Parish News
4th August, 2019: The Parish Pastoral Council celebrated the Pastor's Day
praying for the Parish Priest, Chaplain, the Monte de Guirim fathers in the
thanksgiving mass followed by cutting of cake and distribution of snacks.
11th August, 2019: Bible Quiz for Catechism Students (Seniors and Juniors) was organised by the Catechetical Association. In the evening 'Wealth out of Waste' was organised by the Parish Youth for the Sunday School children. Most participants were very creative.
15th August, 2019: The patron feast of Our Lady of Assumption, Vancio was celebrated with much love and devotion. Fr. Romeo Monteiro, Chancellor, was the main celebrant. Nachom-ia Kumpasar a movie in Konkani was screened in the evening.
27th August, 2019: The fields of Guirim and Sangolda were blessed by the Parish Priest who prayed for a good harvest.
30th August, 2019: The novenas for preparing for the birthday of Our Lady started with the virtues of Mother as the themes. Children came with flowers, prayed the rosary and took active part in the mass.
05th September, 2019: Our 18 Altar Servers took part in a camp organised by the Vocation Commission for the Diocesan Clergy at St. Xavier's College, Mapusa. It was a wonderful experience for our children.
08th September, 2019: Our Lady's birthday was celebrated by the Legio Maria alongwith the Catechetical Association with a solemn mass celebrated by our Parish Priest followed by distribution of sweets. In the evening the Parish Youth organised a 4-a-side football tournament for the youth of our parish. 14 teams participated and Rs. 5000/- and Rs. 3000/- were awarded to winners and Runners up alongwith the Trophies.
14th September, 2019: The Parish Pastoral Council celebrated the 52nd birthday of our Parish Priest Fr. Anand da Gama Pais with a thanksgiving mass and cutting of cake.
15th September, 2019: The corns, the fruit of their labour of the parishioners were blessed by the Parish Priest. The Parish Youth prepared a canteen with delicious snacks after the morning masses. A very good initiative.
27th September, 2019: The Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul working for the poor and needy in our Church celebrated the feast of their patron with a thanksgiving mass followed by some snacks and small programme.
Vatican News
- Pope to Christian Maritime Association: Help seafarers to lead holy livesIn a video message sent on Monday, Pope Francis encourages the work of the International Christian Maritime Association to “help the people of the sea to know Jesus Christ and to live according to His teachings”.
- A group of Synod Fathers renews the “Pact of the Catacombs”Following in the footsteps of some of the Council Fathers in 1965, a group of participants in the Synod on the Amazon goes to the Catacombs of Domitilla to reaffirm the preferential option for the poor.
- Pope at Angelus: Every baptized person cooperates in the proclamation of the WordOn World Mission Day, Pope Francis renews the call for a missionary commitment on the part of the whole Church.
- Pope at World Mission Day Mass: Life as mission and as giftPope Francis celebrates Mass on World Mission Sunday. In his homily, he challenges us to reflect on the meaning of our mission.
- Pope: The prayer of Christians must be the breath of the ChurchIn a previously unpublished work, Pope Francis highlights the role of prayer in the Christian life. The text is contained in a new book entitled La Preghiera. Il respiro della vita nuova, (Prayer: the breath of the new life) published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), the Vatican publishing house; an extract appears in Avvenire, […]