St. Martin’s Vicarage Upper Wellington Road Brighton BN2 3AN September 2025 My dear friends, Once again the days have evaporated and publishing date is only three days away so this will be a channel to highlight what looks to be a busy month ahead. Returning from a break and the Clergy Conference I shall be pleased to be back in the centre of school life. One of the reasons for saying this is to draw your attention to the Mass Kalendar where there are a few occasions that it will not be possible to provide a Mass here, (there is a Mass on Monday at S Bartholomew's at 09.30 and at S Paul’s on Friday at 11.30). Two days after returning from Canterbury we have our Autumn Jumble Sale, the event that supports the Winter Wonderland, our major fund raiser. As I have said before both of these are events that everyone can support if only by coming for a coffee and I would urge you all to do so please. On Tuesday 16th we are hosting the Society of the Holy Cross local Chapter transferred celebration of Holy Cross Day. There will be a Solemn Mass at Midday to which you are all welcome. At the end of the month (28th) Fr. Robert is to be installed as a Canon of the Cathedral at 3pm. In that he is preaching here in the morning he will ensure that we can easily catch the 13.03 to be in Chichester in good time! Finaly I am sorry to say there is no Mass on the last day of the month as it is the Society of the Holy Cross Synod in Croydon. Please do remember those of us who work in this Order in your prayers that day. With my love and prayers,Fr. Trevor
My dear friends, A heartfelt thank you to those who supported the School Production of Matilda last month—it was greatly appreciated by my staff colleagues, as was also the support of the Leavers Mass the following Thursday. I am writing this letter as we prepare for the Walsingham Pilgrimage; please do remember that you can ask for Intercessions to be made in the Holy House. I would also like to thank those who have generously contributed to the Parish’s Lamp that burns there all year. On the Subject of Walsingham at the heart of August is the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady. In the evening of the 15th we are hosting the Wagner Group celebration when there will be chance to admit new members to the Group Cell of the Society of the Holy House. You will notice that there is a said celebration in the morning, it is a Holy Day of Obligation—for any who really can not join in the evening one. Lastly Fr. Thomas invites us to share with our friends at S Bartholomew’s on August 23rd at 5pm and I hope as many as possible will support him and them on that day. Please do look out for details of the next Jumble Sale that will appear on the Sunday Bulletin and be ready to help out, if only by being there on September 13th! With my love and prayers,
My dear friends, I was left a “gentle nudge” before Ange went away that the July News was due for publication and I had not prepared the copy. My first apology is therefore for any typos in the paper version, they are because it has not had Ange’s proofing! The second apology is that after I had prepared the notes and picture of S Bridget of Sweden, as I pasted in the monthly kalendar I noticed that I had not been able to secure a celebrant for the Mass that day: watch the Sunday Bulletin for updates! On a similar theme you will note that there are no Masses planned for the week beginning July 27th: that is deliberate in that it is the week of the Wagner Group Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. If you are not able to be with us for this pilgrimage, please remember us in your prayers: furthermore if you would like to be prayed for in the Holy House, and if you wish us to remember a relative or friend in need or departed please give me their names. There are two school events to which I would draw your attention. The first is the Year 6 Show to be held in Church on Monday 14th at 6.30pm and the second, the Leavers Mass to be celebrated on Thursday 17th at 9.30am: your support for these would be much appreciated. Lastly we are invited to join our friends at S Paul’s for their ‘Summer Festival’ on July 5th and mid-day: just a pity about the preacher! With my love and prayers,Fr. Trevor.
June 2025 My dear friends, What a wonderful celebration we had, in fact are having. I refer back to the celebration on May 1st and look forward to the Luncheon at the end of this month! In his address on May 1st Bishop Martin spoke to the young friends who formed the School Choir encouraging them with the assurance that they are the Church of today and indeed the future. In the month of June our thoughts are now traditionally directed to those preparing for Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood and to the Diaconate. Of the latter there is a sad lack of knowledge of that Holy Order and, regrettably among certain traditional Catholics, lack of support for our Permanent Deacon Colleagues. We are truly blessed with the support of Canon Deacon Rebecca and I would encourage you to remember her in your prayers. Deacon Rebecca’s title is Director of Apostolic Life and therefore she oversees the formation of those who are ordained to title posts in the Diocese: together with our Father Robert she also nurtures vocations. Those vocations that lead to the newly ordained in the posts originate in the every day life of everyday parishes, the latter for our tradition sadly diminishing all the time. I would further, therefore urge you to pray not only for those to be ordained this ‘Petertide’ but also that others may be encouraged to test their vocations. A note on the present time. I am sitting amid preparations for the Flower Festival that will come to its conclusion on the day of publication of this issue. I take, therefore this opportunity to thank those who have contributed to the displays and those who rose to the challenge to staff the event! With my love and prayers,Fr. Trevor