The document contains notices for a Catholic parish. It announces that Sunday will be Vocation Sunday, praying for more young people to discern religious vocations. It also provides details about upcoming events, including novena masses in preparation for the parish feast on January 29th, which will include an outdoor procession and evening fete with food, games and performances. It requests registration and donations for upcoming marriage celebrations and an eco-quiz at the affiliated school, and reminds about norms for school admissions.

1. THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR AND VOCATION SUNDAY (22 -1-2017)
NOTICES FOR THE WEEK
1. The Bible Quest18 will be held today/tomorrow. Please occupy three classrooms for writing your quiz.
2. Today/tomorrow, 22nd January we celebrate the vocation Sunday in our archdiocese. We pray for more
and more young boys and girls of our parish may to listen to the call of God to become priests and
religious to serve in the vineyard of the Lord. For those who are discerning to join the priesthood or
religious life, a QUEST programme has been organised by the diocesan vocation centre on 11th
February. See the poster on the notice board for further details.
3. The novenas in preparation for our parish feast are being held daily till coming Saturday, 28th January.
Every day, the novena mass in Konkani will be celebrated at 6.30 pm. This will be followed by the
recitation of novena prayer in Tamil followed by the novena mass in English at 7.30 p.m. Two mass
intention boxes one for the 6.30 pm and the other for the 7.30 pm mass will be placed at the altar for
the novena masses. Accordingly, you may drop in your intentions along with the mass offering in these
boxes.
4. Our parish feast will be held on coming Sunday, 29th January. As a part of our celebration, we begin
with a procession along with the Infant Jesus statue. Please gather near the TATA showroom near
Jogeshwari-Vikhroli link road junction of the western express highway at 8 am. During the procession
please follow the instructions of the ushers and maintain decorum. The procession will reach the
church at about 9 o’clock after which we will have the feast mass. On coming Sunday, there will usual
morning Konkani mass at 6.30.
5. The second partofour parish feast, will be the parish fete begins atabout5 in the evening. The special
attraction of the fete will be a special dance performance by a Dance Troupe followed by the finals of
the Dance competition. Besides games and other entertainment, the dinner has been arranged to all.
To bear the part of the dinner cost, like lastyear please collecta coupon for Rs 75/- per head from your
PPC members. PPC members will return the unsold coupons to the parish office latest by 25th January
2017. As an eco-friendly policy ofour parish, we will try to minimize the garbage by avoiding the use of
plastic/thermacol items including throwaway plates/glasses etc. Also, it will be safe and a good idea if
you bring drinking water bottle from your home. Sponsors for the parish feast are invited. Contact
parish office or one of the parish fathers.
6. From Monday 23rd January, the PYC will set up a few games stall in the church basement. After the
mass, you may patronize the same. Coupons for the games will be available on the day itself.
7. The first round of the Community games will be held tomorrow/today morning after the 9.30 am English
novena mass in the Church extension. Requesting the teams to assemble in the church extension
quickly after the mass.
8. Sunday, 12th February 2017 will be celebrated as World Marriage Day. On this occasion, the family cell
of our parish invites all married couples for the 5.30 p.m. mass, in which we will have a special blessing
for all the married couples of our parish. This will be followed by a get-together cum dinner for the
married couples in the A V Hall. Kindly give in your names with a registration fee of Rs 100/- per couple
in the Parish office or to Fr. Henry. Last date for registration 5th February 2017. Hoping to see as many
of you both young and old at this gathering.
9. Infant Jesus High school will be organising a Mega Eco Quiz for parents, students and ex-students of
our school as a Golden jubilee project on Sunday, 12th February. The entry forms and other details of
the quiz are available with students or download it from infantjesusjogeshwari website in the school
section.
10. Our parishioners are requested not to entertain request to influence school or church management
regarding admissions matters. Admissions are strictly done as per the norms given by the
archdiocesan board of education.
11. Daily Flash subscriptions are due for renewal. Please renew them in the parish office
12. The last Sunday collections amounted to Rs.13702/- Thank you for your generosity.
THANK YOU END OF NOTICES. PLEASE STAND FOR THE FINAL BLESSING