Parish Events
All Events are currently suspended until further notice
There are several events organised by the Worthing Deanery Justice & Peace Group to celebrate Refugee Week 2025. Please put them in your diary and come along to one or all: • Faces of Resilience on Sunday 15th June 2-5pm at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church Hall, Vermont Drive. East Preston, BN16 1JU. Come and see photographs and listen to a ‘Living Book’, vividly telling the stories of Ukrainian women fleeing war and seeking refuge in the UK. Join us in prayer in the church at 3pm for refugees, people seeking asylum and peace in our world. See you there! • On Wednesday 18th June , there will be a Vigil for Refugees after the 10am Mass at Holy Family Church, Lancing. We are going to spend time together praying and reflecting on the plight of the refugee. • During Refugee week, please come and see Refugee photo exhibition "THE STATIONS" on display at both The Holy Family Church, Lancing, and St Mary of the Angels, Worthing. • "Welcoming the Stranger" - an evening of stories and sharing on Saturday 21st June 7-9pm at St Peter's Church Hall, Shoreham. Come and hear stories from Ukrainian refugees and those who support them in our local community, as well as information from the charity Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group and Refugee Tales. Please bring some snack food and drink to share! See the leaflet with the newsletter for lots more information! Download here
Photograph exhibition happening this Sunday 15th June
www.mothersprayers.org Calling all Mothers, (Including spiritual mothers, godmothers and grandmothers) Come and pray for our children. Mothers prayers group starting Friday July 4, 10 -11 am in the Parish Room at St Peter’s. On the first Friday of the month thereafter (except August). You are all welcome to join us for tea/coffee and prayers. See poster and flyers in the church porch
It’s now been confirmed that MPs will debate and vote next week – on either Tuesday 17 or Wednesday 18 June – on extreme abortion up to birth amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill. These proposed law changes represent the most serious threat to unborn children since the Abortion Act was introduced in 1967. The disability rights group, Not Dead Yet UK, is asking people to contact their MP using a new tool on their website. It explains exactly why this Bill would be a disaster for people with disabilities. Please take action now and contact your MP. It only takes 30 seconds. You can read more including a statement from Archbishop John Sherrington (Lead Bishop for Life Issues) here: Opposing the Decriminalisation of Abortion - Catholic Bishops' Conference
June 7th 2025 is a First Saturday (you can read more in the attachment on this subject below) and all are welcome to mass at St Peter’s at 10.00am, followed by Rosary and Fatima Devotions.
Led by St Barnabas House Chaplain Sarah Bell and volunteers, there will be space to share stories and forge friendships, helping each other to find comfort and hope. The next meeting will be on Friday 13 June at Millward Court Day Centre in Shoreham-by-Sea (Wilmot Road, BN43 6BU) starting at 10.30am to 12pm. The group meets every fortnight. All meetings are free to attend and open to anyone at any point of their bereavement journey. Refreshments will be provided and there is no need to book so you can just turn up on the day. Find out more: www.stbh.org.uk/events/bereavement-cafe-shoreham/
We can listen to the advice of Cardinal Mercier (1851–1926) as we ask for the same intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit: I am going to reveal to you the secret of sanctity and happiness. Every day for five minutes control your imagination and close your eyes to all the noises of the world in order to enter into yourself. Then, in the sanctuary of your baptised soul (which is the temple of the Holy Spirit) speak to that Divine Spirit, saying to Him: O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I should do; give me Your orders. I promise to submit myself to all that You desire of me and to accept all that You permit to happen to me. Let me only know Your Will. If you do this, your life will flow along happily, serenely, and full of consolation, even in the midst of trials. Grace will be proportioned to the trial, giving you the strength to carry it and you will arrive at the Gate of Paradise, laden with merit. This submission to the Holy Spirit is the secret of sanctity.
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Our parish is coming together, with people from all over Adur Valley volunteering to help with the services. Thank you to all who have offered lifts to people coming from Steyning and Upper Beeding. Please sign up (at CTK) or let the office know if you need a lift. I urge any parishioners from Shoreham who are able to, to please not park in our car park, so we can save the spaces for those that need them. I am looking forward to celebrating as a united parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace. All are welcome. Office contact details: Email: adurvalley@abdiocese.org.uk / Telephone: 01273 452654 (please leave a message on the answer machine).
Thank you to Father Graham for supporting our appeal this weekend. As well as a financial collection, we ask you to consider joining the SVP. It is a wonderful way to put faith into action, and even if you only have a small amount of time to give, please consider joining. You will hear about our work after masses this weekend, but please also chat with existing members to know more about how we provide help, support, comfort and love to people in our parish community and local area. Thank you.