ST. JOHN BOSCO PARISH

Parish Notices, 30th March, 2008

2nd Sunday of Easter



Tomorrow / today is the feast of Divine Mercy. There will be a special service in honour of Divine Mercy, beginning at 2.45 p.m.


Tomorrow / today 23 of our Children will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation at the hands of Bishop Percival Fernandez during the 9.15 a.m. Mass.


Monday 31st March is the Feast of Annunciation of Our Lord.


Next Friday is the First Friday of the month. There will be adoration service after the evening Mass.


The Parish Council will meet next Saturday, 5th April, after the evening Mass.


Next Sunday 6th April, we request all parents and Children who are going to receive First Holy Communion to be present for the 8.00 a.m. Mass, after which we shall be having a half day session with the entire family as decided earlier.


There will be a Konkani Renewal programme for our Deanery at our Church on the 1st , 2nd and 3rd April. We shall have the Mass in English at 7.00 p.m. followed by the Konkani Renewal programme from 7.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.


All students of Std. VII and above, who are interested in joining Fr. Brian’s various camps, are requested to contact the Parish Priest.


The Salesian cooperators of St. John Bosco Parish are organizing a Konkani Drama entitled “Duddvanchem Sukh” on 8th April, 2008. Tickets are available outside the Church. Kindly patronize them in their effort to mobilize funds for various charitable activities.


There will be a full day QUEST programme for SSC, college students or working men who are looking for more information about the Diocesan Priesthood. This will be held on the ordination day – Saturday, 5th April, 2008 at St. Pius College, Goregaon. For further details please look up the notice board.


Admission to St. Margaret’s Teacher Training Course for the New Academic Year June 2008 are open. It is a Two year full time Course, recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education(N.C.T.E.). For details kindly refer to the College Notice Board

Thanks to Mrs. Delsie D’silva and her team from Gorai I ‘C’ zone for cleaning the Church this Saturday.


Next Saturday, the cleaning of the Church will be done by Mr. Lawrence Ambrose from Gorai I “D” zone.

The Holy Week’s collections were as follows:

Maundy Thursdy Rs. 23, 425/-

Good Friday Rs. 69, 660/-

Easter Sunday Rs. 49, 197/-


God bless you for your generosity.



Parish Priest