This year's worship celebrations is at Christ the King Church on Friday 5th March at 2.45pm. The service has been compiled by Christian women in the Republic of Cameroon, and their response to their many problems and concerns is "Let everything that ha breath praise God". The guest speaker is Sr. Walthera Brands, a Dominican sister, from the Holy Rosary Convent Eastbourne. Do come along and join us for this service if you can, and, yes, men are welcome too.

The Repository will be open before and after Mass on Sundays by Toni Harris.

St Richard's Catholic College and the Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust (HCPT) Easter Pilgrimage to Lourdes.

There are 17 young people from St Richard's Catholic College helping this year. Five of them are from Eastbourne, and two of them are in our parish, Nicola Marsden and Annalisa Kiely.

They will be looking after 6-7 disabled children for a period of two days during their five day stay in Lourdes. For the rest of the trip they will be involved in attending Masses at the Grotto and underground Basilica, and attending torchlight pro- cessions and, of course, general sight seeing!

The total cost per youth is £450. They are also raising extra funds through fundraising activities at school to hopefully pay for an additional disabled child to go to Lourdes.

Thanks to all who have encouraged them to take part, and helped with the cost.

Cabrini Children’s Society is holding a family charity day in conjunction with Surrey Gliding School at Kenley Airfield, Surrey on Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2010.

A flight lasting a maximum of 15 minutes (subject to weather conditions) will cost £45. The School are giving the society a very generous donation of £25 for each flight booked.

If you are interested in booking a flight or require more information, we would be grateful if you could contact Ann Hoggan as soon as possible by phoning 020 8668 2181 or emailing ann.hoggan@cabrini.org.uk

Special thanks to the Trinity Players, not only for much enjoyment from their plays and pantomimes and social events, but also for raising the magnificent sum of £1,000 for our Parish Funds.

It’s 50 years since the 1st Fast Day took root and this year’s Lent Fast Day is on Friday 26th Feb when we're asked to help change lives for the better in the poorest communities worldwide, by giving up something for Lent and donating the money saved to Cafod. Envelopes will be given out this weekend, and if you're a taxpayer, Cafod can claim an extra 28p in the pound if you fill in the gift aid details on the envelope. As the "give it up" theme runs throughout Lent, the Fast Day donations won't be counted until Lent finishes. Further information is in the "link corridor" at Christ the King.

A programme of maintenance work will commence at St. Joachim's with effect from Monday 12th. April and lasting to about 17th. May. It is proposed that the work will not substantially affect church activities. Details of the work are displayed in the church porch.

Veronica Dolan says, many, many thanks for all the prayers, cards, messages of goodwill and support during my recent operation.

They were much appreciated. Be assured of my prayers for you.

Each week on this web site we include on the ‘This Week’s Readings’ web page the relevant section from Lectio Divina, and we also make the Lectio Divina available as a down load from the Parish Newsletters download web page.

As a trial the Lectio Divina for March to May 2010 is now available on this web site by clicking here

To view this web page properly you should have a web browser (Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome are examples) that either supports HTML5 or has an Adobe Reader PDF plugin installed.

Required for St. Thomas a Becket Infant School from September 2010. Closing date - Mar 5th

Salary: L3 – L7 Group 2

As a committed Catholic you will be able to promote our Catholic ethos, enhance links with our diocesan family and forge stronger associations with the Junior School as part of the new Federation. Key stage 2 experience is desirable; however Key Stage 1 and Foundation Stage experience is essential. If you are an enthusiastic and exemplary practitioner seeking an exciting new opportunity, why not come and be part of our school.

For an application form and information pack please call 01323 726004 or email: office@stthomasbecket-inf.e-sussex.sch.uk

Interviews - w/c March 15th 2010

Visits to our school are welcomed.

East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunity employer.

The Diocese has produced a six week Prayer and Reflection Programme for Lent, “The Lord is my Light” and it can be taken from the back of the Church after Mass. Alternatively, the booklets are available by downloading a copy from the A & B website - http://trunc.it/5euf7. The programme is designed to help people prepare spiritually for Easter individually, by families at home, or in parish groups.

Marriage Care Eastbourne would like to hear of any person interested in helping the organisation (Voluntary). We are eager to recruit anyone who feels they have the skills to train as a Relationship Councillor and/or help couples prepare for marriage. If you feel a calling to help please contact jhmcdebsx@aol.com or Eastbourne 734776.

Come and go as you are able to a morning of prayer and reflection. An opportunity to pray for the upholding of all human life as sacred and for healing for those whose lives have been affected by abortion.

Community Wise, Ocklynge Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1PY on Saturday, february 20th from 9am to 1pm.

Sponsored by East Sussex LIFE and local churches.
Contact: John Carmody (01323 72634), John Mowbray (01323 487883)

Parishioners of The Holy Rood and Christ the King churches are asked to bring your Red Box to Mass on February 20/21st or 27/28th for it to be counted. For 2009 a total of £1164.60 was raised for the AFP. Thank you!

And please, don’t forget to pick up your Red Box the following weekend otherwise we don’t know if you are supporting the AFP for the future.

There are now some copies at the back of the church at Christ the King of the following:

LOOK - designed for all children between 4 and 9 years old. The theme each week is based on the Sunday gospel and the Liturgical season.

ICHTHUS - a Lectionary based children's guide to the Sunday Eucharist for children who have celebrated their 1st Communion. The readings and prayers for the Sunday are printed in a simplified form, and explained along with clear teaching points on the feasts and seasons of the Liturgical year.

The Trinity Players would like to thank all who supported their recent Pantomime and a special thank you to your generous contribution for the Haiti fund. The Raffle raised £310 and has been given to Cafod.

Thank you very much for the special collection for CAFOD in Haiti, the total came to just over £2,000. It was boosted by raffles at the Trinity Players production of Aladdin, to whom congratulations go for a most enjoyable time at all 3 performances.

CAFOD A&B. We would like to thank everyone for your incredible generosity for the people of Haiti, please see www.cafod.org.uk for updates and more information about the situation.

Also, we invite you to ‘Act in Love’ on Saturday 13th February 1-7pm including Kevin McCullogh (Head of Campaigns), workshops and reflections and finishing with a vigil Mass. We will have space and activities for children and will provide refreshments during the day and sandwiches after Mass. ‘Act in Love’ will be held at Wonersh Seminary. For more information or to let us know you’re coming (please!) contact us at arundelandbrighton@cafod.org.uk or 01483 898 886.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 16th February at 7:30pm in Christ the King Parish Room. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

During Lent there will be a Lunch in the Hall at Christ the King after the 12pm Mass, with the proceeds going to help the work of CAFOD.

We need a few more people to help with organising these lunches, so if you would like to offer your help, please let Eugene or Fr. Barry know.