Please click on the link below to read the Holy Father’s message for World Migrants’ Day this coming Sunday.

2019 World day Migrants GB

Our community has been approached by the archbishop’s delegate for education with the opportunity to set up an English-speaking Catholic Kindergarten under the umbrella of  the well-established school of Sainte Sophie, Kirchberg, taking advantage of the excellent facilities on the campus.

This is an exciting opportunity to establish a school which would become a beacon of excellence in Catholic education in Luxembourg, strongly linked with the teaching of the English-speaking Catholic Community.  The outline plan is to start with a nursery / kindergarten section for children from the age of 3, which would then grow into primary  education.

If you have children who will be 3 years old by September 2020 or younger children, the Pastoral Council asks you to please complete the survey available on the link below and return it by email to the parish office: parish@catholic.lu.  This will assist with gauging the level of interest.

The survey will also be available at weekend Masses until the end of  September.

School survey.

As we have moved back to St Alphonse for our weekend Masses the enrolment meeting for children and parents on Sun 13 October will now be after 11.15 Mass in the refectory at St Alphonse. 

Children should have reached their 8th birthday by 1 January 2020 in order to take part in the programme.  Date for the First Holy Communion day will be given at the meeting as well as full detail of the programme.

Parents may complete the initial registration process before the meeting if they wish by completing the form below.  It should be returned to the parish office by email: parish@catholic.lu

2020 FHC registration for parents

I returned from my retreat last week to the news that Archbishop Hollerich has appointed an assistant priest to our English-speaking Catholic community — this is a most welcome surprise! Fr Hervé-Pierre Guillot SJ is living with his Jesuit community in Belair. His engagement with the European Parliament takes him to Brussels or Strasbourg several times a year, but apart from those commitments he will be working full-time with us. We have yet to work out the details of FR H-P’s ministry, but there is no shortage of pastoral work for him.

Fr H-P (as he refers to himself) will concelebrate at our 3 weekend Masses this weekend (at St Alphonse, as already noted). On behalf of our parish community I wish him a warm welcome and fruitful time in our midst.

Fr Ed