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Special Saturday

Tomorrow, 10th September, the statue of Notre Dame Consolatrice des Affligés will visit the church of St Alphonse for the day as part of the programme of celebrations marking the 350th anniversary of the election of Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted as Patroness of Luxembourg. The programme at St Alphonse is as follows:

09:00                 Welcome & Morning Prayer
10:00 – 11:00   Confessions
12:00 – 12:15    Midday Prayer
14:30 – 15:00   Confessions (including English)
15:00 – 16:00   Confessions (including English)
18:00 Solemn concelebrated Mass in honour of Our Lady (FR)

The church will be open all day as usual for private prayer.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no english-speaking Mass at 19:00 on this day.

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Student summer job

I received the following message from a member of our community:
‘Do you know of any high-school or university/college students who would be interested in temporary/part-time jobs? My company is hiring for summer vacationers. The company is Sanne Group, a Jersey (Channel Islands) based Trust company here in Luxembourg. We are looking for summer vacationers to help with filing/admin for a couple of weeks.’

For further information contact Ian by email or mobile: 671 510 839.

Fr Ed

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Marriage Preparation Day

Our next Marriage Preparation Day will be on Saturday, October 15, from 10:00 – 16:00. It’s currently due to be hosted in the meeting room at St Alphonse, but if we need more space, we will re-locate (plenty of notice will be given). This course is for couples preparing for marriage: it’s not about preparing for the ceremony itself, but for the rest of married life together. These days have been both popular and highly rated; input is given by trained Marriage Preparation presenters, and couples have an opportunity also to share their own experience of life together.

Exceptionally (due to scheduling issues, for example) you can take the course after your church wedding. If you wish to register for the October date, please contact me and I will subscribe you. To cover costs, we ask €75 from each couple; if this is beyond your means, no problem — again, just get in touch. Refreshments and a sandwich lunch are provided.

Our October course will be presented by Kit and Caroline Dollard who work both for the diocese of Middlesbrough and the Abbey of Ampleforth in the UK.

Fr Ed