ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH JANUARY 2024

on Thursday January 4, 2024 by SHC Webmaster

  1. The First Friday Parish Holy Hour will be held on 5th January at 3.45 pm.
  2. Wednesday, 10th January is the Birthday of Fr. Darel and Friday, 12th January is the Birthday of Fr. Nicolson. A Thanksgiving Mass will be offered on 10th January by Fr. Darel at 5.30 pm, and on 12th January by Fr. Nicolson at 5.00 pm in the Sacred Heart Church. Let us join and pray for their intentions.
  3. The next Pre-Baptism Seminar will be on Wednesday, 10th January 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.
  4. The Feast of Our Lady of Arabia, Patroness of our Vicariate, will be celebrated on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th January. The Nine-Day Novena has commenced and is being prayed 10 minutes before the evening Mass.  Due to this Novena, the Novena in honour of St. Anthony will not be prayed on Tuesday, 9th January, and there will be only one Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Wednesday, 10th January after the 7pm Mass. For the Schedule of the Novena of Our Lady of Arabia, please refer to the Parish Notice Board. 
  5. The Filipino Community will celebrate the Feast of Santo Niño on Friday, 19th January at the 11.30 am mass in the Sacred Heart Church. Please bring your Santo Niño statues for blessing during this service. We invite all the Filipino members of our Parish to attend this mass. On this day, the regular 10.30 am Obligation Mass will take place at Our Lady of Arabia Auditorium.
    In preparation for this Feast, the nine-day Novena in English will commence from Wednesday, 10th January every day at 8.00 pm in the Mother Church followed by mass. On the Feast Day, the assembly time for the entrance procession before the mass, will be at 11.30 am near the outdoor stage. All devotees of the Infant Jesus are welcome to participate.
  6. There will be a Marriage Preparation Course on Friday, 26th January in the St. Dominic Savio Hall from 7.45 am to 5.00 pm. Those taking part are requested to register their names at the Parish Office and submit their Baptism Certificate, recently issued for marriage purposes along with the date of Confirmation before 25th January. The Certificate is valid for 6 months from the date of issue. The course fee is BD. 8/- per person, inclusive of lunch and the Certificate.
  7. Everyone is welcome to serve as a Catechist for the English Catechism Ministry at Sacred Heart Church. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity by completing the form at the Parish office and submitting it before January 15th, 2024. The formation course will start on 19th January 2024.
  8. All parishioners are invited to attend the Bible Classes conducted by Fr Nelson Lobo, Director of Catechesis and Bible Studies (AVONA) which will be held in OLAA on Mondays 22 & 29 January, and 5th February 2024 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Everyone is encouraged to join and grow in knowledge of the scriptures.
  9. The Feast of Our Lady of Arabia will be celebrated at the Cathedral in Awali on Friday, 12th January at 9.30 am. There will be Pontifical Mass by H.E. Bishop Aldo Berardi and all the priests. All are welcome. Due to the Feast and the Family Day at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia on this day, all catechism classes and the 9 am Catechism children mass and the 10.30 am Youth mass remain cancelled.