21st December 2014, Fourth Sunday of Advent, (front of) newsletter

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.

21st DECEMBER  2014   FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT       YEAR B

NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS All are warmly welcome to this ecumenical service today, Sunday 21st December at 4pm at St Clement’s Church. Fr Seamus and parishioners from Star of the Sea are reading at this service. ----------------------------------------------- SNOWFLAKE : DONATIONS NEEDED to cover the cost of £15 per Tuesday night for food at Snowflake. Donations can be placed in an envelope marked Snowflake and put through the presbytery letterbox or handed to Fr Seamus or Chris Emary our parish organiser for Snowflake. Snowflake also needs donations of socks, gloves, boxer shorts, scarves and hats, which can be left in the box at the back of the church. 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 and St Leonards in winter. ----------------------------------------------- THE ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Would like to thank all those who gave so generously to their appeal the weekend before last. Our meetings will be on Wednesday evenings during the Snowflake months. New members welcome. COLLECTION AT CHRISTMAS MASSES Is for the support of our Parish Priest. Envelopes are available at the back of the church for this. GAD holders, please use your envelopes.  Thank you.

CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME CHRISTMAS EVE: Children’s Mass: 5.30pm Carol Service: 9.30pm Mass of the Nativity:10.00pm CHRISTMAS DAY: Mass  of the Nativity: 10am and 11.30am ON NEW YEAR’S EVE There will be Mass at 7.30pm. RECONCILIATION/CONFESSIONS Every Saturday 10.30am and after the 6pm Mass. PARISH FINANCES The offertory collection last weekend came to £932.91 including cheques and standing orders. The collection for Christmas flowers came to £83.28. 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, particularly tomorrow, Mon 22nd December, to prepare the church for our Christmas Masses. Please speak to Fr Seamus if you can join one of these vital ministries. PALLOTTINE PRAYER Because you, O God, are the infinite Love, you have loved us, and in your mercy wished that your only-begotten Son should become one of us and bring us who are sinners before You. That is why You sent your Son as our Redeemer.