Spiritual

1. SEVENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (19 -2-2017)
NOTICES FOR THE WEEK
1. The Made in Heaven, a get-together for eligibles looking outfor marriage proposals will be held today/tomorrow
10.30 to 4.30 in the AV hall second floor.
2. The February Bible Quest will be held today/tomorrow. Please occupy three classrooms like last month.
3. First Holy Communion will be administered to our children on coming Sunday 26th February 2017 at 10 am
mass. Kindly note the change in mass timing from 9.30am to 10 am.
4. Coming Sunday, 26th February is celebrated as Bible Sunday in our archdiocese.
5. We begin the season of Lent from the following Wednesday, 1st March. On Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting
and abstinence, there will be 3 masses – morning at 6.45 and evening at 6.15 in Konkani and 7 in English.
Blessed ashes will be applied during all the Masses.
6. The annual SCC ENVIRONMENT RALLY will be held on the following Sunday, 5th March. First part of the rally
will be WALK FOR ENVIRONMNET. In this part the parishioners of all faiths will come in procession from their
respective localities with placards and slogans on environment protection. The second part of the rally is a
stage programme with various stage items on the theme on environment, specially SAVEAAREY COLONY put
up by the Eco Kids Clubs of our parish. Bishop Percival Fernandez will be the chief guest for the stage
programme. Since it is a parish level annual project, various parish groups are also allotted with different
portfolios. Your active involvement will help to make this annual event a success. Project plan and portfolio
details are uploaded in our church website. PPC members please note – last date to submit your consolidated
entry forms, and eco kids feedback reports for the month ofFebruary is coming Sunday, 26th February. As our
church hall can accommodate about700 members, each SCC can enlist up to maximum 50 to 60 members of
all faith from your community. Due to limited capacity in our church hall, entries from SCCs will be accepted on
first come first serve basis.
7. The bi-yearly OLCM session for all parish association members will be held on Sunday, 12th March. As 5th
March, first Sunday, will be environment rally, the PPC meeting for March will be held on second Sunday, 12th
March. Like last term, this meeting will be combined with the OLCM session. At 10.30 to 12 will be the OLCM
session. From 12 we will have a shorter PPC meeting. Members of various parish groups attending the
session, please enlistyour names with your PPC members. PPC members please send the nos to Fr Felix on
online before Wednesday 8th March.
8. There are a few vacancies in our school including a vacancy for Primary Head Mistress, 2 vacancies for D.Ed
teachers and a temporary two month vacancy for Hindi/Marathi teacher for secondary section for the months of
March and April. Interested candidates please give your application in the school office.
9. In case you have not yet received your family community fund update letters, please contact your PPC
member.
10. DYC is organizing camps for youth in the month of April and May. For details see the poster on the notice
board. Youth who are interested to attend find it difficult to pay the charges may meet the parish priest.
11. (for Saturday) The prayer service will be conducted by our youth in the form of Gospel Rock will be held today
after this mass. You are welcome to stay back and experience a new form of prayer in the form ofGospel Rock.
12. (9.30 am mass) Today’s liturgy was animated by SCC 9. Coming Sunday liturgy will be SCC 10.
13. The last Sunday collections amounted to Rs
14. The February month SCC meetings are -
12th Feb-17 Sunday Cty no-04 (St Pius)
12th Feb-17 Sunday Cty no-10 (Good Shepherd)
13th Feb-17 Monday Cty no-02(St Agnes)
14th Feb-17 Tuesday Cty no-07(Our Lady of Rosary)
16th Feb-17 Thursday Cty no-09(Don Bosco)
17th Feb-17 Friday Cty no-14(St Anthony Mass)
18th Feb-17 Saturday Cty no-08(St Aloysius)
18th Feb-17 Saturday Cty no-11 (St John the Baptist)
THANK YOU END OF NOTICES. PLEASE STAND FOR THE FINAL BLESSING