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By Webmaster 22 Mar, 2024
Some people just watch the final of a sporting event and do so from the comfort of their sofa or the screen of their streaming device. But to really appreciate the meaning, the development, the skill or the blood, sweat and tears involved the spectator needs to watch everything, get to know the team and experience everything from the touchline. To really understand: start to play the game and join in yourself. If this is true of sport, how much more our Christian faith! This week is Holy week. It is time to get closer to the action and join in. It is the most important and moving week in the Christian calendar. Just to come to Mass on Easter Day would be like missing courses in a meal. Palm Sunday sets the tone. We cheer for Jesus and then drop Him! Maundy Thursday we receive the gift of the commandment to love, the gift of the Priesthood and the Holy Mass. Good Friday shows the instrument of death as the altar of glory. The Easter Vigil on Saturday night is filled with the anticipation of Christ's victory over sin and death. God cannot be restrained by death. Christ is life. We receive that new life in Christ and we rejoice that Jesus is adding to His body everyday. There is lots to witness but more to experience. Come to the sacred liturgies this Triduum and you will be changed. With my prayer for you ALL in this Holy Week.  God bless you. Fr Graham
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By Webmaster 22 Mar, 2024
Some people just watch the final of a sporting event and do so from the comfort of their sofa or the screen of their streaming device. But to really appreciate the meaning, the development, the skill or the blood, sweat and tears involved the spectator needs to watch everything, get to know the team and experience everything from the touchline. To really understand: start to play the game and join in yourself. If this is true of sport, how much more our Christian faith! This week is Holy week. It is time to get closer to the action and join in. It is the most important and moving week in the Christian calendar. Just to come to Mass on Easter Day would be like missing courses in a meal. Palm Sunday sets the tone. We cheer for Jesus and then drop Him! Maundy Thursday we receive the gift of the commandment to love, the gift of the Priesthood and the Holy Mass. Good Friday shows the instrument of death as the altar of glory. The Easter Vigil on Saturday night is filled with the anticipation of Christ's victory over sin and death. God cannot be restrained by death. Christ is life. We receive that new life in Christ and we rejoice that Jesus is adding to His body everyday. There is lots to witness but more to experience. Come to the sacred liturgies this Triduum and you will be changed. With my prayer for you ALL in this Holy Week.  God bless you. Fr Graham
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    Monday Mass: 9:30am

    Thursday Mass: 9.30am 

    Friday Mass: 9.30am

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    Saturday Morning Mass: 10.00am

    Sunday Morning Mass: 9:00am


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Our Lady Queen of Peace is a vibrant and active Catholic parish serving the communities of Shoreham and Steyning and Towers (Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament) Convent, Upper Beeding. We seek to enrich the faith of our brothers and sisters within the parish, and strive to deliver the gospel message to our neighbours; particularly those in need of God's love and compassion 

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By Webmaster 22 Mar, 2024
We are looking for one or two people to help prepare the flowers in the church for Easter. Could you spare an hour on Easter Saturday? If so, please come to St Peter’s at 10.00am on 30th March. You’ll be shown what to do! Email if you have any questions. Thank you. adurvalley@abdiocese.org.uk
By Webmaster 22 Mar, 2024
There will be two sign-up sheets at SP and CTK this weekend. Please consider signing-up to help with these important parts of the Triduum. Do not worry if you have never done it before. We welcome all parishioners. We hope to keep watch at the Altar of Repose until 11pm on Maundy Thursday. If you have any questions speak to Father Graham or Deacon Simon after mass.
By Webmaster 09 Mar, 2024
Thank you for your financial generosity including via the collection plate and the Dona card machines. Here are two effective ways you can further help our parish finances, but you are, of course, welcome to continue to support the parish in whatever way works best for you: • Make a regular and affordable monthly donation via standing order. You won’t need to worry about having cash in your pocket on a Sunday. It’s anonymous, it’s easy to do and it’s one less thing to think about. Account Name: OLQP Adur Valley Sort Code: 40 05 20; Account number: 61076744 • Gift aid your contribution if you are a UK tax payer. A substantial proportion of the refurbishment of the Parish Room was possible due to money recovered through the gift aid scheme.
By Webmaster 09 Mar, 2024
Thank you to all who helped last weekend. The turnout was huge, with people travelling from all across our Diocese and London. Ave Maria!
By Webmaster 02 Mar, 2024
Please consider supporting our campaign for the local Foodbank. For the next two weeks (18th & 25th February), we are focusing on these items from their wishlist: • Baby care Nappies, baby wipes and baby food • Toiletries deodorant, razors, loo roll, shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shower gel, shaving gel, hand wipes  • Period products sanitary pads and tampons
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By Webmaster 22 Mar, 2024
Some people just watch the final of a sporting event and do so from the comfort of their sofa or the screen of their streaming device. But to really appreciate the meaning, the development, the skill or the blood, sweat and tears involved the spectator needs to watch everything, get to know the team and experience everything from the touchline. To really understand: start to play the game and join in yourself. If this is true of sport, how much more our Christian faith! This week is Holy week. It is time to get closer to the action and join in. It is the most important and moving week in the Christian calendar. Just to come to Mass on Easter Day would be like missing courses in a meal. Palm Sunday sets the tone. We cheer for Jesus and then drop Him! Maundy Thursday we receive the gift of the commandment to love, the gift of the Priesthood and the Holy Mass. Good Friday shows the instrument of death as the altar of glory. The Easter Vigil on Saturday night is filled with the anticipation of Christ's victory over sin and death. God cannot be restrained by death. Christ is life. We receive that new life in Christ and we rejoice that Jesus is adding to His body everyday. There is lots to witness but more to experience. Come to the sacred liturgies this Triduum and you will be changed. With my prayer for you ALL in this Holy Week.  God bless you. Fr Graham
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By Webmaster 22 Mar, 2024
People from across our diocesan family of faith are invited to join Bishop Richard and members of clergy at the annual Chrism Mass at Arundel Cathedral on Wednesday 27 March at 6pm. The Chrism Mass is one of the most beautiful Masses of the year and is celebrated in Catholic cathedrals across the world during Holy Week. During the Mass, Bishop Richard will bless the holy oils used to anoint people receiving the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, or ordination, or to bring them strength and comfort when they are sick. Diocesan priests will also renew the promises they made at their ordinations, committing "to be more united with the Lord Jesus" and to celebrate the sacraments and teach the faith, "moved only by zeal for souls." Would you like to join this year’s celebration? - All are welcome and there is no need to book. To watch the service online click here and visit our l ivestream webpage
By Webmaster 24 Feb, 2024
Prayer in person • Tuesdays at CTK: 9.30am Stations of the Cross, 10.00am Mass, 10.30am Adoration & Confessions • Wednesdays at SP: 10.00am ‘The Way of the Cross’ with Deacon Simon & Cecilia. Follow the Way of the Cross in prayer, reflection & song. Different images and prayers will be used each week. • Thursdays at SP: 7.30pm Adoration, Divine Mercy Chaplet & Confessions • Fridays at SP: 9.30am Mass, 10.00am Stations of the Cross, 10.30am Invited Diocesan Mission – film and discussion and tea/coffee. • Sundays (SP/St Mary de Haura alternate weeks): 4.00pm Stations of the Cross (Mary de Haura: February 18th, March 3rd and March 17th. St Peter’s: February 25th, March 10th and March 24th). Prayer online • Mondays on Zoom: 7.30pm Rosary • Thursdays on Zoom: Diocesan Invited Mission (see Diocesan website for details of how to join) • Fridays on Zoom: 3.00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet & Stations of the Cross Printed & Online Resources • We have ‘Day by Day’ diaries, junior & infant ‘Day by Day’ diaries and calendars for children. Available in church porches. Please take one. • Pray More Lenten Retreat: https://praymoreretreat.org/ . An online retreat with inspiring talks to help you grow closer to Christ. Begins 14th February.
By Webmaster 18 Feb, 2024
All are invited and encouraged to come and see this beautiful National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, with the Relics of Saints Jacinta and Francisco. Mass, Rosary, meditation, confessions, Divine Mercy, films and items to buy. Printed copies of the full timetable are available in the church porch. Saturday 2nd March 2024 9.45am until 4.45pm (please bring a packed lunch) Tea and coffee will be available. For more information: patsydaniels@gmail.com
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By Webmaster 22 Mar, 2024
There are still opportunities to make your confession before Easter: Sunday 24th March, 3.00pm: St Michael’s, High Salvington Tuesday 26th March, 7.00pm: St Catherine’s, Littlehampton Wednesday 27th March, 10.30am: St Joseph, Rustington Father Graham will also hear confessions at CTK after mass on Tuesday morning (approx. 10.30am) and at St Peter’s after mass on Maundy Thursday evening (approx. 8.30pm), and after the solemn Liturgy on Good Friday (approx. 4.15pm).
By Webmaster 22 Mar, 2024
Dear brothers and sisters, “Hosanna to the Son of David” – our welcome to the Lord as He enters Jerusalem is a welcome to the One Who brings hope to a very broken world. With conflict raging in so many places across our world, the Lord comes to suffer, die and rise from the dead that we might know His peace – the peace that only He can bring. As we follow Him into our churches this Palm Sunday – and as we walk with Him in the events of His life-giving passion, death and resurrection – may we walk with our suffering sisters and brothers, wherever they may be. Let us accompany them in their suffering as we accompany the Lord in His suffering. Today, we shall listen to the Passion account given us by St Mark. Do not, as it were, leave this text at the church door when you leave. Take it with you in mind and heart. Read it again over the coming days. Allow the inspired words that are an account of our salvation to find a home in you. The more we dwell in the Gospel, the more we dwell in Christ, in the One who suffered, died and rose again for us. The more we dwell in Christ, the more open we shall be to His gift of peace – a gift that is for the whole world. With every blessing, + Richard
By Webmaster 09 Mar, 2024
Dear brothers and sisters, The Fourth Sunday of Lent is Laetare Sunday. We mark this day with rose coloured vestments at Mass. The word Laetare is taken from the Entrance Antiphon for Mass: "Rejoice, Jerusalem". Perhaps we do not see Lent as a time for rejoicing – it is the penitential season of our year – yet there must be always an element of rejoicing in the life of the Christian. In this Sunday’s first reading, from the Book of Chronicles, the writer tells of the coming of Cyrus, King of Persia, who allows the people of Israel to return home after some seventy years of exile in Babylon. The yearning of the people for their homeland, expressed in the Responsorial Psalm, comes to an end and Cyrus, in response to his own experience of God’s call to him, also allows the people to rebuild their temple. The Chosen People of Israel find their unity once again, their dignity is restored. They can be at home once more. They rejoice. St Paul, writing to the Ephesians, speaks of a different separation. This is the separation that comes through sin. The conscious turning away from God that is sin brings exile. We find ourselves living in the darkness that is separation from God’s love. The greater our turning away, the greater the separation – the more distant the exile. Yet, as St Paul celebrates in his letter, God’s mercy is generous and in Christ we see the richness of His love, His grace. Through the saving work of Jesus, we can recognise once more that we are truly works of art, created by and for the love of God. We can be at home once more – brought home through Jesus' Passion, Death and Resurrection. We rejoice. Jesus, in his conversation with Nicodemus, describes His own saving work: “God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but so that through Him the world might be saved.” This is the reason for our rejoicing. We must lament our sins, a necessary part of our Lenten journey, but we do this knowing that God’s love and mercy – in the saving work of Jesus – overcomes even the darkest moments, the darkest places of our lives. Christ Jesus calls us home to live His life. This is the only way we can be truly at home. In Him we rejoice. With every blessing, + Richard
By Webmaster 24 Feb, 2024
This year the service has been prepared by an ecumenical group of Christian women from Palestine, reflecting on the theme, “I beg you, bear with one another in love.”. Please come and join us in praying for this very troubled area of our world. • 10.30am: Shoreham Baptist Church, Western Road • 2.00pm: The Hub, Church Lane, Upper Beeding Light refreshments afterwards. All are welcome.
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 Vocations

Are you feeling increasingly compelled to spend time with Jesus? Do you find that your time is spent seeking him and all things connected with him?

If you have questions and you need some help with the answers, then firstly pray and ask the Holy Spirit to help you to understand what it is Jesus wants from you. 

More about Vocations
Bishop Richard - A talk on Mary leading us to Her Son
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Persecuted Christians

Christian's are now the most persecuted people in the world. See how God's people are being treated in various places and how you can help to make a difference.

Catholic Youth

You're invited! Attend one of our youth  events
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Pope Francis

"Brothers and Sisters, in moments when we are far from God, it would do us good to hear this voice in our heart."  - "My Son, my Daughter, what are you doing? Please don't kill yourself, I died for you."
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