Sick Parishioners; Rotas Oct 17/18 St. Peter’s CatholiC Centenary Celebration Readers Thank you for joining us last Friday Please pray for; Sophie Lowrey Sat Oct 17 6 .00pm J. Hancock for our centenary celebrations. Our Jim McFarlane, Vincent O’ Rourke, Portland Road Caroline Audy, Tony Harris, Paul C. Kilgallon Church was full but not packed. I BN3 5GD Smith, Margaret Chapman, Veronica Sun Oct 18 8.30am S. Coldicott was hoping to see people standing M. Wilkinson Green, Helen Bond, Maria Reynauld, th around as they normally do at the 10.00am A. Armstrong October 11 early Christmas Eve Mass. I know it Carmel Downs, Susan Luckhurst, 11.15am H. Bentley was a bit late for young families and Tess Fallon, Margaret Kelsey, A. McDonald 28th Sunday of the Year Maureen Gallagher, Gill Fernandez, very young children would have Special Ministers Rose Feeley, Bridget Daly, Jean Sat Oct 17 6.00pm C. Atherton, found the service a bit long. Brown, Larah, Mary O’ Keeffe . A. Graham, C. Robertson Parish Priest: Fr. Jerry O’Brien However it was a good evening and Sun Oct 18 8.30am P. Randall, Priest’s House, many were able to stay and Cardinal Newman School J. O'Meara, V. Wells Shelley Road, Hove BN3 5GD socialise and meet and speak with Support forms 10.00am R. McDermott, Bishop Richard. D. Fletcher, J. Murray, C. Thorp Tel: 01273 733840 If you intend sending your child to Mobile: 07792 331942 11.15am L. Perkins, Centenary Committee; Cardinal Newman School you will G. London, B. Szymczyk Website: www.stpeters-hove.org.uk A special word of thanks to Brian need your support form signed by me. email [email protected] Palmer and the members of the If you are known to me please post Servers committee for organising the event your Support Form in my letter box Sat Oct 17 6.00pm A. & F. Russell, with copy of Baptismal certificate. I will O. Gould, A. Tanzer, N. Simpkins and to Vincent Joyce for his bring the form up to the School in Sun Oct 18 8.30am E. & W. Palmer, Mass times and Intentions excellent work in preparing the good time. Herbie Sat Oct 10 6.00pm Marie & Joan booklet for you. We printed extra 10.00am N. Collings, Hobden copies which are available for you at Sun Oct 11 8.30am Kieran Cashman Quiz evening N. Sim, H. Benson, C. Johnson the back of the Church. 11.15am R. Childs, 10.00am Parishioners Flowers; We wanted the Church to The UCM will be holding their Quiz 11.15am Mary McCauley rd S. Ajouri have an Autumn look and Anne and Night on October 23 in aid of the Mon Oct 12 10.00am Hugo Hudson Cathy made sure our beautiful Kenyan Mission. Tickets £7.50 to Mass Co-ords Sat/Sun Oct 17/18 Tue Oct 13 10.00am Basil Reynauld include Ploughman’s supper. Tickets Sat 6.00pm S. Hollow Wed Oct 14 10.00am Raymond Thompson Church was alive and welcoming. from Susan Cashman 416764 Sun 8.30am Brian Palmer & Family Thu Oct 15 10.00am Irene Jee Choirs; For a number of weeks 10.00am D. Tarleton & Family Fri Oct 16 10.00am Terry Greville under Andrew’s leadership both our Junior Choir 11.15am M. & R. Green Sat Oct 17 10.00am Pip Maher- Choirs (Folk and Main) were working Loughnan Meet with Jane in the Hall on together to provide excellent singing Children’s Liturgy Rota Oct 18 on the night. Bishop Richard was Wednesdays evenings from 6pm to Sat Oct 17 6.00pm Sheila McCabe Pre School Mike McGovern very impressed. Both choirs give 7pm. Yr 3 upwards are very welcome. Sun Oct 18 8.30am Holy Souls Rec/ Yr 1 Emma 10.00am Parishioners generous service week after week to Yr 2/3 Andrea Hall Bookings 11.15am Alma Neville make sure we celebrate in a

For children’s parties, etc., contact Priest’s prayerful manner. House. Cost £40. This time of the year we Coffee Oct 18 10.00am Hampton & Sheffield Families Sacrament of Reconciliation have a lot of bookings for the Hall so Celebrated on Saturday morning Junior Choir; The Junior Choir please book on time. 11.15am V. Pessini & Sarah Simonds 10.30am. under Jane’s leadership set the

Collection £2023.00 tone and sang beautifully to prepare Parent Toddler Group Please pray for the repose of the soul all assembled for the entrance In the Hall Friday afternoon from 2pm of Perpetua Fernandes. Funeral procession. to 4pm. Caroline 07771660223 arrangements later.

Thanks also to our Readers and Retiring Collection Month of the Rosary servers and all those who provided Next weekend for the Association for We will pray the Rosary on Friday food and drink for us in the Hall. the propagation of the Faith, mornings before Mass. supporting the Missions. Centenary continued; We decided to Confirmation Forms Dates for your diary Family Fast Day keep the centenary theme at our We look forward to welcome those Oct 12 Confirmation Parents Meeting We will take up a collection at the weekend Masses with Jane, Mary who wish to prepare for the Oct 12 Adult formation RCIA end of Mass this weekend to support and Adrian working with a small Sacrament of Confirmation with their Oct 17 F. Comm Children sessions the work of CAFOD. At this harvest group of young musicians to lead the parents in the Hall on Monday Oct 22 Baptism Preparation Meeting time we should give thanks for the th music and singing at the Saturday eve evening 12 Oct at 8pm. Those Oct 23 U.C.M Quiz food on our tables and share with Mass. They were great. who are in year 10 and upwards are Nov 1 Blessing of Graves those who have very little. Sorry for very welcome. Please register by Nov 8 Mass for our deceased forgetting to put the CAFOD Display Boards; We will leave the filling out the form you find in the Relatives/Parishioners envelopes out. photographs dating back to the time Church porch. Contact Mary Reeve. Nov 13 Hangleton Brass Band the Church was built up for a couple [email protected] Nov 14 Catholaity Bazaar Newman College of weeks. Please have a look at them. Dec 20 Carol Service Open evening for all Yr 11 students th Vincent also took some photographs Adult formation Group RCIA on Thursday 15 Oct 7.00-9.00pm on the night and you can see them in Our next evening together will be on th English Language Conversation the porch of the Church. Monday October 12 at 8pm. We have quite a number of people Rotas Thanks to all who came to the If you missed the early meetings no in our Parish now from Syria, Poland The new rotas are now ready and celebration to give thanks for the problem. This is a Group for adults Slovakia, etc. Some are fluent in can be found in the Church Porch many blessings we have received. We who may have been baptised but English but there may be others who and on the Parish website. Sorry go forward now in the certainty that not brought up in the practice of the may be interested in an English about any mistakes and thanks for we all have a mission to proclaim the faith, or for those not baptised or language class. This is a free class we getting in touch. Corrections made. Good News. baptised in another Church but now are offering. We need to have names want to know more about our Faith. soon. Ring or email Through the lens of the Gospel First Communion Preparation All welcome 1 We often get satisfaction from We had a very good evening on things we own, clothes, cars, st Baptism Preparation Monday when 74 families joined us in Blessing of Graves Nov 1 at 3pm Our next preparation evening in Priests homes, gadgets or money. But what the Hall for the first parents meeting. We have a good tradition here of House will be on Thursday 22nd happens to us when our More than half the children this year gathering in Hove cemetery for the October at 8pm possessions begin to ‘own’ us, are from schools other than blessing of graves in November. when they take hold of us, when we Cottesmore and we will do our best to Many of our friends and Welcome to Kitson James Kiely, become obsessed with them? Jesus make sure all children and their Parishioners have been buried William Thomas Conroy, Freya Rose seeks followers who have the parents are connected and welcomed. there. Please join us at 3pm. Silsby baptised last weekend. May freedom to let go of possessions in We hadn’t sufficient time on Monday God bless them. order to be a servant of others. evening to introduce all parents as it Mass for our deceased 2 Growth implies change. That got a bit congested when people were Relatives/Parishioners change sometimes means letting go th Catholaity Bazaar volunteering to help at the different Sunday Nov 8 at 11.15am This year we are going to make great of something we have at this session for the children. However we Every year we gather during effort to sell as many tickets as we can moment: job, status, home, security will do our best at the first session and November for a special Mass when for the St. Thomas Fund for the or something else we value. There over the coming weeks to make sure we remember all our Parishioners Homeless. You will be given an can be apparent loss in letting go. you are all comfortable with the and friends who died during the past envelope with the tickets after Mass Yet have you ever found that you preparation. If parents failed to get year and indeed those who died next weekend. The draw will take at actually gained by having the their name down to help at a session many years ago. During the Mass the Bazaar on 14th Nov at freedom to let go of something to please let us know. I presume you there will be an opportunity for family racecourse. which you had previously clung? picked up all the notes and dates. member to come forward and light a 3 The disciples thought that Jesus Please note the children have their candle when the names are read out Host Families was making impossible demands of first session with the Catechists next and prayed for. If a relative or friend Seeking host families for occasional people following him. He th Saturday morning 17 Oct in the Hall. of yours died during the year and weekends & half terms for children acknowledged that discipleship was st 1 Session 9am to 10.30am you would like them prayer for who are at boarding school. email impossible to us on our own efforts nd 2 Session 11am to 12.30pm please send in name to Priest’s [email protected] alone. House. Handyman/decorating Services Inter Faith Contact Group Choir Thinking of Buying/Selling a car Friendly Bookkeeping Services Fully insured and CRB checked. Starts again this week with The man to contact is Phil Harris Weekly/Monthly bookkeeping, self- Call Jason Downie 07914379714 rehearsals At Esplanade Motor.co assessment tax returns, VAT [email protected] Sun 27 Sept, 6 – 7.30pm, Hove Tel 07850 634974 accounting and returns, etc. Methodist Church, Portland Rd, Free 1 hour consultation Feast of Hove Catering Hove; Mon 5 Oct, 7 – 9pm , St Computer problems Contact Christine 07879364550 Food for all occasions. Call John’s Church, , Call Peter Fishenden on 386593 [email protected] 07826 526527 or 07930 378899 Hove; Sun 18 Oct, 6 – 7.30pm, Computer lessons £15 an hour [email protected] Hove Methodist Church, Portland [email protected] Guitar Lesson Rd, Hove; Mon 2 Nov, 7 – 9pm, St Fun friendly lessons. Full CRB Caroline’s Kitchen – Tel 595922 Peter’s Church, Portland Road, Photography for all occasions, Visit www.learnguitarbrighton.com Caterers for Baptisms, etc. Tel Hove; weddings, baptisms, parties. Call 07855169344 595922 or carolineriley@carolines- Mark Taylor 07557 400892 kitchen.co.uk Catholic Certificate in Religious [email protected] Applying to University Studies starts again on Sept 10th at Your personal statement ‘could be Hainault Fryers Fish & Chips 6.45 at Howard House Falmer. Call Social Dancing the clincher’ Personal statement 6 Boundary Road, Hove. Great offers Kate 07810 596575,ccrs@brighton. Will be back again on Thursday assistance, university preparation for children’s parties & free deliveries. evening 10TH September at 8pm. All and ‘A’ Level Tuition. Call Dr. Clair Call 422478 Bidding Prayers on Sundays welcome. Rawlingson 07971 492175 Most of our readers check the Clair.rawlingson@habilisconsulting Refugee our response prayers before Mass. It is good to Pope Francis the Environment. A number of people have been asking familiarise yourself to make sure the We have a number of copies of Pope how they can help and respond to the prayer is meaningful. Please feel Francis encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ for sale refugee problem, our brothers and free to change the wording if it will in repository at £5. sisters. I mentioned two weeks ago help. I make mistakes at times when The title comes from St. Francis that Pope Francis called on all writing them. canticle in praise of creation. To read Parishes to be generous and to the full text of the encyclical welcome and support the refugees. I Inter Faith contact Group Choir w2.vatican.va/content/Vatican/en.html suggested that we may be able to Sun 15 Nov, 1.00pm rehearsal, 3pm or buy a copy from repository. It is help by increasing our giving Interfaith Service, Hove Methodist easy to read. You could even take it on (Offertory Collection) by what we pay Church; Mon 30 Nov, 7 – 9pm, holiday. for a cup of coffee and then be in a Friends’ Meeting House, Ship position to welcome and support a Street, Brighton; Sun 13 Dec, 6 to Marriage Preparation 2015 family. For those who already have 8.30 for performance and party. New If you are thinking of getting married standing orders and Gift Aid members welcome. this year then book your place for envelopes all you need do is increase marriage preparation at the Cassidy what you are already giving. Even if Guitar Lessons- all styles. Centre St. Mary’s Church, we got an extra £1 every week from Dr James Westbrook Dip. Mus., Surrenden Road. th all adults we would be in a good FLCM, PhD (Music, Cambridge). Course 2 Sat 6 June 9.45 to 4.30m st position. If you are paying tax and not [email protected] or: 07836 550210 Course 3 Sat 21 Nov 9.45 to 4.30 yet joined, please fill out one of the Contact Angela Fishenden 386593 859703 (8.30 to 4pm) form in your benches. Also some of World Youth Day you may be able help with Language Next July, 2016 the Diocese is Skills, Legal assistance, taking a group of teens and young accommodation etc. With a small effort adults to World Youth Day in from each one of us we can do something Krakow. Contact worthwhile in this our Centenary year. www.yaab.co.uk or email [email protected]