(front of) newsletter, 4th September 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-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

4^th SEPTEMBER 2016             YEAR C         Parish Mass book: p 133

NEXT SUNDAY There will be a special collection for the Catholic Education Service. --------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------- PARISH COMMUNITY CLUB In the Crypt. Entrance via The Bourne. Mondays 10.30am to 12 noon. 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. -------------------------------------------------------------- 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.

NEXT SUNDAY There will be a special collection for the Catholic Education Service. --------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------- PARISH COMMUNITY CLUB In the Crypt. Entrance via The Bourne. Mondays 10.30am to 12 noon. 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. -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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. ------------------------------------------------------------ PARISH FINANCES The offertory collection at last weekend’s Masses came to £928.36 including cheques and standing orders. Many thanks to all concerned. WALSINGHAM ASSOCIATION Our next meeting is on Tuesday 6th September 2016 at 10.30am in the Day Chapel. New members always welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------- PALLOTTINE POST-COMMUNION PRAYER Jesus in the Eucharist, our God and King. Jesus in the Eucharist, Our Creator and Redeemer. Jesus in the Eucharist, our Physician and our Medicine. Jesus in the Eucharist, our Food and our Grace. Jesus in the Eucharist, our greatest Good and Happiness. Jesus in the Eucharist, infinitely loving and worthy of love. Jesus in the Eucharist, You are the greatest and  most holy of our mysteries. St Vincent Pallotti, pray for us. Mary, Mother of Divine Love, pray for us.