HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
ALTO PORVORIM
08/02/2026
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- We thank the Zone members for organizing the liturgy of the masses and also the choir members. God bless you.
- Next Sunday, is the closing of the Catechetical year 2025-26 in our parish with the Eucharistic celebration at 9:30 a.m. There will be a cultural program cum prize distribution at 5:30 p.m. in the church compound. We invite parents/parishioners to attend the celebration.
- 18th February, is Ash Wednesday. It marks the beginning of the season of Lent. It is a day of prayer, fast and abstinence. Masses will be celebrated as follows: 7:00 am and 8:30 am in English and 6:30 pm in Konkani. In this special season of grace, the Stations of the Cross will be conducted on every Friday in Konkani and every Saturday in English at 6:00 pm followed by mass. On Ash Wednesday, 18th February, 2026, onwards, we will start using the new Romi Konkani Missal for the Konkani masses. Kindly use booklets kept on the benches.
- There will be a Lenten drama “Final Order” by Willy Silveira on 8th March, at 7:00 pm in our church compound. PPC members will visit your residences with tickets. Kindly participate in the drama as part of our Lenten spiritual preparations. Tickets are priced at Rs.150/-.
- Lenten, “Walking Pilgrimage” from Holy Cross Shrine, Bambolim to the old Sancoale church is on 22nd February, 2026, starting at 2:00 am. Those interested, kindly register your names in the church office latest by 17th February. The bus will leave the church compound at 1:45 a.m. Those having health problems and difficulty in walking kindly refrain from participating in the walk. You may pray from your homes.
- Fr. Adolfo will begin Pastoral visits in Zone 2A on 9th February at 4:30 pm onwards and Fr. Boris will begin Pastoral visits in Zone 5E from 4:00 pm onwards. Fr.Adolfo will visit Zone 4A & 4B on 12th and 13th February at 4:30 p.m. Fr.Adolfo and Fr. Boris will visit Zone 3C on 16th February and Zone 6C on 17th February at 4:30 p.m.
Thank you and God bless .
Fr. Adolfo Alvares
Parish Priest
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