From Monday 8 December until Wednesday 10 December inclusive there will be no electricity in St Alphonse church, couvent or parish meeting rooms. This is a result of the restructuration work in the couvent, the engineers trying to disentangle the various power supplies to different parts of the plant. Because of this, regrettably, the church will be closed Monday-Wednesday inclusive, and there will be no Masses celebrated. If we can source a gas heater, scheduled parish meetings will be able to take place as planned. Updates will be posted here and announced at weekend Masses. Thank you for your patience.

Fr Ed

We have just received notification that the church, couvent and parish meeting rooms (former scout building) will be without electricity Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week, 8-10 December. We could continue to use the meeting room (e.g. for our Meditation meeting, music rehearsals) if we had a gas-cylinder heater (in UK known as Calor-gas, not sure of other local names). If you could lend such a heater to the parish for the few days, I would be very grateful if you would let me know. Thanks,

Fr Ed

Our two recent sales of winter clothes raised over €430 for the mission in Garango. Clothes which remained after the sales have been distributed to various organisations who will distribute them to those in need. Many thanks to Annette, Nicky, Gerri, Marcella and friends for their time and energy in organising these events.

Fr Ed

Homily preached at St Alphonse Saturday 30th November 2014

Several requests have been made over the course of my time in Luxembourg for copies of the weekly homily; this has posed me with a challenge: I do not preach from a printed text. I am willing, however, to trial making a recording of  the weekly homily available on the parish website. If it proves worthwhile (i.e. more than, say, a dozen downloads each week) and profitable (those who download the homily actually find it useful) then I am willing to continue the experiment. Please feel free to offer feedback on the idea. Aware that I might be making a rod for my own back here, I must state at the outset that I am unable to enter into sustained dialogue/debate online about the content of what I preach.

An archive of homilies since September 2014 will be made available if there is sufficient demand.

Fr Ed

A Mass of Thanksgiving for the life of Jacques Browne is being held today in the church of St Pius X in Belair at 16:00. Jacques, aged 21, was working as a volunteer teacher with children in Thailand when he was killed in an accident. All are welcome to attend the Mass, supporting Jacque’s family in their sorrow and commending Jacques to the loving care of God.

Fr Ed