Echoing to Mgr Hollerich’s Pastoral Letter for Lent 2020 and to Fr HP’s homily on this first Sunday of Lent 2020 (1st March 2020), paragraphs 222 to 227 of the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ of Pope Francis (24th May 2015) on Care for our Common Home are available for you to read by clicking on the link below

Encyclical-Letter-Laudato-Si-EN-222-227

Members of our community, involved in ‘ The Association for Venezuela’ will be selling arepas (typical corn bread) this coming Sunday 8 March after the 11:15 Mass in the garden/parking meeting room at St Alphonse. The arepas will be accompanied by cheese, pork, other meats and salad. There will be cupcakes and juice for children also.

At the moment Venezuela has a terrible economic and political situation and with 1€ we can feed a child for one day, so we need the support of all to race money by selling arepas (our typical corn bread) and keep helping our people in need.

A reminder that this coming Sunday, 8 March, the English-speaking Community will be joining with Catholic communities across the world in support of equality for women in the Catholic Church.

Our own Archbishop, Cardinal Hollerich, has already expressed his support of greater equality.  To read his interview please click here

• Information about the walk:
  • We will assemble at the Gelle Fra at 9.30. We will then walk together to the cathedral in advance of 10.00 mass, where we will distribute awareness raising leaflets.
  • For those who cannot come at 9.30 they can join the walk outside the cathedral to walk to St. Alphonse at 10.55.

   

  • There will be banners/ placards taken from (Voices of Faith website) distributed at the Gelle Fra.
  • Ed will make the mass a celebration of women in the church and the Prayers of the Faithful will reflect the urgent need for equality in order that our church can be fit for purpose for the challenges of the twenty first century.
  • Women are asked to wear white. But practically speaking a white top, scarfe, or ribbon will do.

   

  Diaconia (Social Justice) sub-committee.

  St. Alphonse.

International English-speaking Community, St. Alphonse.

Due to current health and hygiene  precautions and advice for the Corona virus it has been decided to postpone the pot-puck lunch on Sunday 15 March until later in the year.

Thank you to the Pastoral and Community Life Committee for organising this initiative and we look forward to sharing lunch together to celebrate the richness of our cultural backgrounds in the future.

This informal group meets on the first Wednesday of each month and is an opportunity to meet and make friends in our community.

Come along between 10.00 and 12 noon for a cup of tea / coffee and a chat.  All ages are welcome (We have lots of toys to entertain young children).