socks, gloves, boxer shorts, scarves and hats, which can be left in the box at the back of the church. They also need a few more donations of £15 to cover the cost of catering for each Tuesday night. The Snowflake project provides overnight accommodation, which on Tuesday nights is in our hall at Star of the Sea, to homeless people who would otherwise be sleeping rough in Hastings & St Leonards in the extreme winter months. --------------------------------------------------------- THE ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Our meetings will be on Wednesday evenings during the Snowflake months. New members welcome. THANK YOU FROM FR SEAMUS For your kind gifts and cards at Christmas. PARISH FINANCES The offertory collection last weekend  came to £684.16 including cheques  and standing orders. Many thanks to all concerned. --------------------------------------------------- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED To join the rota of those who serve teas and coffees after the 10am Mass on Sunday mornings. We also need volunteers to join our church cleaning crew. Please speak to Fr Seamus if you can join one of these vital ministries.

PARISH COMMUNITY CLUB in the hall, Mondays 10.30am to 12 noon. All welcome. Coffee/tea, biscuit 50p. Programme: December: 29: closed. January (non-members 50p entrance to talks and demonstrations): 5: Singalong. 12: Hastings Voluntary Service    19: Coffee & chat. 26: Nicola Bewes: Your feet, your health. --------------------------------------------------- DIVINE MERCY PRAYER GROUP Do join us in the presbytery at 2.30pm on 5th Jan. FR SEAMUS WISHES EVERYONE MANY BLESSINGS IN 2015 AND WARMLY THANKS EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE HELP IN PREPARING THE CHURCH FOR THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS. --------------------------------------------------- PALLOTTINE PRAYER O, Lord our God, how much you love us! You gave your only Son, who in the womb of the virgin Mary became man. Your infinite mercy saw our misery. You gave us the richness of our Lord Jesus Christ himself. Sanctify our whole lives and enrich us with his merits. St Vincent Pallotti, pray for us.