(front of) newsletter, 13th March, 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.

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

13^th MARCH 2016             YEAR C         Parish Mass book p 176

SEASON OF LENT LENTEN GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Praise to You, O Christ, King of eternal glory. HOLY WEEK Sunday 20th March is Passion (Palm) Sunday. Our 10am Mass on Wednesday 23rd March will be our last morning Mass until Easter Sunday. THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM: THURSDAY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER 24th March Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7.30pm Followed by watching in the Day Chapel till 10pm. FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (Good Friday) 25th March is a Day of Fasting and Abstinence. Procession of Witness starts at St Clement’s Church at 10.30am, reaches Star of the Sea at 10.45am and ends in All Saints. GOOD FRIDAY LITURGY: 3pm There will be a retiring collection for the Holy Places. HOLY SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL: 8pm EASTER SUNDAY OF  THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Masses at 10am and 11.30am. ------------------------------------------------------- REHEARSALS FOR THE GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION OF WITNESS 13th March, 1pm, St Clement’s Church (to check roles and costumes, quick walk-through (in St Clement’s), anticipation of any particular issues for 2016. Come in the tower door, not the glass one. 20th March, 2pm, second and final  rehearsal.

THURSDAY IS: The Feast of St Patrick Bishop, Patron of Ireland. FRIDAY IS: The  Solemnity of St Joseph Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ON TUESDAY 15th MARCH There will be Liturgy of the Word with Communion instead of our 10am Mass. ----------------------------------------------------------- PARISH FINANCES The offertory collection last weekend came to £862.80 including cheques and standing orders. Many thanks to all concerned. EASTER OFFERING ENVELOPES are available at the back of the church. These are for your offerings for our Parish Priest. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------- SWIECENIE POLSKIEJ ZYWNOSCI (BLESSING OF POLISH FOOD) W Wielka Sobote, 26 marca, odbedzie sie swiecenia pokarmow, o godzinie 12.00 ----------------------------------------------------------- PALLOTTINE PRAYER It is not the defence of one’s own right that guards, preserves and perpetuates the evangelical works, but a humble life, which not only perpetuates them, but also increases them immeasurably. Anyone of us who should prove to be lacking in charity and in humility, would be an envoy of the devil and not of God. St Vincent Pallotti, pray for us. Mary, Mother of Divine Love, pray for us.