Today there is a meeting of Parish Council and Catholic Association; soon after the 9.00 am English Mass. 

2. All those who have not registered in the parish kindly do so and also update your church support fund regularly. 

3. We request all the catechism children to come for 9.00 am English mass and thereafter attend catechism classes at St. Columba’s school. Parents kindly encourage your children to attend these classes regularly. 

4. Those who would like to sponsor refreshments for the catechism children may kindly contact the Parish Help Desk. 

5. The Catechism Children who would like to receive the First Holy Communion and the sacrament of Confirmation may kindly collect the forms and submit them along with your Baptism certificate in the parish office by 27th August. 

6. On 27th August we will have a meeting of nurses’ association at 11:30 am in the Maria Bhawan Basement. 

7. From 30th August onwards we begin novena in preparation for the feast of Nativity of Our Blessed Mother which is celebrated on 8th of September. Novena will be conducted by various BEC/SCC Units. 

8. Under Fr. Luca Education Fund, we help students of our Parish who have financial difficulty in paying for school fees. Students who require financial aid may kindly take the forms available at the parish help desk and submit them by 3rd September. 

9. On 17th September we celebrate our parish feast. Kindly collect the lunch coupons available for Rs. 50 at the parish help desk. 

Fr. Francis Swaminathen 

Parish Priest