(front of) updated newsletter, Sun 14th 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.

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT     YEAR C

14^th FEBRUARY 2016             YEAR C         Parish Mass book p 153

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 £752.80 including cheques and standing orders. Many thanks to all concerned. The amount raised for our Handicapped Children’s Pilgrimage to Lourdes was £443.30. Well done to all involved! NEXT SUNDAY there will be a special collection for CAFOD Fast Day, which is on Friday. ------------------------------------------------------- COMMUNITY CLUB In the hall on Mondays from 10.30am to 12 noon. FEBRUARY PROGRAMME: 15: Coffee and chat 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! -------------------------------------------- ERRATA Some people are always looking for mistakes, and to keep all our customers happy we print deliberate mistakes. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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. St Vincent Pallotti, pray for us. Mary, Mother of Divine Love, pray for us.