The tree-planting session planned for this coming Sunday afternoon has had to be postponed until Sunday 22 March. At the moment the ground is simply too wet and muddy to work – not good for the structure of the soil and not good for the workers. There will be further details nearer the time but we hope that many of you will still be able to participate.

Be inspired by Pope Francis’ Laudato Si! Come and help plant ten trees this Sunday afternoon (8 March).

Where? 1 rue de la fôret, Kapenacker, Beyren

When? We will start work at around 14.30. But if the weather is nice and you would like to bring a picnic for lunch then come a bit earlier. (We’ll offer hot and cold drinks in the afternoon.)

Why? Enjoy some fresh country air and some physical exercise. More importantly make a gesture to ‘care for our common home‘ and help to safeguard your children’s future!

If you have some gardening tools (spade, fork, pick-axe, sledge-hammer) then bring them. But if you don’t then come anyway.

If you need transport contact Steve McCarthy on 621 31 91 10 or by email, so that we can arrange a lift.

Echoing to Mgr Hollerich’s Pastoral Letter for Lent 2020 and to Fr HP’s homily on this first Sunday of Lent 2020 (1st March 2020), paragraphs 222 to 227 of the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ of Pope Francis (24th May 2015) on Care for our Common Home are available for you to read by clicking on the link below

Encyclical-Letter-Laudato-Si-EN-222-227

Members of our community, involved in ‘ The Association for Venezuela’ will be selling arepas (typical corn bread) this coming Sunday 8 March after the 11:15 Mass in the garden/parking meeting room at St Alphonse. The arepas will be accompanied by cheese, pork, other meats and salad. There will be cupcakes and juice for children also.

At the moment Venezuela has a terrible economic and political situation and with 1€ we can feed a child for one day, so we need the support of all to race money by selling arepas (our typical corn bread) and keep helping our people in need.

A reminder that this coming Sunday, 8 March, the English-speaking Community will be joining with Catholic communities across the world in support of equality for women in the Catholic Church.

Our own Archbishop, Cardinal Hollerich, has already expressed his support of greater equality.  To read his interview please click here

• Information about the walk:
  • We will assemble at the Gelle Fra at 9.30. We will then walk together to the cathedral in advance of 10.00 mass, where we will distribute awareness raising leaflets.
  • For those who cannot come at 9.30 they can join the walk outside the cathedral to walk to St. Alphonse at 10.55.

   

  • There will be banners/ placards taken from (Voices of Faith website) distributed at the Gelle Fra.
  • Ed will make the mass a celebration of women in the church and the Prayers of the Faithful will reflect the urgent need for equality in order that our church can be fit for purpose for the challenges of the twenty first century.
  • Women are asked to wear white. But practically speaking a white top, scarfe, or ribbon will do.

   

  Diaconia (Social Justice) sub-committee.

  St. Alphonse.

International English-speaking Community, St. Alphonse.