Archbishop Hollerich is presiding at the 11am Mass at SS Peter & Paul, Hollerich, next Sunday 18 November. This is an important occasion for our parish – please come along if you possibly can. And remember, there’s no need to stand at the back – there are empty seats on each side of the church at the front—don’t be shy!

We now have a selection of Mass cards for various occasions available after the 11am Mass in Hollerich, priced €1.50 each. Christmas cards sold in aid of our Garango project are also available.

Thank you to all parents and young adults who attended the Confirmation meeting on Sunday 11 November. I inadvertantly omitted one item: If you do not regularly attend Mass at Hollerich or St Alphonse, please obtain a letter from the parish priest where you do attend, giving his permission for your young adult to make confirmation in Hollerich. This procedure is routine, and is usual for the celebration of any of the Sacraments of initiation and for marriage. Thank you. Fr Ed.

The parish retreat, open to all, is on December 1 at Grande Seminaire, 52,rue Jules Wilheim. The retreat is being led by Fr Maurice Gilbert SJ.     Full details here

The Spiritual Exercises

The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius consist in a programme of prayer and meditation with the aim of heightening and deepening our relationship with Christ and joy in our creator God, who is in love with each one of us. Although the programme is rather formally set out, the experience is always unique and personal, and frequently becomes a life-changing event. The Exercises are particularly appropriate when our lives seem to have become rather meaningless and empty, or when we feel ourselves at a turning-point.

Traditionally they are ‘given’ over the course of a thirty day silent retreat. But they can also be followed as a scheme of regular prayer in ‘daily life’ over a, typically, eight month period.

During the last few years I have directed several people from the anglophone community in Luxembourg in the Exercises in ‘daily life’. I would be happy to do so again during this new school year, for anyone who is interested and prepared to ‘take the risk’, and to make the necessary commitment of time.

If you want to find out more, or think you might be interested, please contact me either on 621 31 91 10 or by email: sjmc@pt.lu . All contact and discussion is confidential.

Steve McCarthy