On Sunday 18 November at 18:00 the Archbishop Mgr Jean Hollerich will celebrate Mass with the young people of Luxembourg in the Chapelle du Christ-Roi, Belair.  After Mass the Archbishop will give an outline of the work of the recent synod and how we can better serve young to find their place within the Church.  All are welcome.

We entered the shoebox season this year with the aim of beating last year’s number of 416 shoeboxes packed with essential items and a few small luxuries, destined for children in Romania and Moldavia. Up until a couple of weeks ago, it looked as though we were going to fall significantly short of our target — but we shouldn’t have doubted the generosity of those in our community and beyond. The final total of boxes received was a magnificent 455 — an amazing achievement. 130 of those boxes were collected by the Brazilian community in Luxembourg, co-ordinated by Ana Cristina Castro of our community.

The boxes were blessed by the entire congregation at the 11:15 Mass on Sunday (11th November

And can be seen below in Trier, accompanied by Michele and Jessica, having completed the first stage of their voyage Eastwards.

Many thanks to Michele who led the project at St Alphonse, and to the great team who made this act of generosity possible!

Fr Ed

The latest IOP October newsletter is now available on the parish IOP webpage here.

Find out what some of our volunteers from Luxembourg did during their six months stay in Ilula.

Please click on the link below for further information on a fundraising evening of folk music and song on Friday 16 November at 19.30.

Till the valleys ring again

The Pope’s widely acclaimed encyclical Laudato Si is a call to all Christian communities, indeed to all people of good will, to care for the environment, our ‘sister Earth’. We should do so, not merely because human life depends on it, but also because our environment, in all its huge abundance and incredible diversity, is God’s loved creation.

Starting with a small group who studied and were inspired by Laudato Si, the English Speaking Community of the Parish of Notre Dame, encourages care of our environment both through the witness of small practical steps that are within our reach and by joining the wider Christian community in prayer and worship.

We work closely with the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Group of the Anglican community here in Luxembourg. The title of this group underlines that environmental issues and those of social justice are inextricably linked – a point repeatedly emphasised by Pope Francis in Laudato Si.

More details of the Laudato Si Group can be found (and will be posted) on their dedicated webpage  https://catholic.lu/outreach/laudato-si-group/