TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (04/10/2020)

NOTICES FOR THE WEEK

1. Holy Eucharist: Kindly continue to join in the Holy Eucharist in your homes celebrated by our archbishop Monday to Saturday 7.30 am and Sunday at 9 am. Also tune in to special sessions/ talks on various topics conducted online by various archdiocesan bodies.
2. Church office remains closed till further notice.
3. Church services: For any church services sacramental or others like booking of masses, etc. Kindly get in touch with us priests by sending an email on the parish id ijparish74@gmail.com. Please do not come to the church for clarifications or bookings.
4. Thanksgiving Day: Today we celebrate Thanksgiving Day in our Archdiocese. Let us thank the Lord for all that we are and all that we have in our lives. We invite you to pray and have a meal together with the family members. Happy Thanksgiving Day from us Fathers, Sisters and Brothers to you all.
5. October month is dedicated for the missions, for peace and harmony among all religions and also to the praying of the holy rosary. Please devote time everyday to pray the rosary as a family.
6. Welcome: On this Thanksgiving Sunday, we are happy to welcome in our Pastoral team, Sr Patricia, who has taken over as the Superior and Bro. Santan who has been appointed to our parish for SCC ministry. Sr. Patricia has a degree in Social Work and also expertise in credit society work. Brother Satan is studying in the 1st year of theology at Goregaon seminary. We wish you joy and fruitfulness in the ministerial work.
7. We also thank God for Sr Smruti who served at our parish. We wish her a fruitful ministry at Silvassa.
8. Community Welfare Fund/ Donations can be made through cheques only. Please hand over the CWF envelope containing the cheque/ donation cheque to your respective PPC/ SCC coordinator who will do the needful. Kindly mention clearly the period of payment (i.e. the month/ months and the year/years for which this contribution is to be marked).
9. Scholarship: The Government of India has declared the minority scholarship for school/college students. Kindly avail of the same. Information has been circulated in your SCC Whatsapp group. Girl students of STD. IX, X, XI and XII are asked not to apply for the scholarship.
10. Covid-19 threat is still on. Do not let your guard down. Continue to take proper precautions. Be home, Be safe and practice SMS.
11. Covid Vaccine Box: In order that you may be prepared to bear the cost of the Covid-19 vaccine, at every SCC meeting we have proposed that every family keep a sealed box in which you drop some coins every day. This little daily saving will help ease the expense of the vaccine for the family as and when it is released. Those who can meet the expenses right away can still keep the box for those who cannot and then can handover the box for the needy ones of our parish.
12. Plastic Recycling Project: Requesting you to recycle the milk pouches and other plastic items. In case you do not find a vendor for the same, you may deposit these items with our watchman at the parish basement. You may also bring in the electronic waste for recycling.
13. PYC: PYC will have an online meeting next Sunday 11th Oct. at 11 am. The link will be sent to the members who can then forward it to the youth of your community.
14. Steering Committee Meeting: online on Monday 5th October at 8 p.m., we summarize our quarterly activities and plan for the next quarter. Also requesting the PPC members to join in for an input session on cooperative credit societies by a resource person.
15. SCC meetings: Dear parishioners, we are happy that last month many of you attended the SCC meeting online. This shows your willingness and trust in living as a community. Those who for some reason were not able to join, please do so this month. Contact your coordinators for the link.
16. SCC Meetings during the month: