3rd March, 2024 – 3rd Sunday in Lent
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Zone III B be conducting the Station of the Cross on 08th March after the 7 PM Mass.
- Deacon Ashley Vaz, will be celebrating his first Mass on Sunday 17th March, at 11 AM in our Parish. All are invited for the Mass.
- On 16th March, the Rose of Sharon English Prayer Group will be having a Night Vigil Service from 10 pm to 5 am with Praise and Worship, Stations of the Cross, Talk, Adoration, Testimonies and Eucharist. The Service will be Live-streamed for people who cannot physically attend. Please inform your friends and relatives from other parishes.
- Parishioners who are willing to help in operating the LED screens on Weekdays and Sundays are requested to register your names in the parish office by 4th March. We have received only 3 registrations till date. A Training /Demonstration session will be held on Sunday 10th March after the 9:30 am Mass. We generally get a lot of suggestions
- Enrolment Forms for First Holy communion for the academic year June 2024 to March 2025 have to be returned latest by 9th March.
- The Marian Youth Group is organising a “Summer Camp 2024” from 15th April to 30th April. Registrations forms will be available from 10th March onwards at a registration fee of Rs. 20/- only.
- It is recommended that people make confessions and receive communion at least once a year that is during Easter Tide (Ash Wednesday to Pentecost).
- There have been at least 10 robberies in the past six months in the Church, cemetery and the toilets. Hence, we will have to go back to the old system of keeping things under lock and key, so that we can monitor people coming in and out of the main gate. The timings will be reviewed and informed later.
- OCWF envelopes for the Month of March will be distributed today. Please drop your envelopes duly filled with all details in the box marked “OLEP Community Welfare Fund”
- Last Sunday’s collection amounted to Rs. 79,519/-. God bless you for your generosity.
Fr. Rui Comelo
Parish Priest