ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1ST, 2ND & 3RD DECEMBER 2023

on Friday December 1, 2023 by SHC Webmaster

  1. The First Friday Parish Holy Hour will be held on 1st December at 3.45 pm.
  2. Saturday, 2nd December is the Birthday of Fr. Francis. There will be a Thanksgiving Mass at 6.30 pm. Please pray for his intentions.
  3. Sunday, 3rd December is the 7th Anniversary of the Ordination of Fr. Charbel. There will be a Thanksgiving Mass at 5.30 pm. Please pray for his intentions.
  4. The Feast of St. Francis Xavier will be celebrated by the Konkani Community on Friday, 1st December at 8.15 am with the blessing of the statue of St. Francis Xavier, procession and Holy Mass in Konkani. Due to the Feast Mass on 1st December in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the regular 8.45 am obligation Mass in English will be shifted to Our Lady of Arabia Auditorium.
  5. The Arabic Community will hold their 16th Annual Christmas Bazaar on Friday, 8th December from 7.30 am until 2.00 pm in the church compound. Kindly patronise.
  6. Registration for the Bahrain Catholic Youth Day celebration on Friday, 8th December at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia has begun. To register a Google Form will be passed on through the respective community leaders. It is compulsory for all youth between 15 to 35 to attend. As we also require volunteers for this day, those interested are to submit their names at the Parish Office.
  7. The Commemoration of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, which was consecrated in 2021 by His Eminence Louis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, will be celebrated at the Cathedral on Sunday, 10th December at the 7.00 pm mass.
  8. The next Pre-Baptism Seminar will be on Wednesday, 13th December from 7.15 pm to 8.15 pm at the Audio Video Room.  For registration, parents and godparents are requested to visit the Parish Office. This seminar is only for parishioners and expectant mothers too may register. Please be on time and do not bring children.
  9. There will be a Christmas Carol Singing Competition, open to all parishioners of the Church and Cathedral, on Thursday, 14th December at 7.30 pm on the outdoor stage in the Sacred Heart Church compound. Registration for 10 groups only has commenced and Registration Forms are available at the Parish Office. Last date for submission is 7th December.
  10. Simbang Gabi – Misa De Gallo (Gal-yo), the annual traditional Filipino 9-Day Mass Devotion before Christmas will be held daily at 4.00 am commencing from Friday, 16th December at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
  11. On Monday 25th December, a free Christmas Day programme “Home away from Home,” for our parish domestic workers, will be held in Our Lady of Arabia Auditorium from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon and from 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm. There will be entertainment and distribution of Christmas gifts.  Parishioners, we invite you all to please support this event by offering cakes, snacks, gifts, telephone cards or cash. Food items may be delivered on the day itself to Our Lady of Arabia Auditorium and gift articles may be hand over to the Parish Office and cash donations can be dropped in the box labeled “Home Away From Home Support” which is kept at the entrance of the church. May God bless you for your generosity.
    As Pre-registration is required, all Communities are to collect, from their respective community, the names, contact numbers and CPR numbers of domestic workers, labourers and fishermen who are alone this Christmas and wish to attend this programme. This list is to be handed over to the Parish Office on or before 22nd December.
  12. Parishioners are invited to make their confessions while the priests are available in the confessionals.
  13. Parish Calendars for 2024 are now available at the Parish Office and Religious Gift Corner. The price per calendar is 500 fils.
  14. All parishioners between the age of 25 to 55, who are not involved in other liturgical ministries and wish to become Extraordinary Ministers to serve Holy Communion during the parish masses, are to collect the Registration Form from the Parish Office and return the same, duly filled in by 31st December.
  15. The Christmas Celebration Mass for Catechism Children will be held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 8:45am on Friday, 15th December. The usual English Obligation Mass at 8:45am will be held at Our Lady of Arabia Auditorium.