Announcements - November 8, 2026 -November 14, 2026

THIRTY SECOND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

1. 9th November is the feast of the dedication of the Lateran Basilica.

10th November is the memorial of St Leo the great.

11th November is the memorial of St Martin of Tours.

12th November is the memorial of St. Josephat.

2. The Care for Creation team invites you to donate clean, usable bed sheets, curtains and pillow covers. These will be recycled into usable cloth bags. Kindly drop them off at the Sacristy Passage room every Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. So far, the collection is more than 55 kg.

3. There will be a second collection for St. Vincent De Paul. Kindly be generous.

4. Vacation Bible Joy (VBJ) will be held for children on Friday, 13 th and Saturday, 14 th November from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm and on Sunday, 15 th November from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. Parents are requested to encourage their children to attend the Vacation Bible Joy.

5. The Youth of Our Parish have organised the Thomasian Rink Football Tournament on Sunday, 15 th November 2026. All parish communities are requested to form their teams and register for the tournament. For registration and for details, kindly contact Anthony Chettiar, Ryan Fernandes, Myron Rasquinha. Registration forms are available at the Book Stall. Let us come together as a parish family to play, to cheer and for fellowship.

6. The Bible Cell of our parish is willing to conduct Bible Classes on 1st and 3rd Fridays starting from 20th November after 7.00 pm Mass in the Conference room. Those interested in learning about the Bible may contact the Bible Cell members at the book stall on Saturday evening and Sunday after Mass. Psalm 119 Verse 105 says, “Your WORD is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”.

7. The feast of Christ the King will be celebrated on 22nd November. There will be 2 slots of adoration. From 10.30 am to 11.30 am and from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm. The list of the communities conducting the one-hour adoration is posted on the notice board. Kindly come and take part in the adoration in large numbers. The adoration will conclude with Benediction and blessing at 12:30 pm

8. The new niches can be booked at the parish office. The instruction for booking is posted on the notice board.

9. Graves used in 2023 will be opened from November 2026, the burial remains have to be removed from the grave. Requesting parishioners concerned to contact the parish office. The list is posted on the notice board.

10. During this Franciscan Jubilee Year, the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of St. Joseph Convent, Assisi Bhavan Goregaon East, invite everyone to visit the exhibition UNBOXING FRANCIS and also have a SPECIAL EVENTS FOR CHILDREN class-wise (from Class II to Class XII) on four Saturdays starting from 21st November from 4 pm to 6 pm. Please look at the Poster for details and scan the QR code for Registration.

11. On the 13th and 14th November 2026, St. Anthony Church, Malwani, Malad West is staging a Biblical Major Play titled “The Fisherman”, based on the life of St. Peter and the early Christians. For details, please see the notice board.

12. The Parish fathers thank you for the following collections:

Last Sundays collection …………..…...….…Rs. 38,691/-

All Souls' Day box collection ………..….……Rs. 40,475/