Tuesday 3 November 2015

(front of) newsletter 8th November 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.
32nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8th NOVEMBER 2015             YEAR B            Parish Mass book p154

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
 www.snowflake-nightshelter.org.uk  When more induction sessions are arranged, these will be 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.
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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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.


  
THE ANNUAL PARISH QUIZ
will take place this year on Saturday 14th November starting at 7.30pm. It is open to teams of up to six.
Entry: £3 per person. Bring your own food and drink. Tea and coffee. Interval. Pre-booking is not essential. Just turn up on the night. For any further information contact 01424 431970.
COMMUNITY CLUB
In the hall on Mondays from 10.30am till 12 noon.
NOVEMBER PROGRAMME:
9th: Outing to Blackbrook Centre (now fully-booked)
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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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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PALLOTTINE PRAYER
Lord Jesus Christ, we wish to receive you in every moment, forever: and we wish to make as many acts of love and adoration
as you deserve and for all the goals that
 are pleasing to you.
St Vincent Pallotti, pray for us.
Mother of Divine Love, pray for us.






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