Catholic Deanery of Eastbourne and St Leonards

Welcome to the temporary website of the Deanery of Eastbourne and St Leonards.

The Diocese will soon be providing a website closely integrated with its own. In the meantime, this simple site complements the new Deanery Newsletters.

Fr Kevin gives a final short update on the New Parish, as we come towards the summer holiday season. Thanks to everyone from across our Deanery churches who has been working hard to help us prepare for change and re-organisation. We realise as time goes by that we are in for a long-distance run rather than a quick sprint, quite rightly so as change needs to happen in a way that makes sense for people. We have just had news of appointment of our new Bishop-Elect, Stephen Wang. I know him well and am confident he will be a great new shepherd for us all. Just to end with some encouraging words he shares with us on his appointment: “There are many challenges ahead, but I am full of hope. I’ve seen so many times what God can do when people pray and work together, and when they put their trust in him. If we listen to one another, and to the Lord, then he will show us the way forward.” We pray for him as he prepares to join us after the summer.

Parish Mission Prayer

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