21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – 25th August 2019

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
 21^st  Sunday in Ordinary Time – 25^th   August  2019
 

1. Youth Mass

Youth Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, 31 August at 7 pm in St. Francis of Assisi Chapel

2. Feast of Blessed Virgin Mary on the Month of September

The Church celebrates the feast of Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary on Sunday, 8 ^th September. In our parish, various communities celebrate it as follows:    

1. Marathi Community celebrates the feast, Our Lady of Mount on Friday 6^th September at 9 am in St. Francis of Assisi Chapel
2. Konkani Community celebrates the feast of Nativity of Our Lady on Thursday 12^th September at 6.45 pm in Parish Hall with 9 days Novena from 3^rd Sept to 11^th Sept. In preparation of the Feast, there will be 3 days of retreat. More details are available on the Church Notice Board and banners put up in Church compound.
3. Tamil Community celebrates the feast of our lady of good health, Vailankanni on Friday, 13^th September at 10.30 am with 9 days of Novena from 4^th Sept to 12^th September. More details are available on the Church Notice Board and banners put up in  Church compound

3. Family Fest- 2019

This year we shall be celebrating the Family Fest on 7th and 8th November with the Theme – “LET’S BUILD TOGETHER”.
a. The proceeds from the Fest will be used exclusively for the Church Renovation.
b. Each one has to understand that it is our church that we are building, so we have to put in complete effort in working towards making it a success
c.  With all the regular activities like food stalls, games, raffle draw for cars, souvenir we are introducing a new thing called " St. Michael's got talent” we have a lot of talent in all groups and ages and this is the best platform to show your talent. There are 4 age groups and children from age 2 to even up to 90 or 100 years can take part. This is also to collect funds for the church. The entry ticket will be 200 AED per head and the forms will be available at the church premises. The whole event will be live on YouTube and so even your relatives and friends can watch it anywhere in the world. There will be t-shirts / caps/ mugs made for the fest and for sale in the compound. Let's come together as one big family and make this family fest a big success – so let’s join together to build the house of God, to build the community, to build our Faith, to build our Parish Family.
 
Fr. Varghese Chempoly OFM Cap.
Parish Priest