(front of) newsletter, 21st Feb 2016

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.

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT     YEAR C

21st FEBRUARY 2016             YEAR C         Parish Mass book p 156

SEASON OF LENT LENTEN GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Praise to You, O Christ, King of eternal glory. STATIONS OF THE CROSS 9.30am each Friday in Lent. Please note that in Lent we do not need flower donations. Many thanks. ---------------------------------------------------- CONFIRMATION CLASSES RESUME on 27th February. ------------------------------------------------ PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE 16th SEPTEMBER 2016. Departing from Gatwick.  £539. PRICE INCLUDES: 7 nights on halfboard basis near St James’s Church. Full religious programme operated by Marian Pilgrimages. All airport and local taxes. 24-hour emergency assistance. Luxury coach transfer with guides Single supplement is £130. Insurance £30 extra Spiritual Director: Fr Seamus Stapleton  Tel 421263 Email: stmaryshastings@outlook.com ------------------------------------------------------- A RACE NIGHT with a difference and not horses and Silent Auction will be held on Wed 2nd March in the hall by the 7th Hastings Scouts. Doors open 7pm. First race 7.30pm. Donations of items or promises welcome – can be given to a scout or dropped in any Wed night from 7.30pm. In aid of scout funds. ---------------------------------------------------------- BAPTISM COURSE Saturday 19th March, 10.30am till 12 noon in the presbytery, lower floor. Parents of babies and toddlers requesting Baptism in the next 3 months are required to attend. Please come with your preferred date for Baptism. Easiest entrance for prams/pushchairs is from car park - back door.

PARISH FINANCES The offertory collection last weekend came to £785.27 including cheques and standing orders. The collection for Many thanks to all concerned. TODAY there will be a special collection for CAFOD Fast Day, which was on Friday. ON SUNDAY 6th MARCH, Mothers’ Day, the children and staff of the Sacred Heart School will be joining us for our 10am Mass. (There will be no Children’s Liturgy of the Word on this day.) --------------------------------------------------------- COMMUNITY CLUB In the hall on Mondays from 10.30am to 12 noon. FEBRUARY PROGRAMME: 22: Felicity: Care Homes 29: Coffee and chat Tea/coffee and biscuits 50p. Visitors welcomed for talks at 50p. Otherwise free. Membership fee: £3 The hall will be warm and welcoming! KSC Membership Appeal Your local Knights of St Columba are holding an appeal for Catholic Gentlemen to join them. We will be here at the end of each Mass over the weekend of the 27/28th February with information and to answer questions and queries for those interested and may hopefully wish to join us. --------------------------------------------------------- BPAS CAMPAIGN TO LEGALIZE ABORTION ON DEMAND UP TO BIRTH See back of newsletter for information on this. --------------------------------------------------------- PALLOTTINE PRAYER Come, angels and saints and all creatures of the universe, come and adore the Infinite Love. Come, adore, admire, praise him, thank him for all eternity and even beyond. St Vincent Pallotti, pray for us. Mary, Mother of Divine Love, pray for us.