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| The Catholic Church in Kuwait: General and Parish Notices |
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| Holy Family Co-Cathedral Parish, Kuwait City |
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Announcements for the week beginning: Friday, March 17
1. On Saturday, 18th March at 10:00 am the Episcopal Ordination and Installation of Bishop Elect Rev. Monsignor Aldo Berardi, O. SS. T, will be at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, Awali - Bahrain. Kindly say a prayer for him.
2. This year the Solemnity of St. Joseph will be celebrated on Monday, 20th March.
3. The Pre-Baptism Seminar will be on 20th March, Monday, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the Holy Family Hall. For the registration, please log on to the AVONA website http://www.avona.org
4. The Rosa Mystica 1000 Hail Marys will be held on Friday, March 24th, at 2:45 pm to 7:45 pm in the St. Padre Pio Hall. All are invited to join.
5. On Saturday, March 25th, the Morning Masses will be that of the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and Evening Masses will be that of the 5th Sunday of Lent.
6. The Tamil Retreat will be on March 27th, 28th and 29th, Monday to Wednesday, in the Holy Family Hall after the 6:30 pm Mass till 9:15 pm.
7. The Confessions in the Church will be on March 27th, 28th and 29th, Monday to Wednesday, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
8. The Banns of the Would-be Eucharistic Ministers are posted on the Church Notice Board. If there is any objection, please bring to the notice of the Parish Priest. The Banns will be for 2 weeks only.
9. The Lenten Boxes for the Poor and the Needy are in the Church.
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| Our Lady of Arabia Parish, Ahmadi |
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Announcements for the week beginning: Friday, March 17
1. As part of the yearlong Jubilee celebrations Jesus Youth is organizing Manna 2023 a cultural program followed by dinner on March 17, 2023 at 5:30 PM in the catechism block. Manna 2023 aims to unite very low-income workers and laborers of all communities of our parish during this holy season of Lent. Parishioners are requested to support this activity. Sponsorship coupons are available at the JY counter. For more details, please contact Rajeev on 66388310.
2. Parish Intercessory ministry will conduct adoration and intercessory prayer on 20th March, Monday from 6:30PM to 8PM at church. Parishioners are invited.
3. There will English confession on March 20 & 21, 2023, 6:30 PM at catechism block. Parishioners are all invited.
4. There will be live “Stations of the Cross” on 31st March 2023 starting at 8:30 AM in the catechism block, which will be enacted by English Catechism Children. All parishioners are kindly invited to participate in this event. Further please note that, on that day the regular “Stations of the Cross” which is being recited after 7:00 AM Mass in Church is CANCELLED as the same is being enacted in the Catechism Block.
5. We are inviting the parishioners who are interested to join in the Pastoral Helper Ministry (ushers/usherettes). Registration forms are available in the Parish office. For more details, please contact Fr. Roswin or see the notice board.
6. There will be a baptism seminar on March 21, Tuesday from 6:30 PM in the catechism block. Please bring the marriage certificate of the parents & birth certificate of the child. Attendance is compulsory for both parents and godparents. Kindly register your names in the parish office.
7. Couples celebrating their wedding anniversary in this month are requested to register their names in the parish office. Renewal of marriage vows will be on March 25, Saturday at 6:00 PM mass.
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| St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus Parish, Salmiya |
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Announcements for the week beginning: Friday, March 17
1. We are in the 4th Sunday of Lent which is the ‘‘Laetare Sunday’’ to Rejoice. May each one of us be cured of our spiritual blindness and truly believe that ‘‘Jesus is Lord’’.
2. The Episcopal Ordination and Installation of Bishop Elect. Aldo Berardi O.SS.T. will take place on 18th March 2023 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, Bahrain.
3. On Saturday 18th March there will be no morning mass. There will be a Holy Communion Service led by the Eucharistic Ministers. All the mass intentions of the morning Mass will be read in the evening at the 6:30pm Mass.
4. There will be Confessions in Konkani in our parish on Monday 20th March, Tuesday 21st March and on Monday 3rd April from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
5. Let us pray for the good health and the intentions of Fr. Ben who celebrates his birthday on Sunday 19th March. We thank him for his services and Spiritual animation in our parish.
6. We celebrate the Solemnity of St. Joseph on Monday 20th March.
7. The Holy Week Mass schedule and Easter Services is available on the Parish App and on the Parish Notice Board.
8. The Easter Blessing of Families will begin from 16th April till the end of May. The Easter Blessing form for registration is available on the Parish App. Kindly coordinate with the other catholic families in your building and submit the form Online (preferably as a building) before 25th March 2023. It is not obligatory to make an offering to the Priest or the Parish for the Easter Blessing of your Family. All the families are warmly invited to ensure that your home is blessed at Easter time.
9. A Spiritual Retreat is being Organized for persons with Special Needs and their families from 30th March to 1st April by the Faith & Light Community – Kuwait. Please refer to the notice board for details on registrations.
10. "A Teen's pursuit to Happiness" a seminar on personal growth for youngsters will be conducted by Fr. Edison sdb for students of class 8 to class12 on 31st March & 1st April 2023. Registrations are open. Please refer to the notice board for more details.
11. There will also be a seminar for PARENTS "Let's talk Teenager's" on Parent-teens Communication by Fr. Edison sdb on 3rd April 2023. Registrations have begun.
12. During Lent, every Friday is a day of abstinence. All parishioners are warmly recommended to abstain from meat on Wednesdays or Fridays while taking up some form of penance or prayers during this season of Lent.
13. The Way of the Cross will be conducted half an hour before all Masses instead of the Rosary. However, on Saturdays, the Rosary will be recited in place of the Way of the Cross.
For more details on the announcements, kindly check the Parish App and the Church Notice Board.
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| St. Daniel Comboni Parish, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh |
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Announcements for the week beginning: Friday, March 17
1. TAMIL RETREAT: March 27 to 29: Monday to Wednesday, 6.30 pm to 9.15 pm, at Holy Family Hall.
2. The bishop Elect Rev. Monsignor Aldo Berardi, O. SS. T, will be ordained and installed bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia on 18th March at the cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia in Bahrain. Please pray for him. As all priests are going to Bahrain there will not be any holy mass in the evening on Mar.18, Saturday in our parish, however, will be holy masses in the morning as usual.
3. Our parish youth group - EPIC will be conducting the monthly youth gathering on Friday, 17th March after the 6:00 PM English mass and inviting all youth to join this gathering.
4. Lent is a season of fasting, penance, and almsgiving. What you save from fasting is to be given to charity. Lenten charity envelopes are available at the parish desk. Please collect charity-envelop, put your contributions and deposit them in the Lenten Charity box in the basements
5. The solemnity of St. Joseph is on March 20th, Monday.
6. Easter confession is from March 20 to 29th. Time: Morning 9 to 12 and evening 4.30 to 8.
7. Confession for the catechism students is on 25th march Saturday morning 9 to 12. Confession in English will be in the 1st Basement and in Malayalam in the 2nd basement.
8. Lent is a season of fasting, penance, and almsgiving. What you save from fasting is to be given to charity. Lenten charity envelopes are available at the parish desk. Please collect charity-envelop, put your contributions and deposit them in the Lenten Charity box in the basements
8. Please do not park your vehicles in the premises of basements blocking other vehicles.
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