Tuesday 10 November 2015

(front of) newsletter 15 Nov 2015

St. Mary Star of the Sea   1 High Street, HASTINGS TN34 3EY
Tel: 01424 421263              Email: stmaryshastings@outlook.com
(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. Tuesday 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.
33rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
15th NOVEMBER 2015             YEAR B            Parish Mass book p 157

CONFIRMATION 2016
Information meeting for parents/guardians and candidates will be held in presbytery at 5.00 pm on Sat 14th November. Application forms are available in church porch; please return completed form to the presbytery. Candidates need to be in Year 10 and above.
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MASS FOR PARISHIONERS
who passed away this year will be celebrated on Saturday 21st November at 6pm.
ENVELOPES ARE AT BACK OF CHURCH
 for you to take and fill in with the names of your dearly departed. You can hand your filled-in envelope with or without an offering enclosed to Fr Seamus or through the presbytery letterbox and it will be placed on the altar throughout November.
THE SNOWFLAKE TRUST
If  you would like to volunteer to help at the Snowflake night shelter, you can find an application form and details of other training sessions at
If you missed the induction meeting in our hall, do attend the meeting below, 7.30 to 8.30pm:
Mon 16th November at the Salvation Army Citadel, St Andrews Square. Details are also posted in the space on the Children’s Liturgy noticeboard.
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CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 28th NOVEMBER
10.30am to 1.30pm. There is a box at the back of the church for your contributions: raffle prizes, ie choc, bottles, toiletries, books, decoration, unwanted gifts, gifts for Santa’s Grotto. Many thanks.
BAPTISM COURSE
There will be a Baptism course on Saturday 5th December from 10.30am till 12 noon downstairs in the presbytery. All parents requesting Baptism for their babies and toddlers in the next three months are required to attend. Babies and children welcome. Easiest entrance for prams and pushchairs
 is at back of presbytery.

COMMUNITY CLUB
In the hall on Mondays from 10.30am till 12 noon.
NOVEMBER PROGRAMME:
16th: Prisons’ Week – talk by Canon Keith Pound, ex-prison padre   23rd: Coffee and chat
26th: The Gang Show  30th: Adrian’s Quiz
Coffee/tea and biscuits 50p. Annual subs: £3. Includes subsidized outings and meals.
Free entry to Coffee & Chat and quizzes
Visitors welcome to talks at 50p
You’ll be welcomed and comfortable and see and hear good stuff!
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PARISH FINANCES
The offertory collection last weekend came to £722.40 including cheques and standing orders.
Many thanks to all concerned.
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CATENIAN QUIZ NIGHT
at Beauport Park Golf Club from 7.30pm on Friday 27th November.  Entry is £7.50 and includes a light ploughman’s supper. Proceeds to the Circle Benevolent fund.  Tickets from Richard or
Brenda Widenka – Tel 01424 772 090.
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Little Stars Parent and Toddler Group
every Thursday 9.15-11.15am during term time at Sacred Heart School Hall. Lovely toys, crafts, snacks and friendly faces. 

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PALLOTTINE PRAYER
Lord Jesus Christ, give us your light to enkindle faith, give us your strength to spread your love, grant that no-one may ever approach us in vain.
St Vincent Pallotti, pray for us.
Mother of Divine Love, pray for us.






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