Parish Magazine June 2022-LR

The Parish magazine of June 2022
Volume LIII No.5

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Contents Page Church Services
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From the Vicar 3
Sundays
Fr Anthony Delves introduces himself 7 8.30am Morning Prayer
9.00am Said Mass
The Art of St Saviour’s 8 10.30am Solemn Mass and Sermon

The Way we Live Now 10 The Daily Offices of Morning Prayer and
Evensong are celebrated publicly Saturday
Visit to Ashburnham Place 12 – Wednesday at 8.30am and 5.00pm

Music for the Queen 14 Weekdays
10.30am Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
Blast from the Console 17 11.00am Tuesday Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament followed by Mass at 12noon
Kitty 18 12noon Friday
10.00am Saturday
Dates for your Diary 19

Directory 20

Major Weekday Festivals
Sung Mass as above, unless otherwise indicated
on notice boards.

The Clergy are happy to bring the Sacrament to
the housebound or sick at any hour of the day
or night. The Holy Oil is available for those who
wish to be anointed.

Cover image: The Sacrament of Reconciliation
H M Queen Elizabeth II www.royal.uk Confessions by appointment.

Hospital visits
The Clergy will visit and give communion to
those in hospital.

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THE PLATINUM JUBILEE OF
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

My dear friends King. It is only when the holy oil touches me… I am
transformed and brought into direct contact with
I’m afraid that the Netflix series ‘The Crown’ the divine,” he tells her. “I am forever changed…
(like many of the horses I have backed over bound to God. It is the most important part of the
the years) – “had a good start” – but the most ceremony”, when the hands, the breast and the
recent offerings, full of wild speculation head are all anointed with holy oil. For once,
as they are, can only be described (in my the researchers got something absolutely right:
opinion) as “tosh”. However, one of the at the moment of coronation four Knights of
most interesting episodes, before it all the Garter hold a canopy over the Coronation
went downhill, was that dealing with the Chair and, concealed from view, the Archbishop
coronation of H M The Queen (for those of anoints the Sovereign with holy oil on the hands,
you who would like to watch it, it is Series 1, the breast and the head. This solemn aspect of
Episode 5 and is called ‘Smoke and Mirrors’). the coronation service sees the anointing of the
monarch who is consecrated for the duties of a
It starts in 1937 when Princess Elizabeth is Sovereign.
a little girl and her father (King George VI) is
practicing for his coronation. He asks her to The very first line of the Order for the
read the Archbishop’s role which includes Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June
reference to the King’s ‘sacred promise’, and 1953 says:
so – in order to teach his daughter, who will
one day be Queen – he explains to her what “In the morning upon the day of the Coronation
giving a ‘sacred promise’ means. It’s a promise early, care is to be taken that the Ampulla be filled
you can never break. He also explains the with Oil for the anointing, and, together with the
significance of anointing to her. “You have to Spoon, be laid ready upon the Altar in the Abbey
anoint me”, he tells her, “otherwise I cannot be Church.”

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Interestingly, The Revd. Dr. John Hall, the Christian Monarch and to promise to defend the
previous Dean of Westminster, showed – and Church of England. The Queen, in her person,
spoke about – the 1953 Coronation Oil in a stands for the reality of truth. And this truth
recent documentary about Queen Elizabeth II’s is a particular truth - the truth of the Catholic
coronation: “It is kept very safe in the Deanery, Creeds. She is also Defender of the Faith – and
in a very hidden place in a little box here, which in her case this is by no means a sinecure,
has in it a flask containing the oil from 1953. because her deeply personal Christian faith
And it is not just olive oil, it’s quite a complex has been at the heart of who she is, and how
mixture of different things. This is the recipe for she goes about her duties. She made this very
the Coronation Oil. The composition of the oil clear in her 2000 Christmas broadcast when she
was founded upon that used in the seventeenth said, “For me the teachings of Christ and personal
century. Then you see what it consists of sesame accountability before God provide a framework in
seed and olive oil, perfume with roses, orange which I try to lead my life.”
flowers, jasmine, musk, civet and ambergris.”

Anointing – sacramental anointing – is at
the heart of the Coronation. The Monarch
is monarch not through the imposition of a
crown on her head, but because she is anointed,
consecrated, set apart. The Coronation rite
refers back to the anointing of kings in the
Old Testament, to Samuel, Saul and David;
to when Zadok the priest and Nathan the
prophet anointed Solomon King (and, fittingly,
Handel’s marvellous anthem by that name was
sung on the day of our Queen’s coronation at
Westminster Abbey, as it has been since the
coronation of King George II in 1727). This is no
less than a holy event.

As the Archbishop says in the Coronation
service :

“Bless and sanctify thy chosen servant ELIZABETH…
Receive the Ring of kingly dignity and the seal of
Catholic Faith.”

Our English Settlement means that the Queen
is Supreme Governor of both Church and
State. She is obliged to declare herself a

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Long before the term became popular in church we not be thankful for such a Queen? God
and business, Her Majesty defined herself has blessed us through her and we must be
as a “servant leader” – as one who, like the eternally thankful to Him for having done so.
Lord himself, serves rather than expects to
be served, as a Royal who turns the common
understanding of royalty upside down. She is
a Servant Queen whose life has been one of
service to us, her subjects, every hour of every
day from the moment she became heiress
presumptive to the day she will take her last
breath on this earth. This was her destiny, and
this was her God-given vocation.

In the Queen’s anointing we approach the
central sacred mystery. In the Old Testament,
the earliest of the anointed kings enacted a
ritual in which they symbolically died and rose
again for the nation. The ancient kings of Israel
were God’s anointed, and their anointing was
to service and even suffering. That is why the
Royal colour is purple – the colour of passion,
penitence and suffering; the colour of Advent
and Lent. The Christian Monarch, following the
example of Our Lord Jesus Christ, is meant to
be a type of God’s suffering servant.

Over her long life, our gracious Queen has As we celebrate her Platinum Jubilee this
served; and will anyone say she has not month, we should pray thankfully and sing
suffered? One thinks immediately of the joyfully:
fact that her life has not been ‘her own’, God save our gracious Queen! God save the
that – despite other compensations – she Queen!
has not been able to live as freely as us, her
subjects. One also thinks of the trials and God of time and eternity, whose Son reigns as
disappointments arising in her wider family, servant, not master; we give you thanks and praise
and who can forget the dreadful and pitiful that you have blessed this Nation, the Realms and
image of her in solitude and mourning at the Territories with Elizabeth our beloved and glorious
funeral of her beloved Philip? This service and Queen.
this suffering is not just personal, the service
and suffering of one Elizabeth Windsor, though
it is that too. The sacred Monarchy means that
she serves and suffers for the whole realm and
in the whole realm: for she is the whole realm.
Queen and country. One and the same.

Throughout her long reign, often triumphant In this year of Jubilee, grant her your gifts of love
and joyful, sometimes sad and tragic, but and joy and peace as she continues in faithful
always dedicated and faithful, Elizabeth has obedience to you, her Lord and God and in
never ceased to be a Servant Queen, a Royal devoted service to her lands and peoples, and

with a heart for her people, a Sovereign with a those of the Commonwealth, now and all the days
deep sense of responsibility for her subjects. of her life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
She has exercised her role as Queen graciously,
majestically and with the utmost dignity. So in a With my love and prayers, as ever,

world of political expediency, crass politics and Fr. Mark
grabbing, self-interested politicians, how could

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Fr Anthony Delves Introduces Himself

I failed both my 11 + and 13+ and found out
early what failure felt like. I still have the kitchen
table where mother cried at the social demotion
I had brought them! So to Ratton Secondary
Modern School, which was actually a very good
school, then after ‘O’ levels to the Grammar
School for A levels. After this it was Birmingham
University to read history and sociology.

I stayed for Post-Graduate research and then to
lecture in history at Portsmouth and Sheffield
Polytechnics to degree level. But the vocation
to priesthood which I first sensed as a youth
at St Mary’s wouldn’t leave me be. Vocations
are strange. The timing is God’s and he often
seems to give us the run around, but he knows
what he is about.

I trained for the priesthood at St Stephen’s
House Oxford and then returned to South
Yorkshire. All of my ministry has been in
glorious Yorkshire, in Sheffield Diocese, then
Wakefield, now Leeds, Diocese.

I’m delighted to be joining the Clergy Team I served my Title/Curacy in a suburban parish in
and worshipping community at St Saviour’s Doncaster and then as Parish Priest in a mining
and St Peter’s. I am most grateful for your parish, Goldthorpe, near Barnsley.
warm welcome which I greatly appreciate.
The first time I went there it seemed the worst
For me, both past and present meet here. place I had ever seen, totally run down and grim
The past because I grew up in Eastbourne and beyond any Southerner’s worst nightmares – a
though my church was St Mary’s, Old Town, pit village with no pits and no jobs! I couldn’t
I have long and good memories of St Saviour’s. wait to get home. Not long after a letter came
from the Bishop asking me to go there! Such is
I owe a lot in particular to Fr Derek Allen who God’s sense of humour, and yes his goodness,
helped me greatly on my way to ordination. because I stayed for 17 happy years with
He was most generous with his time and wonderful people.
guidance, and memorably with his gin.
He mixed very strong ‘ bombs’ which I’m Eventually I moved from mines to mills, to
afraid were too strong for me and I was Halifax in the West Riding, once a town of
too embarrassed to say so. Even more woollen textiles and carpets but now very
embarrassing was when he came back into run down. Again the people were amazing.
the room just as I was pouring my glass into a With retirement I decided to move back to my
flower pot! But he was kind, smiled and said roots. I live in Seaford and enjoy being back
nothing! immensely. I feel very privileged to be part of
you and this beautiful church. I hope I can give
Another less than glorious moment was my back something in gratitude for a life which God
attempt at bell ringing with our wonderful peal has richly blessed. I still can’t ring bells, but I no
of bells. Unfortunately I was slow letting go of longer water plants with gin!
the rope and almost got to heaven a little early.
Fr Anthony

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The Art of

St Saviour’s

For this article I have chosen to talk about until Fr Mark’s arrival it was in complete
a mosaic that is for the most part hidden darkness).
from view. It is on a wall behind the pulpit
to the left of the door to the vestries. The The mosaic, as you will see in the photograph,
large funeral candles and their stands are is of a temple: the main entrance columns of
usually stored in front of it (because, I am which are named, which I thought was unusual.
told, there is no other place to store them, Why would anyone name a column? If one puts
storage being a perennial issue even in a these names into ‘Google’ then it comes up as
church the size of St Saviour’s). Also in front the names of the two columns at the entrance
is a wooden gate with a ‘no admittance’ to King Solomon’s Temple – also known as the
sign on it (primarily to stop those intent on First Temple. It was built in Jerusalem and fully
causing mischief or hiding by climbing the completed by 957BC. It stood for about four
steps into the small gallery above). About hundred years before being destroyed by the
the only people able to see it fully are the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar.
servers making their way from the sanctuary
to the small room where the incense is kept The Old Testament tells us that Solomon’s father
and prepared (commonly called the ‘smoke David united the twelve tribes and founded
room’). However no matter how well it Israel. Solomon had the temple built and within
is hidden it is well worth a viewing (and, it stored the Ark of the Covenant. Looking at the
thanks to Paul Fella, it is illuminated – up mosaic one can see a large block like an altar

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within the entrance to the temple: could this be a Samuel describes how King Solomon and King
representation of the Ark? Hiram of Tyre formed a partnership in order to
complete such a great undertaking. A skilled
It is thought that the temple resided on Temple craftsman, also called Hiram from Tyre, was
Mount in Jerusalem. After its destruction and employed in the construction as an overseer.
the subsequent defeat of the Babylonians, the Solomon, when the temple was completed
Persian ruler Cyrus the Great allowed the Jews to gave over twenty towns and villages to Tyre as
return and another temple was built on Temple payment. These towns and villages were called
Mount. Unsurprisingly this was called the Second the land of Cabul which is north west of Galilee
Temple. Unfortunately, however, this Second (not to be confused with Kabul in Afghanistan).
Temple did not house the Ark of the Covenant,
for the Ark had been lost. Neither did the Second There may be a connection with this mosaic and
Temple have the two large bronze columns at the building of St Saviour’s. Perhaps the mosaic
its entrance because these had been cut up and is in St Saviour’s to draw a parallel between
transported away from Jerusalem: therefore we the building of such a large parish church and
might conclude that the depiction in the mosaic the building of the first temple in Jerusalem?
has to be of the First Temple. It was thought Whatever the reason for its inclusion within
to have been built on Mount Moriah. The Old St Saviour’s, it is well worth a view and, if you look
Testament Book of Kings goes into detail about above it, there is a wonderful ornate
the construction of the temple which took about canopy of the stars.
seven years to complete. The Second Book of Aslan

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to welcome visitors into our beautiful church
But… and there is always a but, please we need more people

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Please think about it or have a chat with Yvonne.

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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

By Christopher Smith (Reprinted from New Directions April 2022)

Many readers will remember a book about ‘Residents refuse to be put in chutes’. If an
punctuation that came out some time ago apostrophe had been in place after the ‘s’ of
(in 2003, to be precise) by Lynn Truss called ‘residents’, the notice would have conveyed its
Eats, Shoots and Leaves. The title was from intended meaning about how people should
a description of the panda bear that she’d dispose of their rubbish: ‘Residents’ refuse to be
come across. What does a panda eat? It eats put in chutes’.
shoots and leaves. But whoever had written
the text had put a comma after the word One apostrophe, one comma, each tiny thing
‘eats’, so that it read as though the panda, making a huge difference to the meaning
having eaten, would take a firearm out of its of a sentence. And Lynn Truss had plenty
holster and shoot at someone or something, more examples to follow, including ‘Ladie’s
before leaving. What does a panda do? It Hairdresser’ and ‘Mens Coat’s’. That last reminds
eats, shoots, and leaves. me of a restaurant in Durham which called itself
‘Peters Pizza’s’. Two words, with one apostrophe
I was reminded of the book’s title a few years in perfectly the wrong place.
later when I saw a very brief letter from my
former English teacher in the bottom right-hand Somewhere in all this is a lesson about attention
corner of the Times letters page: Sir—stern to detail. It has become fashionable for people
resistance to the apostrophe can be found to think of themselves as either big-picture
among inhabitants of a local block of flats, types or detail types. ‘How’s that going to work,
where a notice in the communal area reads then?’ ‘Oh, I don’t know. Someone else needs

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There is much detail there, and it is right that we
should work hard to understand it.

As a boy in my middle years at school, I was
taught my own language out of a textbook
called The New First Aid in English. There are
more recent editions of The New First Aid
in English, but mine dated from 1959, and I
encountered it in the mid-70s. It’s all about the
detail, and we worked hard at it. Just to give
you a sense of the book, it opened with parts
of speech, and went on with the correct usage
of verbs, adjectives and adverbs, pronouns,
conjunctions and prepositions, punctuation,
derivations and spelling. Theodolite. Turpentine.
Engineer. Marmalade. Chrysanthemum. Test 1
began, ‘Parse the words in black type’.

I can recall puzzling over such things as
Adjectives of Distinction under the tutelage
of Miss Kirby. Demonstrative adjectives of
distinction are: this, that, these, those, yon,
yonder. Example: ‘This stone was found on
yonder hill.’ Now, it must be said, I don’t think
I have ever used the word ‘yonder’ except
humorously, but I’m glad I at least know it when
I see it! But I’m also glad to have been taught
that level of detail, and I’m pleased I see it
coming back into primary schools nowadays.

to work out the detail.’ And yet what do we So how about, from us, a little more attention
see in God’s action but detail? We see it in the to detail? How about a little more time spent
Incarnation; we see it in the events which we on the detail of our faith? How about working
will commemorate again during the coming at it a bit harder, making sure that we didn’t
Triduum. Not only does God paint the big leave it with our teenage selves on the
picture, but he is concerned enough about the day of our confirmation? How about some
detail to go back and fix it when it goes awry. deeper Christian conversation, and a way of
circumventing the English reserve of talking
The detail is in the apostrophe or the comma about our faith? For the better we can articulate
that makes the correct sense of the sentence. it to each other, the better we will be able to
The detail is in the Babe of Bethlehem who is articulate it to those who know nothing about it.
truly a new-born child, without ceasing in any
way to be God. The detail is in the true God Attention to detail is a fine quality in the
and true man on the cross of Good Friday, and Christian life: being prepared for mass, saying
what goes on on the cross matters because the our prayers, having a rule of life, putting right
Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. It’s the wrong we do, setting aside time to study
at the heart of the Christian faith: the man on the faith and the scriptures, sharing in the
the cross is not just a man on a cross. God has shepherding of each other in the Christian
joined us in our human nature and shared all community. What does a panda do? It eats not
that it means to be human, without ceasing to only shoots, but it also eats leaves. What does
be the God who created the universe. He has God do? God so loved the world that he gave his
taken flesh and, in doing so, enriched what only Son. It is God who is in the detail.
is human without diminishing what is divine.
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VISIT TO ASHBURNHAM PLACE

Our visit to Ashburnham Place was blessed Set within the park landscaped by two of
with a truly spectacular sunny day which set England’s greatest landscape architects namely
the tone from the outset. Our first stop was Capability Brown (circa 1767) and George
The King’s Head at Horsebridge for lunch and Dance (circa 1815) the overall effect was that
once having been fed and watered it was of the quintessential romantic landscape. Once
only a short journey to Ashburnham Place. one of the finest houses in the south east of
England in its heyday, much of the building was
On arriving we passed through an area of demolished in 1959 due to war damage and dry
woodland emerging to see the house which was rot.
bathed in sunshine and set in the landscaped
gardens and park which could only be described A closer
as breath taking. While what we could see observation of
was only a fragment of the earlier house the brick work
which was built in the mid 18th century with from when
additions in the early 19th century we could see the house was
photographs in the Orangery which showed the re-faced (circa
splendour of what had once been. 1850) showed

a combination of
red brick combined
with grey headers in
geometric designs.
This combination is
indigenous to Sussex,
and to our part of East Sussex in particular, but
is usually associated with less grand buildings
such as vicarages, farm houses, town houses
(e.g. Lewes) and the like. The grey headers
are made when bricks are fired at higher
temperatures and for longer causing the sand

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to turn to glass A special thank you to Keith
which gives the and Sue who organized this day
bricks a glazed of pure pleasure, and we look
surface. forward to our next excursion
(I heard mention of the Sistine
Following the Chapel… Really?).
death of Lady
Catherine Noel Thompson
Ashburnham in
1953 the estate
was inherited
by the Revd.
John Bickersteth
who was a distant relative and he established
a Christian Conference and Prayer Centre at
Ashburnham which continues today.

Between our arrival and Vespers (Evening
Prayer) people were free to wonder at will.
The more adventurous explored the grounds
which were stunning due to the numerous
rhododendrons being in flower while others
(perhaps being less energetic) simply retired to
the coffee shop in the Orangery for tea/coffee
and the inevitable cakes. For those of us with
a horticultural interest it was noted that the
camellias which are planted in the Orangery are
the oldest in the UK and still flourishing some
200 years later.

The trip concluded with Vespers in the Estate
Church which were led by Fr Mark.

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Music for the Queen

When the Queen ascended the throne Sir Arthur Bliss
in early 1952, there was already much
anticipated music to celebrate the Festival splendid piece for organ and orchestra for the
of Britain. The Coronation was set for arrival of the Queen Mother. Sir Arthur Bax
June in 1953, in the hope that the weather wrote the Coronation March, virtually his last
would then be fine (it wasn’t), We must, work. After his death later in 1953 Sir Arthur
however, go back to 1931 to the first music Bliss was appointed Master of the Queen’s
dedicated to the Princess. Elgar dedicated Music. The version of The National Anthem used
his Nursery Suite by permission to ‘their at the Coronation was by Gordon Jacob.
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of York and
the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret When, in 1954, the Queen returned from a long
Rose’. They attended the first performance tour of the Commonwealth, she was greeted by
at a recording session conducted by the two works by the Master of the Queen’s Music.
composer. The March Welcome the Queen was incorporated
into a film, which also had music by Malcolm
Sir Arnold Bax Skip forward to 1947 Arnold. The BBC broadcast A Song of Welcome
when Princess Elizabeth with Ian Wallace and Joan Sutherland as soloists.
was heir to the throne. (it was Joan’s first commercial recording).
Sir Arnold Bax (1883-
1953) was Master of the Lady Bliss, who was a great friend of mine,
King’s Music and he wrote told me of a charming incident. Whenever the
Morning Song (Maytime Queen attended a concert, Sir Arthur would
in Sussex) for piano be on duty and would present appropriate
and small orchestra to people to the Queen during the interval. On
celebrate the Princess’s one occasion he brought in Malcolm Arnold.
twenty-first birthday. Both composers had a fairly volatile sense of
humour. They made the Queen laugh so much
Moving on, the Coronation engendered many that her make up had to be re-done so the
commissions. On the eve of the Coronation, concert restarted late.
a group of madrigal type pieces by several
different composers was broadcast by the BBC.
At the actual Coronation, there was much new
music. William Walton (1902-1983) wrote a Te
Deum to end the Coronation Service and the
exciting march Orb and Sceptre for the exit from
the Abbey. Arthur Bliss (1891-1973) wrote a

Sir William Walton There is one other outstanding piece of music
from earlier in the Queen’s reign, the opera
Gloriana by Benjamin Britten. Commissioned
by Covent Garden as the Coronation opera. It
tells of the last days of Elizabeth I, her romantic
feelings for Robert Devereaux, the Earl of Essex,
his downfall and execution and Elizabeth’s last
thoughts before her own death. The bejeweled
and tiaraed first night audience, in the presence
of the royals, was a great success. A lot were
baffled by the music and thought the subject
unsuitable to honour the start of the reign

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Paul Fella wrote about
this event in the
February Logos. I was
there for the first and
third performance
and have seen
it revived many
times.

With the coming

of globalization,

the pride that

Britain took in

its many outstanding

composers has wained.

The heady days of the

post-war years at the

Benjamin Britten start of our Queen’s

of the young Queen. It was one of Britten’s reign will probably
failures. It vanished from the British stage until
the wonderful new production at Sadler’s Wells never happen again. Gloriana programmes
in 1966 which restored it to its rightful position What will the next from 1953 (Covent
as a masterpiece. Coronation produce?’ Garden) and 1966

Robert Milnes (Sadler’s Wells)

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with a diff ence

comes to St Saviour’s Eastbourne

Calling bakers and
cooks of all ages!

Get your bowls and utensils
ready for Saturday 30th July.

This will be a community fun event, with
different categories available to enter –
some of which will be judged.
It’s up to you as to which ones you enter.
More details and entry forms available
from Yvonne.

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Hello Darlings
Flaming June is upon us. Hard to believe that we are
halfway through the year.

This month sees (in case you have been in Following my comments last month about the Town
hibernation) the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Centre flower beds, it was nice to see a team tending
Queen. It brings back memories of June 2nd 1953 to them the other day. It’s also good to learn the the
and me as a gawky gel of eleven sitting with the entire council has FINALLY decided to bring forward the
street in Granny’s front room in front of a nine inch money to restore our bandstand. It should never have
television screen watching the Coronation. been allowed to get in to its present dilapidated state.
I was drinking tea out of my Coronation mug given to
us at school to mark the event. The accompanying
chocolates having been woofed down some days
previously. I vividly remember the tall beaming figure
of Queen Salote of Tonga in an open carriage in
pouring rain. Memories...

It’s nice to see that Grove Road and South Street will
be closed to mark the Jubilee with a street party.

Last month whilst praising Easter I unfortunately How are your sunflowers doing? I think I have four
failed to mention the contribution of our splendid bean stalks as they are getting taller and taller with
choir. Thank you darlings – didn’t you do well? It’s not a sign of a flower. I’ve already changed pot sizes
nice to see the numbers increasing again and the three times. Won’t be long before they are positioned
return of the Anthem. Well done Paul. I know I tease on the floor. Already off the window ledges.
you frequently but you are a star. A naughty one
sometimes. You’ll never walk alone comes to mind. Returning finally to church news. Fr Anthony Delves
SSC will be joining the team on 1st June and Fr Paul
It’s nice to see Isobel back in her pew and I caught will for the time being be absent helping out at Christ
a glimpse of Tony Sharley last week. Mary Delves is Church Seaside, as Fr David Charles departs for his
back at home. Things are improving. new parish.

The serving team now has three fully qualified Our Annual General Meeting took place recently and
thurifers (them what swing the smoke about) in Brian, was well attended. It was good to hear all that the
Bruno and John. Keith Metcalfe made his debut church achieved throughout another difficult COVID
recently and having (in his own words) ”not burnt the year through the dedication and hard work of the
Church down” is having a repeat performance shortly. clergy and volunteers. The Annual Report for 2021 is
Well done Keith. very impressive.

To all who have holiday plans this year now that we Let’s hope that the Jubilee celebrations go well and
can actually travel abroad I wish you an enjoyable time I shall certainly raise a glass to toast Her Majesty.
and a safe return. God save the Queen.
Until July…
The concert season finally got underway with the Chin Chin
Simon Ballard piano recital which was very well Kitty xx
attended.

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Dates for your Diary

Wed 1 10.30am Mass S. Justin M.
Thur 2 10.30am Mass Easter Feria
Fri 3 12 noon Mass S. Charles Lwanga et al. Ms.
Sat 4 10.00am Mass Easter Feria
Sun 5 09.00am Mass Pentecost
10.30am Solemn Mass
Mon 6 10.30am Mass Mary, Mother of the Church
Tues 7 11.00am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
12 noon Mass Feria (Tuesday of Week 10, Year II)
Wed 8 10.30am Mass Feria
Thur 9 10.30am Mass Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest
Fri 10 12 noon Mass Feria
Sat 11 10.00am Mass S. Barnabas, Ap.
Sun 12 09.00am Mass The Most Holy Trinity
10.30am Solemn Mass
Mon 13 10.30am Mass S. Antony of Padua Pr. Dr.
Tues 14 11.00am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
12 noon Mass Feria
7.00pm Archdeacon’s Admission of Churchwardens
Wed 15 10.30am Mass Feria
Thur 16 10.30am Mass S. Richard of Chichester Bp.
Fri 17 12 noon Mass Feria
Sat 18 10.00am Mass Saturday Memorial of the BVM
Sun 19 09.00am Mass Corpus Christi
10.30am Solemn Mass, Procession and Benediction
Mon 20 10.30am Mass S. Alban M.
Tues 21 11.00am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
12 noon Mass S. Aloysius Gonzaga, R.
Wed 22 10.30am Mass Ss. John Fisher & Thomas More, Ms.
Thur 23 10.30am Sung Mass The Birthday of S. John the Baptist
Fri 24 12 noon Mass The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sat 25 10.00am Mass The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Sun 26 09.00am Mass The 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
10.30am Solemn Mass
Mon 27 10.30am Mass Feria
Tues 28 11.00am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
12 noon Mass S. Irenaeus, Bp. Dr. M.
Wed 29 10.30am Mass Ss. Peter & Paul, Aps.
Thur 30 10.30am Sung Mass Feria

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THE DIRECTORY

Church Officers Telephone
01323 722317
Vicar Fr Mark McAulay SSC (Fr Mark’s rest day is a Monday)
The Vicarage Spencer Road Eastbourne BN21 4PA 381796
733927
Hon Associate Clergy Fr Anthony Fiddian-Green MA, Cert Ed 07706 067496
Canon Richard Harper SSC 460905
Canon Robert Fayers SSC 729702
Fr Paul Christian SSC
656346
Canon Anthony Delves SSC 645145

Churchwardens Mrs Pauline Fella 07711 986695
Mr Keith Metcalfe 07845 713771

Secretary PCC Dr Simon Thorp

Treasurer and Chair of Finance Mrs Beverley Thorp

Other Officers Mr Paul Collins 647969
Director of Music

Parish Hospital Contact Mr Robert Ascott 728892
Mrs Veronica Gottlieb 07801 069991

Car Park Manager / 100 Club Mr Steve Gilbert 469078

Acting Church Hall Manager Mrs Pauline Fella 656346

Safeguarding Officer Mrs Yvonne Dyer 07702 199844

Electoral Roll Officer Mrs Susan Metcalfe 645145

Deanery Synod Tony Sharley and John Vernon

Librarian Mrs Krystyne Breeze

Open Church Vacancy

Flower Arranging Mrs Yvonne Dyer and Team 07702 199844

Church Grounds Mr Michael Brennan, Mrs Diana Dean, Ms Megan Humphreys,
Mrs Lynette Newman, Mr Ross Piper

Events Coordinators Mrs Rosemarie Emery and Mrs Yvonne Dyer 01323 431283 / 07702 199844

Church Cleaning Mr Tony Sharley, Mrs Pam Sharley, Mrs Judy Grundy 645682
Ms Francesca Fairs, Mr Terry Brookes, Mr Thomas Prior

Webmaster / Magazine / Publicity Mr Paul Fella 07379 679741

Church Office Answerphone 729702

Church Organisations Vacancy 729702
Book Group 728892
Ms Ruth Figgest 381796
Reach Out Team Mr Robert Ascott
Family Support Work Fr Anthony Fiddian-Green 735410
Chat-Stop Vacant 725796
Guild of All Souls Miss Mary Delves 431283
Our Lady of Walsingham / CBS Mrs Isobel Nugent
Mission to Seafarers Mr Roger Emery
Additional Curates Society

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