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NEWSLETTER ITEMS FROM THE JUSTICE & PEACE GROUP WEEK COMMENCING 18-12-22

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Live Simply Tip of the Week When you clear the clutter from your home and simplify your space, you go a long way towards simplifying your life as well.

CAFOD World Gifts: Give a gift of hope this Christmas In Advent, let’s share the promise of hope that has been made to us with our sisters and brothers around the world. You can buy CAFOD’s World Gifts for family and friends this Christmas online at /worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/ or pick up a catalogue in church. World Gifts such as “super soup kitchens”, “trees for life”, or “water for a family” will help transform lives in a world filled with challenges.

 

Hunger could be eradicated with the money spent on arms in a year
Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis, during a meeting, spoke of his ‘pain for the war in Ukraine, and for other wars wounding humanity and reiterates his condemnation of the armaments race and the testing of weapons

NEWSLETTER ITEMS FROM THE JUSTICE & PEACE GROUP WEEK COMMENCING 11-12-22

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Collection Boxes There’s two boxes outside of the entrance to the church shop at St. Mary’s, one for food for those the homeless/austerity and one for medical items for Fr Silvester’s health centre

 

Live Simply – Good Food Habits Some Helpful hints, tips and guidance to help you get the greatest value from your food, making sure it’s eaten and saved from the bin.  See Love Food Hate Waste https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/article/it-all-adds

 

CAFOD World Gifts: Give a gift of hope this Christmas In Advent, let’s share the promise of hope that has been made to us with our sisters and brothers around the world. You can buy CAFOD’s World Gifts for family and friends this Christmas online at /worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/ or pick up a catalogue in church. World Gifts such as “super soup kitchens”, “trees for life”, or “water for a family” will help transform lives in a world filled with challenges.

 

A Celebration of Advent

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There will be a CELEBRATION OF ADVENT on Saturday 17th December at 4.00pm at St Mary of the Angels, Worthing. This service will help you prepare for Christmas with a journey through Advent with readings, choir, and congregational music.

Christmas Masses 2022

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Below are the Christmas Masses scheduled for Christmas 2022. Please make a careful note of the location of each Mass, either St Mary of the Angels, Worthing or Holy Family, Lancing.

CHRISTMAS EVE 24th DECEMBER

  • 5.30pm, Holy Family, Lancing – First Mass of Christmas
  • 5.30pm, St. Mary’s, Worthing – First Mass of Christmas
  • 8.00pm, St. Mary’s, Worthing – Mass of the Night (Carols from 7.30pm)

CHRISTMAS DAY 25th DECEMBER

  • 9.30am, St. Mary’s, Worthing – Mass of the Day
  • 11.15am, Holy Family, Lancing – Mass of the Day

Deanery Advent Reconciliation Services

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There are a number of reconciliation services across our Deanery through-out Advent. These are:

  • Sunday 11th December, 3.00pm, St Michael, High Salvington
  • Thursday 15th December, 7.00pm, English Martyrs, Goring-by-Sea
  • Thursday 15th December, 7.30pm, St Peter, Shoreham-by-Sea
  • Friday 16th December, 6.30pm, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, East Preston
  • Monday 19th December, 7.00pm, Holy Family, Lancing
  • Tuesday 20th December, 7.00pm, St Catherine, Littlehampton
  • Tuesday 20th December, 10.30am, Christ the King, Steyning
  • Wednesday 21st December, 10.30am, St Joseph, Rustington

Advent Confessions

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There are extra Advent Confirmation slots are available on Sundays 11th and 18th December at 8.45am (St Mary’s), 12.15pm (Holy Family) and 5.00pm (St Mary’s).

Remember that our Parish Reconciliation Service is at Holy Family Lancing on Monday the 19th December, 7.00pm.

Parish Confirmation Programme 2023

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Are you a student in Year 10 or above, and looking to better understand your faith?

Are you seeking to have your faith ‘confirmed’ at Arundel Cathedral before family, friends and the wider Catholic community?

If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then why not do something about it? We will begin preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation in January leading up to the Confirmation Mass in May. If you would like to join the programme, please email me Deacon Phil (deaconphil65@gmail.com), briefly letting me know why you would like to do this.

I look forward to hearing from you. Deacon Phil.

Enrolment for First Holy Communion 2023

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There will be an information and enrolment meeting for parents only who, in June 2023, wish their children to receive First Holy Communion. Children should be at least 7 years old by 31st January 2023. This meeting will be held at St. Mary’s Church on Monday 23rd January, from 7.00pm – 8.00pm. It is most important that all interested parents from both our Worthing and Lancing churches attend. The first session for children and parents is on Saturday 4th February from 1.15pm – 2.45pm in St. Mary’s Church. Enrolment forms and copies of your child’s Baptismal Certificate should be handed in at this session.

Please note, following strict guidance from the Diocese, only those children who live in the parish or who regularly attend Mass in one of our churches, may enrol on the programme.

Any queries should be addressed to Mary Murphy on 07827 774810.

NEWSLETTER ITEMS FROM THE JUSTICE & PEACE GROUP WEEK COMMENCING 4-12-22

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Living Pearl Boy’s Orphanage Here’s the latest from our parish project. The boys have now returned from Poland where they’ve been refugees since the start of the Russian conflict.  They are now back at the Orphanage in Ukraine after a unanimous vote to go home. They are back in their own school, healthy and happy and in good mental health.

 

There will be two boxes outside of the entrance to the church shop at St. Mary’s, one for food for the homeless and one for medical items for Fr Silvester’s health centre

 

 

Live Simply Tip of the week  Carbon Footprint – here’s a simple way to calculate your personal Carbon Footprint, it only take 5 minutes, produced by WWF https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/

 

 

CAFOD World Gifts: Give a gift of hope this Christmas In Advent, let’s share the promise of hope that has been made to us with our sisters and brothers around the world. You can buy CAFOD’s World Gifts for family and friends this Christmas online at /worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/ or pick up a catalogue in church. World Gifts such as “super soup kitchens”, “trees for life”, or “water for a family” will help transform lives in a world filled with challenges.

 

NEWSLETTER ITEMS FROM THE JUSTICE & PEACE GROUP WEEK COMMENCING 27-11-22

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CAFOD World Gifts: Give a gift of hope this Christmas In Advent, let’s share the promise of hope that has been made to us with our sisters and brothers around the world. You can buy CAFOD’s World Gifts for family and friends this Christmas online at /worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/ or pick up a catalogue in church. World Gifts such as “super soup kitchens”, “trees for life”, or “water for a family” will help transform lives in a world filled with challenges.

Living Pearl Boy’s Orphanage Here’s the latest from our parish project. The boys have now returned from Poland where they’ve been refugees since the start of the Russian conflict.  They are now back at the Orphanage in Ukraine after a unanimous vote to go home. They are back in their own school, healthy and happy and in good mental health.

 

Aid to the Church in Need.  The second collection was held last Sunday, if anyone still want to give online it’s acnuk.org/our-campaigns/redwednesday/

Please look out for the Red Wednesday banners outside of both churches to remind passers by of the the problems faced by many Christians around the world.

 

Live Simply Tip of the week  Plant a Tree scheme. Celebrate a significant faith event by investing in a greener environment. Suitable for baptisms, adult receptions, first communions, confirmations and marriages. For further information  www.nationalforest.org/