(front of) newsletter, 9th October 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-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

9th OCTOBER 2016             YEAR C         Parish Mass book: p 149

SCHOOL FORMS are being signed after the 6pm Mass on Saturdays in October. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PARENTS’ MEETING will be on Wednesday 12th October 2016 from 5pm to 6pm in the church hall. --------------------------------------------------------------CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARIAN APPARITION OF FATIMA We are considering running a parish pilgrimage to Fatima. If you are interested in going on pilgrimage to Fatima, please let Fr Seamus know. -------------------------------------------------------------- HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC CHOIR Ever sung in a choir?  It's a great way to get to know people! Hastings Philharmonic Choir is looking for singers to join them in a concert of Beethoven's 9th choral symphony with full orchestra on 12th November at White Rock Theatre. This  (Ode to Joy) has been adopted as a European anthem. The concert commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and celebrates European friendship, cooperation and peace. The concert also includes singing a 'prayer for the departed' called the Russian Kontakion. High voice tenors and sopranos especially welcome. Rehearsal evenings in the Tabernacle (opposite ESK) are on Wednesdays and/or Fridays. Contact 01424 426443 or christopher.cormack@gmail.com for more information. Śpiewałeś kiedyś w chórze? To świetny sposób na poznanie nowych ludzi! Nasz chór, Hastings Philharmonic Choir, szuka śpiewaków, którzy wzięliby z nimi i z pełną orkiestrą  udział w koncercie IX Symfonii Beethovena. Koncert odbędzie się 12 listopada w White Rock Theatre. Ta „Oda do radości” została zaadaptowana jako hymn europejski. Koncert nie tylko upamiętnia 100 rocznicę Bitwy pod Sommą, ale również ma uświetnić przyjaźń, współpracę i pokój w Europie. W tym roku, chór chce także aby koncert był szczególnym przesłaniem dla wszystkich Polaków i Europejczyków, którzy odwiedzają lub mieszkają w Hastings, przesłaniem, że są tutaj zawsze mile widziani. W programie koncertu znajduje się także pieśń : „Modlitwa za tych, którzy odeszli”, zwana rosyjskim kontakionem. Szczególnie mile widziane są wysokie tenory i soprany. Próby będą się odbywać wieczorami przy Tabernakulum ( naprzeciwko ESK) w środy i/lub piątki. Więcej informacji można uzyskać pod nr tel. 01424 426443 lub  christopher.cormack@gmail.com

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 to our meeting on Tuesday 11th October at 7.30pm downstairs in the presbytery. DIVINE MERCY GROUP WELCOMES you to join us in the presbytery at 2.30pm on Mondays: 10th Oct, 24th Oct. --------------------------------------------------------- PARISH FINANCES The offertory collection last weekend came to £771.68 including cheques and standing orders. Many thanks to all concerned. -------------------------------------------------------- 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. Chris Emary, Parish Safeguarding Officer. -------------------------------------------------------- HOLY DOOR PILGIMAGE TO MAYFIELD SCHOOL CHAPEL WITH BISHOP RICHARD Saturday 15th October. Mass at 10am. Ends with final prayers at 12.45pm. Bishop Richard would be very pleased if you were able to join him on this pilgrimage for the Year of Mercy. Mayfield School Chapel is at The Old Palace, High Street, Mayfield TN20 6PH. More information from Pia Cronin on 01435 874602 or email chaplain@mayfieldgirls.org PALLOTTINE POST-COMMUNION PRAYER Lord Jesus, make us ready for service in our vocation and for our countries and our world. We place our life, our work, our time at your disposal. Make us deeply aware of you. Take us fully to yourself and bind us tightly to you. Lord Jesus Christ, though you became a brother and a servant, yet you remained Our Lord. The divine service and the divine law is nothing but to love one’s brothers and sisters so that everyone does good to everyone else always urged by selfless love. St Vincent Pallotti, pray for us. Mary, Mother of Divine Love, pray for us.