(back of newsletter) 4th September 2016

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: O Lord, You have been our refuge

                                              From one generation to the next.

IMPULSES FOR PRAYER: Wis 1:1-11;   Mt 8:19-22;   Jn 12:24-26

MEDITATION:  

Look back upon your past life, and you will find how critical were moments and acts, which at the time seemed the most indifferent: as, for instance…, the occasion of your falling in with those persons who have most benefited you, the accidents which determined your calling… . The most ordinary years when we seemed to be living for nothing, these shine forth in their very regularity and orderly course. The planting of Christ’s Cross in the heart is sharp and trying, but the stately tree rears itself aloft, and has fair branches and fruit, and is good to look upon.

JH Newman, ‘Christ manifested in remembrance’.

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DIVINE MERCY GROUP WELCOMES

you to join us in presbytery at 2.30pm on the following Mondays: 12^th September, 26^th September, 10^th October, 24^th October. Please note: there will be no prayer meeting on Monday 29^th August.

NEXT ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA DEANERY SAFEGUARDING BASIC AWARENESS TRAINING

27^th September 2016 from 7pm to 9pm, at St Mary Magdalene, TN40 1RH, opposite Bexhill train station.

You can book for the training on the Arundel and Brighton Diocesan website in the Safeguarding section under courses and events. Or phone our Parish Safeguarding Representative on 07518521286 or 01424 753923. The diocese needs numbers by 20^th September so they can provide the right number of handouts and refreshments. The training is for everyone, but the diocese is particularly targeting those who have a role in the parish which requires a DBS check and whose role brings them into contact with children and with adults at risk. The training is not for people who have attended one of our recent basic training evenings.

If you prefer to undertake online training, please email Rosemary.Terry@bishops-house.co.uk so that she can register you with EduCare, the national online training provider.

THE NEWMAN ASSOCIATION

Promoting open discussion and greater understanding in today’s Church.

Monday 5 September 2016 at St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, TN40 1RH, opposite Bexhill Station.

7pm for 7.30pm – 9pm: Rehabilitation or Forgetting Prisoners?

Speaker: Canon Keith Pound, former Chaplain General, Prison Service, England, Scotland and Wales.

All welcome.

Further information from: Edward and Barbara on 01424 219788or Fr Raglan Hay-Will on 01323 723222

THE PEOPLE’S NEW TAPESTRY

has been launched as part of the Hastings Celebrates 1066 events. You can buy a panel (£5) and sew a picture of yourself on; each panel will then be assembled onto larger back pieces and then be displayed in St Clement’s at least until the 1000^th anniversary. It is hoped that the Hastings embroidery will be out this year too. Email heather_agar@yahoo.co.uk or phone 01424 422242 if you’d like a panel  or see the Hastings 950 Tapestry Facebook page. Please note: St Clement’s Church will be open for the next few Saturdays for you to make your panels. All materials will be provided.

CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP meets on Tuesday evenings from 8pm till 9pm in the presbytery from 6^th September onwards. All are warmly welcome.