PARISH NOTICES - SUNDAY, 11 JANUARY 2009

• Today 11 January is the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord and the end of the Christmas season.
• There will be regular scripture class on St. Paul on Monday 12 January at 7:30 pm. It will last half an hour.
• We thank all those who organized the special Christmas celebration for the catechism children last Sunday, especially the Sunday school teachers. The children had a wonderful mass celebrated by Fr. Vinod and then some great fun at the games that followed. Regular classes have now resumed and parents are requested to ensure the presence of their children for this important part of their faith formation.
• This is the last day of our collection for our Christian brothers and sisters in Orissa. We will be counting the amount on 12 January 2009. We are in touch with the “Bishop's Kandhamal Relief Fund” and will send the money to them.
• We are planning to revamp the collection of Church support from this year after consulting the parish council. We trust that each family will be able to contribute at least Rs. 100/- per month. Henceforth church support will not be collected by the zone leaders. The amount will be collected by a volunteer outside the parish office after the Saturday evening mass and the Sunday evening mass.
• We are happy to welcome the newly ordained priests of our province – Frs. Christopher George, Ajit Munis, Mayank Parmar and Clifford Morais - to our parish on 14 January. We will have a time of interaction with them at 6 pm after which we will have the novena prayers and mass at 7 pm. All parishioners are welcome to this special celebration.
• St. Patrick’s parish Devlali is organizing a Konkani drama on Friday 16 January. For further details please see the banner at the entrance. Tickets of Rs. 50 and 75 are available at the parish office after the masses.
• Looking ahead we have the novena of Don Bosco (22nd – 30th January) coming up and the celebration of our Parish Feast on 31 January. Details regarding the theme, the preachers, and the animating groups will be put up on the notice-board. Please collaborate with your zonal and area leaders when they approach you for your assistance. It will be a great sign of belonging if as many as possible get involved in the celebration of the novena and the feast.