Monday 29 August 2016

(front of) newsletter, 28th August 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.
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
28th AUGUST 2016             YEAR C         Parish Mass book: p 130
JOURNEY IN FAITH: RCIA
Been thinking about becoming a Catholic for some time but not got round to doing something about it? Married to a Catholic but not yet made a religious commitment of your own? Baptized but want to be in full communion with the Church? Come along and find out more. Our first meeting will be on Tuesday 4th October at 7.30pm in the presbytery.
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PARISH COMMUNITY CLUB
In the Crypt. Entrance via The Bourne.
Mondays 10.30am to 12 noon.
August 2016 programme:
29th: Bank Holiday: closed
September 2016 Programme:
5th: Coffee and chat
12th: Richard Pollard – Postcards of Old Hastings – talk
19th: coffee and chat and at 11am a casual walk to the High Street ‘Shirley Leaf and Petal’
26th: Bruce: Old Hastings LincoLingo
Annual subscription: £3.
Non-members welcome: 50p for talks.
Coffee/tea & biscuit: 50p.
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SAFEGUARDING
If you have been given DBS/CRB forms, please could you fill them in and bring them back quickly with your verification documents. Many thanks to those who have already brought theirs back. Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries. Tel no. 07518521286 or 01424 753923. Please also see the notice on the back of this newsletter about the NEXT ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA DEANERY SAFEGUARDING BASIC AWARENESS TRAINING
Chris Emary,  Parish Safeguarding Officer.
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PARISH FINANCES
The offertory collection at last weekend’s Masses came to £599.81 including cheques and standing orders. Many thanks to all concerned.

IN MEMORIAM
Please pray for the repose of the soul of little
HUGHIE PRINGLE
Funeral Mass: 11am, Friday 2nd September.
May he rest in peace.

Please note: there will be no 10am Mass
on this day.
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
Sunday 11th September in the church hall from 10.45am to 1.00pm.
Cakes, tea and coffee will be on sale and there will be a raffle.
This event will be held in memory of Con Power, who died in May. He had enjoyed helping to run coffee mornings for the past few years.
All proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Care.
BAPTISM COURSE
There will be a Baptism course in the presbytery on Saturday 3rd September from 10.30am to 12 noon. Parents requesting Baptism for babies and toddlers in the next 3 months are requested to attend.
Babies and children welcome. Easiest entrance for buggies is through back door (car park entrance).
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PALLOTTINE POST-COMMUNION 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.
Mary, Mother of Divine Love, pray for us.








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