On Monday, february 14th, the first meeting of the newly constituted Parish Council took place.  The members, including one alternate, are: Fr. Eamonn Breslin, David Borg, Michael Doyle, Robert Foley, Cheryl Kouba, Marthese Lufi, Marcella McCarthy, Silvio Muller, Regan Otte, Monique Oswald.  Cheryl Kouba was elected chairperson and the election for secretary will take place at the next meeting on Tuesday, May 10th. Several ideas were prososed in regard to the use and future of the Parish council.  these included, but were not limited to, Inter-Parish/Diocesan dialogue, relationship counseling, social contact and procedures during Mass.

We would like to hear from you.  Beginning on the weekend of Saturday, March 5th and Sunday, March 6th, forms will be available in the back of the church on which you will be able to volunteer to help serve the parish and to express your ideas to help make the parish meet the needs of all parishioners.  Please take a few moments to fill in a form and then drop it into the box which will be located next to the forms.

The Members of the Parish Council

The Anglican community in Luxembourg has just published a very helpful brochure on the procedures involved when someone dies in Luxembourg.  For those of us who are at ease with the procedures in our own countries, the Luxembourg ones may seem quite complicated and even excessive.   But it’s good to be aware of them.   You can download the document from the Anglican website   D 5 on the Documents Page of www.anglican.lu

Several parisioners have asked whether they could have the recipe to the Scripture Cake that Cheryl Kouba made for the Coffee after Mass last Sunday…..so here it is!

The recipe comes from Sarah Ban Breathnach’s book, Mrs. Sharp’s Traditions.  She states, “When the family has friends over for Sunday afternoon tea, one Victorian teatime favorite is Scripture cake, a delicious confection made only from ingredients mentioned in the Bible.  Victorian homemakers, who were expected to know their Bible as well as their cookbooks, had to decipher the mysterious ingredients…”

Ingredients:

1 cup Psalms 55:21

1 cup Jeremiah 6:20

3 Jeremiah 17:11

1 tablespoon I Samuel 14:25

½ cup Judges 4:19

2 ¼ cups Leviticus 6:15

1 tablespoon Amos 4:5

2 teaspoons II Chronicles 9:9

A pinch Leviticus 2:13

1½ cups I Samuel 30:12

1 cup Numbers 13:23

½ cup Numbers 17:8”

“…but Mrs. Sharp will help you out!”

Key:

1 cup (or 2 sticks) butter

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 tablespoon honey

½ cup milk

2¼ cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

2 teaspoons spice mixture:  1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg

A pinch of salt

1½ cups raisins

1 cup chopped figs

½ cup chopped almonds

Instructions:

“Preheat oven to 350°F.  Butter and flour a loaf pan.

Many Victorian versions of Scripture cake end by advising cooks to blend together and follow King Solomon’s  advice for rearing a well-behaved child, found in Proverbs 23:14 – or, to translate, ‘beat well’.

In a large bowl, cream the butter (an electric beater works well) until light, beating in the sugar a tablespoon at a time until fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.  Stir in honey and milk.  Sift together the dry ingredients:  flour, salt, baking powder, and spices.  Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, blending until thoroughly mixed.  Stir in the raisins, figs, and almonds.

Turn mixture in baking pan.  Bake for 50 minutes.”

Enjoy!

New photos from this year’s First Holy Communion and the Outdoor Mass and Picnic have been added to the Photo Gallery.

You can also find them by clicking on the links below…

First Holy Communion 2010

Outdoor Mass and Picnic 2010

A couple of years ago I was approached by the Anglican Community who have regular meetings of young Christians in their 20’s and 30’s to discuss questions of faith and  share experiences.  The meetings are informal and there’s usually a glass of wine and a pizza.  They would dearly like to have some young people from other Christian communities – like ours.  One of our parishioners, Jenny McDevitt, attends regularly and was wondering if there were any others who would like to come along. 

If you’re interested – and I imagine it’s a very enriching experience –  please contact me at 470039 or better,  contact Jenny McDevitt at 691 977521, or email: jmcdevi@franklintempleton.com