This Sunday the Children’s Liturgy will take place at St Alphonse during Sunday morning Mass for the first time since March.

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If you cannot attend the Children’s Liturgy in person, you can still download the worksheet here:

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The Children’s Liturgy will recommence at Sunday morning Mass this coming Sunday 4 October 2020, starting at 11:15 – i.e. 15 minutes before Mass itself – in the Garden Room at St Alphonse.

In light of the public health restrictions currently in place due to Covid-19, a framework has been developed following the guidelines set out by the diocese for catechesis during the pandemic and after consultation with both the catechists and the team responsible for sanitary measures in church: 

• ​​The Children’s Liturgy will take place in the Garden Room in the courtyard behind the Church.
• The Children’s Liturgy will start at 11:15. This is 15 minutes before the start of Mass in order to allow parents to leave their children at the Garden Room, enter the Church and find their places in good time.
• The number of places at the Children’s Liturgy is limited to 30 children.
• Children will wash their hands at the start of the Children’s Liturgy (hand sanitiser will be provided). They will be seated at tables and any materials used will be disinfected beforehand.
• Children up to the age of six years are not required to wear a face mask but may do so if they wish. Children above the age of six years must wear a mask except when seated. The catechists, helpers and any other adults present must wear a mask at all times. 
• Parents of children up to the age of four years will be welcome to stay if they feel it necessary. Parents of children above that age will unfortunately not be able to stay unless agreed with the Children’s Liturgy coordinator (e.g. in case of special needs).
• Places in Church will be reserved for the catechists and any other adults accompanying the Children’s Liturgy. 
• The children will return to Church at the Offertory. They will enter from the sacristy door. Parents will be invited to remain in their places but to stand in order for the catechists and helpers to return the children to their families.

Click here for more about the Children’s Liturgy in the International English-speaking Community of the Parish of Luxembourg Notre-Dame.

If you are unable to attend Mass at St Alphonse this weekend, please follow the livestream on Facebook and sing along with the hymns below.

Good morning! Please click on the document below for today’s hymns for the 11.30 Mass which will be live-streamed on Facebook.

You will also find the notices with a message from Fr Ed in Cambridge. He will be singing along with us!

If your mum or dad asks you to help with a job, what do you say? Yes or No?

More importantly, what do you do?

In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us about a father who asked his older son to help in his vineyard. The son at first said “no”, he didn’t want to. But then he changed his mind and went to work in the vineyard.

Later in the day, the father asked his second son to help in the vineyard. He said “yes, of course”… But then he went off and did something else instead.

Which son do you think did what his father asked?

The one who said he would help or the one who actually went and helped in the vineyard?

Jesus’ message for us today is that it doesn’t matter what you SAY, it matters what you DO.

What can you do to help others like God the Father asks us to?

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