The Red Cross Refugee Aid programme for help at the Gasperich centre, where so many of you have volunteered to help at meal times, has now broadened its appeal and is looking for volunteers in several areas: language courses, learning support, recreational activities, and children’s play resources. Please visit our Refugee Aid page.
Thank you,
Fr Ed
The Diakonia Service, based in Limpertsberg parish, distributes clothes and other items to people in need. They have issued an urgent appeal for food items — tinned food, packet food, dried soups, pasta and rice — anything non-perishable. If you can donate anything of this sort, please bring it to Mass the next time you come. There will be a large basket to receive donations of food — all will be gratefully received.
Thank you,
Fr Ed
Baby-changing table
We now have a baby-changing table available for parents/carers wishing to attend to the hygiene needs of their infants. For the moment, all we have is the table with its wipeable cushion top. As baby care is not one of my specialisms, I would welcome suggestions as to how we can further improve our facilities in this regard. For the moment, of course, we are very much restricted by the fact our facilities are temporary and fairly basic, due to the building works in the couvent, but we’ll continue to do our best in the circumstances.
We are blessed to have so many children in our community — if you bring your baby/child to Mass, thank you for doing so: it’s never easy, and you may be nervous if your child is crying, talking or running around. Don’t be. Know that you, your children, your family and friends are always welcome.
Fr Ed
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 59,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 22 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
St Alphonse, home of the English-speaking Catholic community in Luxembourg, now has a Facebook page (not to be confused with the French-language St Alphonse page…). Search ‘St. Alphonse – International Parish of Luxembourg’ and you’ll find it.
I’m not really au fait with FB, but come on, parishioners, you know what to do!
Thanks to Jeannette Jackson of our community for setting up the page. I notice there’s already a posting from today’s Mass.
Fr Ed
