The Anglican Community has asked us to share the message below:
We have a lovely East African family in our Church who are applying for refugee status. Mum has the right to work. JoDan Services has offered to employ her if we can find 20 hours of cleaning. Please see the attached notice below for further information.
A member of our community who teaches at the European school has brought an urgent situation to my attention: a 17 year-old young man needs financial help to complete his school studies.. He has one more year to do, but his father has recently lost his job due to the COVID-19 crisis, and the family cannot afford the fees for this coming school year.
I have every confidence in the teacher who has approached me. Can anyone help financially in this situation? I can put you in direct contact with the teacher, and you can take it from there.
Thank you for your consideration, and trusting in your continuing generosity,
Fr Ed
Samaritan’s Purse / Operation Christmas Child – Christmas in a Shoebox Appeal:
The 2020 Christmas-in-a-shoebox season is starting this Sunday. Due to Covid-19 even more children are deprived as the poor communities are typically worst hit by the pandemic. Hence, we feel compelled more than ever to help. Due to the social distancing and sanitary precautions, we will be running the appeal until the end of October 2020, but in a slightly different way. If you wish to fill your own box, empty boxes with instructions will be available on a table outside the main doors of the church at the Sunday Masses.. Filled boxes can be dropped off during any English speaking mass on Sundays from mid September until the end of October.
Unfortunately, there will be no stand to purchase pre-packed boxes this year. Instead, you can make a donation and we will pack the boxes for the amount received. The base price for a filled shoebox, including transportation fees, is 30 Euros. All boxes are packed with great care and with good quality items. Samples will be on display. You can transfer the money to the parish account via the Giving tab on catholic.lu and mention “Shoebox appeal 2020” in the reference. Thank you for your support – Shoebox team.
If you cannot attend Mass please join in this Sunday at home via the livestream on our Facebook page by clicking on the Mass sheet below, which also includes the parish notices.
Join the Bonnevaux Community for a celebration of the Feast of the Birth of Mother Mary with a contemplative Eucharist celebrated by Laurence Freeman OSB. This is also the feast of Fr Laurence’s monastic family, the Congregation of Monte Oliveto Maggiore. To find out more please click on the link below:
International English-Speaking Community of the Parish of Luxembourg Notre Dame 