PARISH NOTICES - SUNDAY, 15 MARCH 2009

• Today is the Third Sunday in Lent. Thursday 19 March is the Feast of St. Joseph husband of Mary.
• This Sunday – 15 March – will be the last day of Sunday catechism for this academic year. We ask God’s blessings on all the children and the catechists who animated them so competently and selflessly during this year.
• Lent is a time for prayer and reflection. Our parish Lenten mission has begun. It is being held on 13-20-27 March - 3 Fridays in Lent. Next Friday 20 March there will be the Way of the Cross animated by Sunday school children at 6:30 pm. It will be followed by a prayer-reflection on the theme of “Communication in the Family”. The reflection will be followed by mass. The entire evening program (Way of the Cross-Prayer-reflection and Mass) will begin at 6:30 pm and end by 8 pm. All parishioners are invited to attend these reflections to deepen our faith in this season of grace that the Church gives us.
• Our Lenten and Holy Week program is out on the notice-board. Please note the timings of the services and also collaborate with your zone leaders on the days allotted for animation.
• 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 assist us in making this collection.
• We thank our Blessed Mother for her graces that we receive at our grotto - a place of prayer and blessing. We have posted the final accounts for the expenses of our grotto on the noticeboard. The deficit is about Rs. 37,728/. If any parishioners would like to contribute and help us erase this deficit, please get in touch with the Parish Priest.
• Holy Cross Parish is organizing a Lenten Retreat and Healing Service from 26 to 29 March. Please see the notice-board for further details.