Welcome to our Parish
at Mira Road

1(a) Today and Tomorrow St. Michael’s Community will put up a Cafeteria. Kindly patronise.

1(b) Requesting all the parents to send their children for the Catechism from the standard 1^st till the Standard 11^th. It will help the children to enrich themselves with the scripture and prayers.

2(a) Coming Saturday, the Church cleaning will be done by Our Lady of Nazareth Community.

3(a) Feast of St. Matthew will be celebrated on the 21^th September, Saturday.

3(b) Coming Saturday at 6.15 P.M. thanksgiving mass by Holy Cross & Our Lady of Seven Sea Communities thereafter get together at the Community Hall and Church Terrace respectively.

4(a) Coming Sunday, at 9.40 A.M. thanksgiving mass by Mathew Community thereafter get together at the Community Hall. At 11.15 A.M. thanksgiving mass by Our Lady of Lourdes Community thereafter get together at the Church Terrace.

4(b) Coming Sunday at 5.00 P.M. thanksgiving mass by Our Lady of Miraculous Medal & Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Communities thereafter get together at the Community Hall and Church Terrace respectively.

4(c) Coming Sunday, there will be a Guajarati Mass at 11.00 A.M. at the Little Flower Hall.

4(d) Parish charity is done through the CWF, SVP and the Karunya Seva. This charity is for those deserving parishioners or general public as per the request for the Ration, Education and Medical.

These parishioners should be participating in the SCC cluster and community activities. They should be paying the 1% of the income of those who are in job and business. The parishioners should approach the animator and the PPC Member and they will direct them to the Parish Priest. The documents required are as follows: the application, the copy of Aadhar Card, Pan Card, Ration Card, 1 year Bank account of all the members of the family. The help will be granted only after the CWF committee scrutinizes, visits and it is approved by the parish priest. Kindly do not entertain any ways of media which have no proper verification

Fr. Lawrence D Cunha
Parish Priest, St. Joseph Church, Mira Road (E)

Date: 15 September 2024

1(a) Tomorrow we are celebrating the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The mass timings are as follows: 6.15 A.M. English Mass, 7.30 A.M. Konkani Mass, 8.30 Corn Blessing and procession, 9.15 Mass in English at the church for the adult, and 9.15 A.M. Mass in English at the hall for the children, 11.15 A.M. Mass in English, 5.00 P.M. Mass in English.

1(b) Tomorrow morning vehicle parking will be done at the Holy Cross Convent School.

2(a) Coming Saturday, the Church cleaning will be done by St. Stephan Community.

3(a) The monthly adoration will be held on coming Friday after 6.30 P.M. Mass.

3(a) Feast of Exaltation of the Cross will be celebrated on the 14^th September, Saturday. We pray for the intentions of the Sisters of the Holy Cross.

4(a) Coming Saturday, at 06.15 P.M. thanksgiving mass by Velankanni Community thereafter get together at the Community Hall.

4(b) Coming Saturday, at 06.15 P.M. thanksgiving mass by Good Shepherd Community thereafter get together at the Church Terrace.

4(c) Coming Sunday, at 11.15 A.M. thanksgiving mass by St. Dominic Savio Community thereafter get together at the Church Terrace.

4(d) Coming Sunday, at 5.00 P.M. thanksgiving mass by St. Teresa of Kolkatta Community thereafter get together at the Church Terrace.

4(e) Coming Sunday, there will be a Marathi Mass at 05.00 P.M. at the Church Terrace.

Fr. Lawrence D Cunha
Parish Priest, St. Joseph Church, Mira Road (E)

Date: 08 September 2024

1(a) The SVP Unit of our parish will have the second collection today and Tomorrow.

2(a) On 5^th September, Thursday, we are celebrating the Teachers day. We pray and are grateful for every teacher who is rendering their service at the Sunday school and all those who are working in the profession of teaching line. May God bless each of them.

3(a) Coming Friday is the First Friday of the month, Hindi Retreat from 9.00 A.M. to 3.30 P.M.. We will have the September month adoration on 13^th of this month.

4(a) Coming Saturday, the Church cleaning will be done by St. Stephan Community.

5(a) During the week days Novena masses will be as follows: 6.15 A.M., 6.30 P.M. (Children Mass in the Hall); 6.30 P.M. (Adult Mass in the Church).
5(b) Coming Sunday we are celebrating the Feast of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Masses for the feast day are as follows: 6.15 A.M. English Mass, 7.30 A.M. Konkani Mass, 8.30 Corn Blessing and procession, 9.15 Mass in English at the church for the adult, and 9.15 A.M. Mass in English at the hall for the children, 11.15 A.M. Mass in English, 5.00 P.M. Mass in English. The blessed corn will be distributed during all the masses on the feast day, since we have limited corn, requesting the one member of each family to take only one blessed corn.
5(c) On the feast day the morning parking will be allowed at Holy Cross Convent School.
5(d) Coming Sunday, there will be a Tamil Mass at 06.15 P.M.
5(e) St. Joseph Konkani Welfare association is organizing Monthi Fest and Novem Jevann on 8th September at 6.30 P.M. at the St. Joseph Hall. There will be a musical skit on the birth of the Virgin Mary. There after blessing of the Novem Jevann. Coupons are available with the association members and at the church Stall. Kindly Join in large numbers for this family feast.

6(a) The Deanery Youth Day of the Mira Bhayandar Parishes will be celebrated at Divine Mercy Church at 3.00 P.M onwards on 15^th September 2024. All the youth are requested to register their names at the earliest, with the respective youth animator by paying the registration fee Rs. 130/-

7(a) Bombay Archdiocese Senior Citizens Association invites the sick and the aged for the Celebration of the “Holy Eucharist” at Mount Mary Basilica, Bandra on Monday 16^th September 2024 at 10.30 A.M. Request the PPC members to collect the names of 2 Members from each SCC Community and pass on the details as sent on the SCC Notice.

Fr. Lawrence D Cunha
Parish Priest, St. Joseph Church, Mira Road (E)

Date: 1st September 2024