Fr. Seamus is now recovering in a nursing home in West Sussex. Your prayers for his return to good health will be greatly appreciated.

The next meeting of the East Sussex Life Group will be held in the parish rooms of Christ the King at 7:30pm on Monday 1st June. All parishioners are welcome to attend.

It is hoped to form a care group within our Parish.

The aim is to offer help to parishioners with various problems such as transport at a time of crisis, filling in complicated forms, ensuring that people who have not been seen for a while are safe and well, etc. It is hoped to hold a meeting in a couple of weeks.

If you feel that this is something which might interest you, please down write your name, address, and phone number , and days and times when you would be able to come to such a meeting, and give it to me or Mary Hennelly.

If you or someone you know are thinking that you might like to become a Catholic, please collect a form from Fr. Barry about what to do next.

You can also follow the link on this page in the sidebar to the left for more information.

This is planned to resume from September

Please remember the following children who will be making their 1st Communion at Christ the King at the 11:30am Mass, Sunday, May 17th:

Harrison BAILEY
Pierce BARNS
Callum BUCHANAN
Shannon CHAWNER
Christopher CODLING
Ana DA SILVA GOMES
Lorna DAVIS
Daniel DEAN
Daniel DURBRIDGE
Katie DURBRIDGE
Tom DURRANT
Jack EDGE
Olivia GAUNTLETT
Caitlin GREANEY
Karina GULEVATY
Claudia IPEKU
Joseph LAVELLE
Zena MOHL
Alexi SILVERMANN
Olivia SINTHATURAI
Elana SMITH
Luke STEMP
Alexandra WILLIAMS
India-eloisha McKECHNIE
Nicholas RODRIGUES-BARBOSA

Its fast its fun and focuses on what it means to be a Christian in the 21st Century. THE NEXT CURSILLO - 3 day residential week-end course is to be held at WORTH ABBEY from the evening of Friday 22nd May to the afternoon of Monday 25th May 2009 (Bank Holiday Weekend). For further information contact: Nick Ward Tel: 01276 514263 or Email: njpward@ntlworld.com

This, unfortunately, has been cancelled due to not enough people coming forward to help with preparations and on the day.

One of our recently retired parishioners would like to offer his services and experience at reasonable prices. Either give me the details (written down!) and I'll contact him, or ring him direct on 07732992613.

The Sisters of Mercy, Mutomo, Kenya, would like to thank Fr. Barry and all parishioners of Christ the King, Holy Rood and St. Joachim for the generous gift of money at Easter. All money received is lodged to the " Sisters of Mercy Kenya Trust Fund " and details kept on file. It goes directly to where it is mostly needed and none is wasted.

Thank you again for your continued support, it is very much appreciated and you are always in our prayers.

Sr. Marian and the community.

Recently while sorting out my office, I found some stuff buried under a pile of papers, that I should have acted upon ages ago, So, if you have asked me to do something, and I haven’t, please remind me.

If you would like a Blessing of your home, or a Mass in your home, or a visit, please write it down with name, address, and phone number, and sug- gested date, and I’ll ring and confirm it with you.

Just a little note to say a very big thank you to all who were involved in making my mum's requiem Mass and reception very special. I know she thought a lot of her little church community. You all certainly done her proud!! Thank you also for making my family feel very welcome, and also for all the special Mass intentions and prayers.

Love, Debbie.

The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton working in partnership with East Sussex Local Authority have discussed with the Governors of both St. Thomas a Becket Infant and Junior Schools the possibility of forming a Federation between the two schools. The proposal, if agreed, will have the benefit of continuing to develop high quality education in the two schools.

Last week a letter was sent to a number of interested parties including all parents/carers who have children in the schools. This letter sets out more fully the reasons for the proposal to federate and also sets out a range of advantages. The letter also explains how and where responses are to be sent.

Federation essentially means that both schools will continue to be separate establishments but with a shared leadership and management structure at Headteacher and Governing Body levels. It will enhance the quality of education provision in both schools and in no way diminish it.

If you wish to have a copy of the proposal document then please visit the school.