Launching the year of Mark : Today, the First Sunday of Advent, we begin cycle ‘B’ of the Church’s year, focusing of the Gospel of St Mark. We are (ahem!) marking this event with two workshops, being give by Fr Brendan McConvery CSsR. Fr Brendan is the author of the popular book ‘How to read the Bible’ and will provide useful, prayerful insights as to how best to approach our most sacred texts. These workshops are being held on next Friday 8th December, 19:00-20:30, and next Saturday 9th December 10:00-11:30 here at St Alphonse, and are titled ‘How to read the bible, with reference to Mark’ and ‘What to look for in Mark’, respectively. More details to follow on catholic.lu.

Copies of St Mark’s gospel are available from the tea/coffee table, €2,50 each. Please avail of this all-too-rare opportunity to enter more deeply into the word of God in the gospels.

Members of our community, involved in ‘ The Asociation for Venezuela’ will be selling arepas (typical corn bread) next Sunday 3rd December 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.

This is a good cause: a donation of €4,15 means that a child in Venezuela can be fed for a month — the scarcity of food means that Venezuela is the country with the highest average of infantile undernourishment.

W can eat and enjoy — all in a good cause.

Fr Ed

A member of our community has moved into an apartment, and has urgent need of some domestic items: washing machine, dryer, small oven, iron & ironing board, and a  vacuum cleaner. Other items gratefully accepted also.

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Fr Ed

I received the following message from Marijane of our community. The young man in question is known to me, and I am happy to recommend him to any family who is able to host him. I’m sure someone can help!

Fr Ed

“Young Iranian man (19 years old) is interested in finding a German or Luxembourgish family to live with in or around Luxembourg ville. He is quiet, intelligent and responsible. He is concentrating on the German language to be able to enter a course in CHC machines (which is Metal 3D work) His interests are Philosophy and Mathematics. He attends our Masses at St. Alphonse.  Please spread the word, if you can.   One never knows whom one might meet just around the corner who might be willing to help. A very big Thank you. Marijane Andreopoulos 621 714 402  marijane@pt.lu

The Ilula Orphan Program monthly newsletters will now be published on the the IOP page. The September and October 2017 IOP newsletters can be found here.