There will be no Christian Meditation session this coming Tuesday, 21st June. Sessions resume Tuesday 28th June, 18:30 in the usual room (accessible from the altar end of the church, through the door on the right). All welcome.
Fr Ed
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Ave Maria — The Art of Music
Ave Maria — The Art of Music
Celebrating 150 years of the entrusting of the original icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour to the Redemptorists with choral music by great European composers of the Renaissance, The Art of Music are performing in the church of St Alphonse on Saturday 25th June at 20:00.
The Art of Music vocal ensemble, seven singers directed by Mick Swithinbank
St Alphonse Church, rue des Capucins, Luxembourg City
Entry free — Retiring collection in aid of refugee children
Refreshments will be served at the interval.
This concert is part of a worldwide series of events hosted in Redemptorist churches. The following day, Sunday, Archbishop Hollerich will celebrate Mass in St Alphonse for the Feast — the concert will be wonderful preparation for the day!
The flyer, including the programme, can be found here.
Pilgrimage for Catechists
As part of the celebrations for the Holy Year of Mercy, our archdiocese is organising a pilgrimage to Rome for Catechists. If any catechists from our community involved recently in teaching the faith to others (adults/Marriage/Preparation courses/Confirmation classes, First Holy Communion preparation/Children’s Liturgy/Baptism Preparation) would like to join this pilgrimage, or would like further information, please see the attached flyer.
Generous parish subsidies are available (contact me directly for more information).
Catechesis is a vital part of our parish life, and is becoming even more important as the teaching of religion is being suppressed in schools in Luxembourg. This is an opportunity to say a sincere thank you on behalf of our parish community to all who give of their time and energy educating others in our Catholic, Christian faith.
Fr Ed
New Office
As from this week, my office is located at the Centre Jean XXIII (The Grand Séminaire),
Grand Séminaire de Luxembourg
Centre Jean XXIII (plan d’accès)
52, rue Jules Wilhelm
L-2728 Luxembourg
The entrance to the driveway is close to the rear of the hemicycle, close to Kirchberg. My phone number remains the same: 691 217 713, and my postal address doesn’t change either: 32 rue des Capucins, BP 354, L-1313 Luxembourg.
It is a great relief finally to have a proper office rather than the pokey, multi-purpose room in the garden that has served me since the couvent St Alphonse closed almost 2 years ago for refurbishment. The news that the building work might continue for another year, along with hearing that there was office space to rent in the Séminaire, prompted me to move. I will move back to St Alphonse when the refurbishment is complete.
In the meantime the meeting room at St Alphonse will still be available, so I will still be available there by appointment.
Fr Ed
Weekend Concerts
I received the following message from Lisa Zasman who is a professional violinist and plays the violin in our music group)
“Just to let you know that the orchestra I play in will have two quite special concerts this week-end:
- Saturday 11thJune, 8 pm, in the church of Garnich (near Dippach)
- Sunday 12thJune, 8 pm, in the church of Weiler-la-Tour (east of Luxemburg city)
On the program: the very beautiful and spiritual Requiem by John Rutter and an Agnus Dei for Marimba and Choir, written by the young Luxemburgish marimba player Sven Kieffer, who will also be playing at the concert.”
I agree with Lisa that Rutter’s Requiem is beautiful! The Agnus Dei for Marimba and Choir promises to be interesting also.
Fr Ed
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