1. Next Sunday there will be second collection for the seminary fund. 

2. Today there is a meeting for the parents of catechism children who are going to receive first Holy Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation, at 11:30 am in Maria Bhawan Basement. Parents, kindly participate in the meeting. 

3. All those who have not registered in the parish kindly do so and also update your church support fund regularly. 

4. We request all the catechism children to come for 9.00 am English mass and thereafter attend catechism classes at St. Columba’s school. Parents kindly encourage your children to attend these classes regularly. 

5. Those who would like to sponsor refreshments for the catechism children may kindly contact the Parish Help Desk. 

6. Under Fr. Luca Education Fund, we help students of our Parish who are financially weak to remit school fees. Students who require financial aid may kindly take the forms from parish help desk and submit them by end of this month. 

7. The month of October is dedicated to the Rosary, we kindly request all SCC/BEC coordinators to organize Rosary in your respective units and collect the statue of Our Lady for your unit. 

8. There is an inner – healing retreat in English, from 30th September to 2nd October at Jeevan Jyoti Ashram, Burari. For further details kindly refer the parish notice board. 

9. On 15th October we will be organizing a seminar on Career counseling at Edmund Rice Hall, St. Columba’s School from 10.30am to 12.30pm. We request children from class 10 to 12 and all youth to participate in it. 

10. On 1st October there will be a joint meeting of the Parish Council and Catholic Association. 

11. 1 st October e.i. next Sunday will be celebrated as Bible Sunday. 

12. This is to let you know that Deacon Rajan Sandhu who served as Regent in our parish will be ordained on 5th October at his home parish. He will be celebrating his first mass at the cathedral on 29th October. 

13. We express our gratitude to all the associations, cultural teams, choir group, and all who were involved in the parish day celebration for your sincere collaboration and support. Thank you all. 

14. Marriage Banns: Philomeen Vadlapati D/o Mr. Devadanam Victor Vadlapati and Mrs. Dalphina Victor Vadlapati Residing at Egypt Embassy, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, from our parish intends to marry George Christopher S/o Mr. Christopher Stephen and Mrs. Sunita Christopher residing at Dehradun, Uttrakhand. 

If you are aware of any impediment either civil or canonical to the foresaid marriage, kindly bring it to the notice of the Parish Priest. This is the second publication of bann. 

Fr. Francis Swaminathen 

Parish Priest