(front of) newsletter, 18th June, 2017

St. Mary Star of the Sea   1 High Street, HASTINGS TN34 3EY

Tel: 01424 421263              Email: stmarystarofthesea.hastings.uk@gmail.com

(Arundel and Brighton Diocesan Trust – Registered Charity 252878)

Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Parish Deacon: Rev. Duncan Brown.     Parish Priest: Fr Eamonn Monson, 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.

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)   18th June 2017             YEAR A         Parish Mass Book page: 83

WELCOME TO  OUR NEW PARISH PRIEST, FR EAMONN MONSON SAC We wish him well in his new appointment. ------------------------------------------------------- IN MEMORIAM Please pray for the repose of the soul of SHANE WHELAN His Funeral Mass will take place on Thursday 22nd June at 10am. We offer our prayers and sympathy to his relatives. May he rest in peace. ------------------------------------------------ GOING FORTH MASS The children who received their First Holy Communion on 13th May will receive their First Holy Communion certificates during the 10am Mass. Please keep them in your prayers. --------------------------------------------------------- SPORTS DAY AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL This took place on Tuesday last and congratulations to all who took part. Next stop the Olympics. QUIZ EVENING Saturday 1st July ( by Bethune  Twinning Association)  in the church hall. The cost is £10 per table of 4  and there will be a raffle. Please contact Ann-Marie Hassan: email: aahassan@sky.com  or phone 07729 629915 or you can see her in the church most days and at 10am Sunday Mass. You can also leave a message in the church for her. 7pm  for 7.30pm start. Cost of table = £10. Refreshments of Tea and Coffee will be provided free but you can bring your own preferred drinks.All welcome; bring your friends for an enjoyable evening. (Don't worry - we are not trying to sign you up). ------------------------------------------------------------ FATHERS’ DAY We wish all our dads a wonderful day today. May God the Father bless you.

DAY FOR LIFE The second collection this weekend supports the crucial work of Day for Life. This enables the Church to fund the Anscombe Bioethics centre as well as projects that seek to care for life at every stage and in every condition. Please visit www.dayforlife.org ------------------------------------------------------------ CAFOD have written to thank you all for your support this Lent, and your generous gift of £335.70. Full notice on noticeboard. --------------------------------------------------------- GIFT AID DONATION STATEMENT LETTERS for the tax year ended April 2017. There are more up-to-date letters on the table at the back of the church. Please check even though you may already have received one. ------------------------------------------------------------ PARISH COMMUNITY CLUB In the Crypt. Entrance via The Bourne. Mondays 10.30am to 12 noon.  June Programme:  19th: Part 3 of Now You See It – Mike Plumbe 26th: Trip to Paradise Park/ Newhaven Fort. Members only, booked in advance. New year starts in June for our club. Annual subscription: £3. Non-members welcome: 50p for talks. Coffee/tea & biscuits 50p. Do join us. DIVINE MERCY GROUP All are warmly welcome to join us in the presbytery on the following Mondays at 2.30pm: June 19th, July 3rd, July 17th, July 31st. There will be no Divine Mercy prayer group during August. A THOUGHT Our days are identical suitcases – all the same size – but some people can pack more  into them than others.