This coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent. Masses in English with imposition of ashes at St Alphonse will be at 12.15 pm and 7.00 pm.
International Pot-luck lunch – Sunday 15 March
International pot-luck lunch Sunday 15 March: the Pastoral & Community Life committee are planning a bring and share lunch after the 11.15 Mass in the Couvent.
You are asked to bring a dish from your country (enough to feed 8 – 10 people) and add a label with the recipe / ingredients. Dishes can be brought to the Couvent before Mass – courtyard door.
This is an opportunity to meet other members of our community and share our cultural richness.
Bible study group in Lent
There will be Bible study on Tuesdays in Lent starting 3rd March with a choice of times: either at 12.15 pm in the Couvent or at 19.15 in the Jesuit House, 23 Ave Gaston Diderich. Each session will last 1 – 1 1/2 hours.
To register for a session, please email the parish office by Monday evening each week: parish@catholic.lu
Further information can be found on the programme below.
International Women’s Day – Equality for Women in the Church
I would like to bring to your attention a global event, on International Women’s Day, in support of Equality for Women in the Church, which highlights an important issue in the Church and which will be the focus at our 11.15 Mass on Sunday 8 March.
Members of our community and of our Diaconia committee are participating in a procession in Luxembourg to demonstrate support for this issue before Mass from the cathedral to St Alphonse in conjunction with many cities across Europe and the world, which is being spearheaded by Voices for Faith. Further information on Voices for Faith can be found by clicking here
If you wish to be involved in this event in any way, please come along to a meeting after the 11.15 Mass this Sunday, 23 February, in the Garden Room. Fr Ed.
Week of Guided Prayer: 15-21 March
This year’s Week of Guided Prayer during Lent will take place from Sunday 15 March to Saturday 21 March. There will be open presentations and discussions each evening as well as the possibility of confidential individual guidance from Fr HP and from our two visiting experienced prayer guides, Barbara and Margaret. Look out for further details here in the near future!
This year’s image is the famous Rublev icon. It represents the visit to Abraham of three angels, usually considered to represent the Holy Trinity (Gen 18). The unoccupied fourth place at table seems to invite the observer into the scene, as indeed we are all invited to share in the Divine Life of the Holy Trinity.
