For 30 years, our community has been raising money for projects in Garango, Burkina Faso. Prominent in these efforts (although she will not thank me for mentioning it) is Annette Power, who organises the tea and coffee after Mass each Sunday. Not only does this refreshment service bring us together after Mass as a community, it raises money for Garango. Additionally, we donate the 1, 2 & 5 cent coins from our weekly collections to the same project. Annette informs me that in the past year we have raised over €3.000, a remarkable €800 more than last year. For us, this is a statistic, but for the people of Garango it means a new classroom, water-pump and other essential community provisions.

On behalf of our community, a big ‘Thank You’ to Annette, and to all who donate week by week to these projects.

Fr Ed

Tonight (Saturday 25 June) The Art of Music are performing Ave Maria, choral music by great composers of the Renaissance. This concert is part of our celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the entrusting of the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Help)  to the Redemptorists in 1856, when Pope Pius lX commanded, ‘Make her known’.

Entrance is free, there will be a retiring collection in aid of refugee children.

20:00, St Alphonse, 32 rue des Capucins, Luxembourg ville

Refreshments will be served at the interval.

Tomorrow, the only Mass at St Alphonse will be celebrated by Archbishop Hollerich at 10:30, commemorating the great Feast of Our Lady, followed by refreshments in the garden. Plans are in place for a rainy Sunday, so don’t let the weather put you off!

Fr Ed

I have been offered 2 tickets gratis for a concert this evening — they are available for anyone who can use them. The Cleveland Wind Syphony and students from the Conservatoire de la Ville are performing works/extracts from Tchaikovsky, Britten, Grainger and others. If you would like the tickets, see me after Mass.

Enjoy! Fr Ed

You can find the full programme here.

There will be no Christian Meditation session this coming Tuesday, 21st June. Sessions resume Tuesday 28th June, 18:30 in the usual room (accessible from the altar end of the church, through the door on the right). All welcome.

Fr Ed