1.  Inter-community mass at St. Alphonse at 11.15 a.m.

2.   Vin d’Honneur immediately after mass at the monastery

3.  Hello/goodbye luncheon to be held that afternoon at the Maison Mere of the

    Franciscan Sisters, 50 av. Gaston Diderich, to say farewell to Fr. Breslin

    and welcome his successor.

The date for our Confirmation ceremony in 2013 has been set, by agreement with Archbishop Hollerich.

It is MAY  26th, 2013.

On Monday, february 14th, the first meeting of the newly constituted Parish Council took place.  The members, including one alternate, are: Fr. Eamonn Breslin, David Borg, Michael Doyle, Robert Foley, Cheryl Kouba, Marthese Lufi, Marcella McCarthy, Silvio Muller, Regan Otte, Monique Oswald.  Cheryl Kouba was elected chairperson and the election for secretary will take place at the next meeting on Tuesday, May 10th. Several ideas were prososed in regard to the use and future of the Parish council.  these included, but were not limited to, Inter-Parish/Diocesan dialogue, relationship counseling, social contact and procedures during Mass.

We would like to hear from you.  Beginning on the weekend of Saturday, March 5th and Sunday, March 6th, forms will be available in the back of the church on which you will be able to volunteer to help serve the parish and to express your ideas to help make the parish meet the needs of all parishioners.  Please take a few moments to fill in a form and then drop it into the box which will be located next to the forms.

The Members of the Parish Council

The Anglican community in Luxembourg has just published a very helpful brochure on the procedures involved when someone dies in Luxembourg.  For those of us who are at ease with the procedures in our own countries, the Luxembourg ones may seem quite complicated and even excessive.   But it’s good to be aware of them.   You can download the document from the Anglican website   D 5 on the Documents Page of www.anglican.lu