PARISH NOTICES - SUNDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2009

• Today is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• On Monday 2 February we keep the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and it is also the Day of Consecrated Life. Our parish is blessed to count among its members so many consecrated persons and those preparing for a life of religious consecration. We thank all the religious in our parish for the witness they bear and ask God to grant them a dynamic fidelity to their call.
• The next parish council meeting will be held on Sunday 1 February at 10 am. All parish council members are requested to attend. Also on Sunday 1 February - STI is staging a three-act comedy “Paradise Villa” at 6:30 pm in the Divyadaan auditorium. All of you are invited. Hence, the evening mass next Sunday will be at 5 pm.
• 6 February is the First Friday of the month. There will be a mass at 7:30 am for the students of Don Bosco School. Parishioners who wish to join the mass are most welcome. In the evening at 6:30 pm we will have Eucharistic adoration and it will be followed by mass at 7 pm.
• On Saturday 7 February we will have a parish family get-together after the evening mass with games and dinner. The charges will be Rs. 70/- for adults, and, Rs. 35/- for children 12 years and below. Please hurry and collect your passes from your zone leaders.
• We have just concluded the celebration of our parish novena and feast and it is time to say a big thank you to all those who collaborated in making this a time of prayer, reflection and collaboration. May God our Heavenly Father through the intercession of our patron St. John Bosco continue to bless all of us in the parish – our families, our friends and relatives abundantly.
• Our retired bishop Thomas Bhalerao celebrates his birthday on 1 February. We raise a prayer for his good health and continued fulfillment in ministry.
• Regular scripture classes will resume on Monday 9th February.
• We have begun collecting Church support through volunteers who sit outside the parish office after the Saturday evening mass and the Sunday evening mass. Please collect your cards after the mass.