1. Feast this week: Thu, Nov 30, St. Andrew (Apostle)
2. Choir Practice for the Christmas Vigil mass begins tomorrow/today. Inviting our parishioners to join the parish choir.
3. The Solemnity of Christ the King will be celebrated on Sun, Nov 26. The ½ hour adoration schedule, community wise, will begins @ 10:00 a.m. There will be evening mass at 5:30 pm after which the procession will proceed round the church ground and end with homily and Benediction. Our celebrant and preacher for the evening is Fr KT Emannuel.
4. Hindi Healing Prayer Service will be held on Thu, Nov 30th in the church at 7:30 pm. preacher Fr. Anthony J. Fernandes. All are welcome.
5. Holy ½ hour will be conducted on Friday, Dec 01st from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm. St. Dominic Savio Community Chimatpada will assist in the same.
6. Annual Thanksgiving community Mass of St. Mark Community, Kondivita will be celebrated, on Sat, Dec 02 at 7:00 pm in the Church, and get together at Scholl Hall.
7. Annual Thanksgiving community Mass of St. Franics Xavier Community, Takpada will be celebrated, on Sat, Dec 02 at 7:00 pm in the Church, and get together at JWC 1st floor.
8. As part of their ADVENT SEVA the Johannian Youth will be doing a series of communitarian work. They will be cleaning the cemetery and the adjoining area on Dec 3rd 10:30 am onwards. Inviting all our parish youth to be part of this initiative.
9. There will be session for the Johannian Youth titled “Personhood vs. Ideology” – a pastoral response concerning the LGBTQ Community, by Dr. Fr Gavin Lopes, on Dec 3rd from 4 to 6 pm in the JWC 1st floor hall. We encourage our parish youth and the PYAT to come in large numbers.
10. Our parish is celebrating St. Francis Xavier feast “Bom Festa” on Sun, Dec, 03rd at 6:30 pm with mass in Konkani followed by Tiatr and fellowship in the school hall.
11. The editorial team of Johannian Jottings encourages articles, advertisements, and Christmas sweets recipes for the Christmas Issue of the bulletin. Kindly check the noticeboard for further details.
12. Online admissions open at St. Dominic Savio High School and Holy Family High School details are on the notice board.
13. The Examiner Christmas special colour magazine of the Archdiocese of Bombay will be published on Dec 16th. those who like to have a copy, contact the parish office.