Welcome

***PHONE SERVICE UPDATE The Parish telephone number is now working: however, we are having difficulties in answering it! You should now be able to leave a message on the answerphone, and we shall reply to you within office hours. Unfortunately, it is not always yet possible to answer calls “live”. As normal, it is better to email the Office if you can, and for emergency sick calls please always call the Priest Emergency line on 07872 396683.***

Collections online

Apologies to those who were unable to donate using the Dona machine at the 6pm Mass on Saturday, 27th December. Unfortunately the machine is faulty. You can donate online via https://donate.mydona.com/our-lady-of-the-rosary-bexhill . You can select Offertory for your normal first collection, and Crib Collection for the second collection.

Father Stephen, Deacon Simon, Bonita and all of the community of the Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary wish you all a happy and blessed Christmas.

Christmas Mass Times

Christmas Eve: No morning Mass. Vigil Mass of Christmas: 4pm at St Martha’s; 6pm at St Mary Magdalene.

Christmas Day: 9am at St Martha’s; 11am at St Mary Magdalene.

26th December: 10am Mass for St Stephen’s Day at St Mary Magdalene.

Normal weekday and Sunday Mass schedule will operate thereafter until Tuesday, 30th December.

The latest newsletters can be found here:

https://stmmbexhill.co.uk/newsletters/

The Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, Bexhill on Sea:

The communities of St Mary Magdalene, Town Centre & St Martha’s, Little Common

Dear Parishioners and visitors,

Welcome to our website and to our parish community.

Our parish is led by Fr Stephen O’Brien, Deacon Simon Kirkdale and a small group of parishioners who provide a ‘parish counsel’ to the Parish Priest. They are ably supported by our parish administrator Bonita Osmond and the Parish Finance Committee.

We have two Churches in the Parish:

The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, Town Centre:

• 6pm (Sat) & 11am on Sundays
• 10am on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
• 6.30pm on Thursdays
• There is no Mass on Wednesdays

Funerals and school commitments may alter this schedule – always check the newsletter: http://www.stmmbexhill.co.uk/newsletters/

We have another Church in the parish, St Martha’s, Little Common, which has a Sunday Mass: 

• 9am Mass of the Sunday

If delivering letters etc to the Parish Office, please do not post them through the erstwhile Presbytery letterbox at St Mary Magdalene- the Presbytery is no longer our property and we will not receive them. Please use instead the Sacristy door letterbox- please turn right at the erstwhile Presbytery door.

New Parish 

For more information about the Deanery of Eastbourne and St Leonards becoming one parish as part of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan, please have a look at https://stmmbexhill.co.uk/diocesan-parish-plan-our-new-parish/ .

CAFOD World Gifts

If you would like to explore and buy these online,  you can do so by visiting CAFOD World Gifts at https://worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/ .

Mass Intentions 

Every Mass said in our parish can be offered for your intention- whether for the repose of the soul of your departed loved ones, or the wellbeing of yourself or your friends and family. You can book these by contacting the Parish Office by phone or email at bexhill@abdiocese.org.uk . The recommended donation is £10; however, this is entirely up to you, and you can pay by dropping the money into the Parish Office letterbox in the Sacristy door at St Mary Magdalene’s, or by using our online Dona page at https://donate.mydona.com/our-lady-of-the-rosary-bexhill and selecting Mass Intentions. You can also pay by internet bank transfer (Name: St Mary Magdalene, Acct No. 21077139, S/C 40-05-20). If you do use Dona or bank transfer for payment, please remember to inform the office of the Mass Intention name.

Access to the parish office at St Mary Magdalene is by appointment only. This is because of the lone working policy, which is in effect during large parts of the day / week.

The best way to contact the parish office is by email: bexhill@abdiocese.org.uk

You may also telephone the parish office on 01424 210 263  but due to the current set up in the parish office you may need to leave an answerphone message. Office hours are 9.15am to 4.45pm Monday to Friday. The newsletter will update you with any holiday closures.

Strict Emergencies (i.e. sick calls / last rites), use both email addresses:

stephen.obrien@abdiocese.org.uk  & bexhill@abdiocese.org.uk

‘Last Rites’ do not mean ‘last minute’. As soon as a person begins to be in some danger of death due to illness, injury or old age, the time for the anointing has surely already come. Please contact us in good time to arrange for a visit from Fr Stephen so that the individual concerned may make their Confession, be anointed and receive Holy Communion. 

For emergencies  i.e. Last Rites:  07872 396683

Non-Urgent Visit Requests, use this form: https://stmmbexhill.co.uk/visiting-the-sick-and-housebound/

For other important pastoral matters, you may leave a message for Fr Stephen via the parish office, and he will get back to you when he is next in the parish office. 

We also have a parish Facebook Page:

Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, Bexhill: St Mary Magdalene & St Martha’s

https://www.facebook.com/stmmbexhill

New parishioners are welcome to download and complete the parish census, returning it to the parish office either through the letter box or by emailing bexhill@abdiocese.org.uk

https://stmmbexhill.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/parish-2023-census-form-pdf-version.pdf

*** if you are able, please continue to support your parish through the diocese’s online offertory scheme via: ChurchSuite Donate 

 remembering to select the BEXHILL PARISH 

or via Dona: https://donate.mydona.com/our-lady-of-the-rosary-bexhill

With our prayers and best wishes,

Fr Stephen O’Brien, Priest In Charge & Deacon Simon Kirkdale.