Upcoming Church Events
On Sunday 13th October, Blessed John Henry Newman will be canonised. A NEW film about Newman, England, Our Lady, and the history of the Catholic Church in England, will be shown in the Barn, English Martyrs Church at 3.00pm, the day of his canonisation, Sunday 13th October. Free entry, tea, coffee and cakes. Come along and join this celebration of a new saint for England. Why not agree to car share?
SCHOOL OF PRAYER This is an introduction to the Weeks of Guided Prayer, which will soon be happening in our deanery. This two-day meeting will provide a wonderful and comprehensive
exploration of prayer in many forms. The dates chosen for our Deanery are 12th and 13th October, 10.00m to 4.00pm at Chatsmore Catholic High School. More help on how to pray. Come both days or just one day.
Mass is available on the Sunday at English Martyrs at 10.30am. Sign-up lists at both doors.
The Friends of Arundel Cathedral are leading a walk to pray and reflect on the life and witness of St Philip Howard on 12th October. Walking from Littlehampton to his shrine in Arundel Cathedral and ending with Benediction at 3.00pm and tea and cake.
Any queries to Lindsey Stratford 01903 884567.
KSC RACE NIGHT supporting St Mary’s Catholic school, Inclusion Room and KSC charities.
Licenced bar and raffle. Saturday 12th October at 7.00pm for 7.30pm start at English Martyrs Church, Goring Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UH. Tickets £8 including fish and chip supper. Please contact David Wynn-Davies on 07790 480356.
There will be an information and enrolment evening for parents who, in June 2020, wish their children to receive Holy Communion for the first time. The meeting is on Monday 30th September, 8.00 – 9.00pm, in St Mary’s School Hall (entrance through playground in Amelia Road). Children should be 7 years old by 31st January 2020. The first session of the Programme (for children and parents) is on Saturday 5th October, 1.30 – 3.15pm at St Mary’s School, and the Enrolment Mass is at 10.30am on Sunday 6th October. A copy of your child’s Baptism Certificate will be needed for this Mass, please.
Questions? Please speak to Mary Murphy.
During the course of 2018 to 2020 the statue of Our Lady from the Slipper Chapel at the Catholic National Shrine in Walsingham will be taken to each Cathedral in England for a three-day triduum of prayer, as part of the preparation for the re-dedication of England as the Dowry of Mary in 2020.
“When England goes back to Walsingham,
Our Lady will return to England”
Pope Leo XIII
The Walsingham (Pynson) Ballad reflects the tradition that the title ‘Dowry of Mary’ goes back to St Edward the Confessor, in whose reign (1042-1066) the Holy House was built. The Holy House in Walsingham was erected as a replica of Mary’s house in Nazareth, which led to England becoming known as the “Holy Land, Our Lady’s Dowry”, and Walsingham being called the “New Nazareth”. The 2020 rededication as the Dowry of Mary will be the offering of the faith of the people of this country to the Mother of God, to seek Our Lady’s prayers for the loving care and protection of our country.
You can take part in this activity and renew your personal “YES” to the Lord Jesus when the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham comes to Arundel Catherdal from the 28th November to the 30th November 2019. Further details will be provided over the coming weeks.
More information on the Dowry Tour and the rededication of England can be found on the Dowry Tour website (link).
This is an introduction to Weeks of Guided Prayer which will soon be happening in our deanery. This two-day meeting will provide a wonderful and comprehensive exploration of prayer in many forms.
The dates chosen for our Deanery are 12th and 13th October.
Local venue soon to be confirmed. More help on how to pray …
There will be an information and enrolment evening for parents who, in June 2020, wish their children to receive Holy Communion for the first time. The meeting is on Monday 30th September, 8.00 – 9.00pm, in St Mary’s School Hall (entrance through playground in Amelia Road). Children should be 7 years old by 31st January 2020.
The first session of the Programme (for children and parents) is on Saturday 5th October, 1.30 – 3.15pm at St Mary’s School, and the Enrolment Mass is at 10.30am on Sunday 6th October. A copy of your child’s Baptism Certificate will be needed for this Mass, please. Questions? Please speak to Mary Murphy.
