Messe du Peuple de Dieu

Many thanks to John Coughlan for organising our participation in the Mass last Sunday, and to all who helped in any way, organising servers, FHC children, those who served, those who joined the choir. Our procession from St Alphonse was led by Matthew playing the bagpipes; he was accompanied by 10 of our altar servers and most of our First Holy Communion children and many others from our community. Both the procession and the Mass itself were joyful and inspiring. Apologies if you came to church to find that the usual Mass had been cancelled — we did try to warn you!

Links to 2 short videos can be found here and here.

Enjoy! Fr Ed

Vokalensemble Vox — an acapella concert by members of the Slovakian Catholic community in Luxembourg, today, 14th May here in St Alphonse church at 15:00. See the flyer

St Alphonse, Sunday 14th May, 15:00

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I have received the following message:

“Dear friends,
A further healing of memories workshop, led by Michael Lapsley, will be held in Luxembourg on the weekend of 21-23 July 2017.

You will find attached further details of the workshop and an enrolment form. If you wish to participate, please complete the form and return it to us no later than 18 June. 

We would also ask you to send this information on to anyone you know who might be interested. 

Very best regards. 

Patrick Byrne & Javier García Alves
on behalf of the Healing of Memories Luxembourg team”

The flier can be found here.

Fr Ed

The next meeting of the Laudato Si discussion group will take place at 8.30 pm on Tuesday 9th May in the ‘Garden Room’/meeting room of the St Alphonse couvent. We will be discussing Chapter 2 of the document. Anyone interested to join the group should contact Steve McCarthy on 621 31 91 10.

On Tuesday 06 June (the Tuesday after Pentecost) the annual Dancing/Hopping procession (there are many videos on YouTube — search for Echternach procession) will be taking place in Echternach. Thousands of people from all over Luxembourg and beyond will be celebrating this day with the tradition procession. If you haven’t witnessed this (UNESCO recognised) event, you should! A group of 50 Irish pilgrims (Anglican and Catholic) are coming from Carlow with their respective bishops to join in the procession, with their youth band to lead them. We have been invited to join them in the procession, and there are 50 places reserved for any of us from our Catholic and Anglican communities.

If you (as a family, individual, or part of a group) would like to join in the procession, please let me know and I will reserve places. And if you’re not joining in the procession, it’s certainly worth witnessing this spectacle that has been celebrated in honour of St Wilibrord since the middle ages.

Praying for good weather,

Fr Ed