Table Top Sale for the SVP
Webmaster • April 27, 2026
Join us for a Table Top Sale in aid of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) on Saturday 9th May at the former St Charles Borromeo Church, located at the junction of Ham Road and Chesswood Road in Worthing. Doors open at 10.00 a.m.
There will be a wide variety of items for sale — bric-a-brac, clothes, books, and more. All proceeds will go to support the charitable work of the SVP.
Please come along, find some bargains, and support a great cause!
The temporary base the SVP runs out of the former St Charles Borromeo Church needs more helpers. We need help with: • additional drivers - under 70 years old with licence category C. This would be on a rota x1/ month • repairing furniture - small repairs to donated furniture. • sorting of donations - kitchen goods, clothing, bedding etc. If you can help with any of these please contact: Rosaleen Murphy, St Catherine's - stcatherinessvp@gmail.com Sheila Padwick, St Michael's - TreasurerA010406@svp.org.uk Ann Olliver, St Peter's - PresidentA010406@svp.org.uk
Would you be interested in being a small group leader, refreshment maker or prayer minister at our diocesan Young Adult retreats? The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton are looking to run Young Adult retreat days for those aged 18-35 across the diocese. Each will be a day of Faith, Fellowship, Formation and Food! But we need your help...if you are aged 18+ and are interested in supporting these events, please email the Diocesan Youth Project Officer, Bex Driver E : bex.driver@abdiocese.org.uk
Saturday 18 July 12 noon – 4.15pm , Church of Our Lady of Consolation & St Francis, West Grinstead, RH13 8LT. A pilgrimage for people across our diocese - the day includes Holy Mass, a personal Consecration to Our Lady, the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, Exposition, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Adoration and Benediction. There is no need to book, to find out more contact Linda C-Dominguez T:01273463463 or M:07944377252 or Jayne Lock M: 07816422851 or E: jayne.lock1@gmail.com . Please bring a packed lunch.
The Diocesan Vocations Team has launched a special month of prayer for vocations beginning this Sunday. As Catholics, we know that God has a plan for each of us and has called us by name through our baptism, to holiness. He continues to call out to us each day to be His disciples; some to the married life, some to the single life, some to religious life and some to the priesthood. In a Message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Leo highlights the importance of daily prayer and cultivating a personal relationship with God: “We must urgently recommence our vocational ministry and renew our commitment to evangelisation” he said. “In light of this, I invite everyone –– in families, parishes and religious communities, as well as bishops, priests, deacons, catechists, educators and all the faithful –– to commit themselves more fully to creating conditions that allow this gift to be embraced, nourished, protected and accompanied, so that it may bear abundant fruit. “Only when our surroundings are illumined by living faith, sustained by constant prayer and enriched by fraternal accompaniment can God’s call blossom and mature, becoming a path of happiness and salvation for individuals and for the world. By embarking on the path that Jesus, the Good Shepherd, shows us, we come to know more deeply both ourselves and the God who calls us… “Dear brothers and sisters, dear young people, I encourage you to cultivate your personal relationship with God through daily prayer and meditation on the Word. Pause, listen and entrust yourselves. In this way, the gift of your vocation will mature, bringing you happiness and yielding abundant fruit for the Church and the world.”
Our thanks go to one of our very talented parishioners, who has created this beautiful display, depicting the tomb of our Lord. We encourage you to come and spend some time here. We have some cards listing some of the important details to look for. Please take one away with you.
Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Priests are called to be shepherds too, modelling their life on the One who lays down His life for His sheep. Vocations to the Priesthood find their source in Christ. It is not my priesthood but His. In fact we are all His and all our vocations, whatever they are, come from Jesus. When we pray for vocations to the priesthood we should look to see what Jesus wants and He looks at the heart for faithful disciples to become shepherds. Pope Leo writes about how we discern our vocation. He says "create space to listen to the Lord's voice". “In this way, you will come to know the Lord. Through the intimacy of his friendship, you will discover how to give of yourselves, whether through marriage, the priesthood, the permanent diaconate, or consecrated life”. Creating space for interior silence means we begin to recognise His voice through Eucharistic adoration, spending time each day meditating on the Bible, doing works of charity, and participating fully in the sacramental life of the Church. Jesus also describes Himself as the door to the sheepfold. No one comes to the Father except through Him. He guards His sheep and is the protector of our souls. He knows each one of us and what He is asking us to be and do. Let us discern and recognise His voice in the midst of the noise and anxiety of life. His voice is the password to our soul. May God continue to bless you this Eastertide. With my daily prayer for you. Fr Graham
Friday 29 May 6.30pm , English Martyrs Catholic Church, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UH. People across our community of faith are invited to join Worthing Deanery Justice & Peace Group and pray for peace in our world. The Mass, celebrated by Fr Liam O’Connor, will offer an opportunity to pray for all those impacted by war, and for healing. All are welcome, there is no need to book.
This Holy Hour has been arranged to take place at 5.30pm (Rome time) on the Sunday afternoon of the Spring Plenary of the Bishops’ Conference (19 April). We can unite ourselves with the prayer of the Bishops (4.30pm UK Time) wherever we are. More details can be found at: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/holyhour-for-the-dignity-of-life/ .
This Sunday we welcome families who have had Baptisms in our parish in recent years. All are welcome to the Parish Room on Sunday after mass to come together for refreshments and celebrate this special sacrament. If you are interested in finding out more about Baptism or any of the sacraments, come along and speak to Deacon Simon or Father Graham.
How come the disciples did not recognise Jesus? They were so close to him, they heard him speak, they heard him explain things, probably in the same way that He had explained things in the recent past; or were they too busy chatting about what had happened to them, too wrapped up in their own difficulties? But Jesus did something that was unmistakable. “He took the bread and said the blessing; then He broke it and handed it to them”; and at this moment when they received their first Holy Communion their eyes were opened. Even today an encounter with the wounded Christ can still has the power to transform. The example that springs to mind is Sr. Theresa of Calcutta whose encounter with the wounded Christ, present in the poor and the homeless of India, transformed her life and transformed the lives of the people that she was able to help. This raises several difficult questions. Is the wounded Christ present here today in Adur Valley? If so where and in whom? And most worryingly am I too wrapped up in my own difficulties, too busy chatting about me and my problems, that I fail to recognise Jesus in the poor and the homeless? Let us pray that in receiving Holy Communion this weekend our eyes and our hearts are opened to the wounded Christ, who can transform our lives and help us to transform the lives of those who need His help. With my prayers for you all, Deacon Simon