PARISH NOTICES - SUNDAY, 8 MARCH 2009

• Today is the Second Sunday in Lent. Today is the First Anniversary of the Episcopal Ordination of our bishop - Felix Machado. We pray that God our Heavenly Father will continue to guide him in his delicate task of shepherding our diocese.
• Catechism classes are held at 5 pm every Sunday evening. Next Sunday – 15 March – will be the last class for this academic year.
• Lent is a time for prayer and reflection. In the last parish council meeting it was suggested to dedicate some of the Friday evenings in Lent to have a Lenten mission. Next Friday 13 March there will be the Way of the Cross animated by Zone B at 6:30 pm. It will be followed by a half-hour prayer-reflection on the theme of Forgiveness. 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.
• 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.
• Holy Cross Parish is organizing a Lenten Retreat and Healing Service from 26 to 29 March. Please see the notice-board for further details.
• 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.