The Agias Kyriaki Flower Festival opened today with the usual colourful display of flowers arranged by members of the Catholic and Anglican congregations. The time and effort that is put into this event by everyone always ensures a splendid display which has now become an annual event. (Photo’s by Anna Fitzgerald)
We have been blessed recently with visitors to the parish from all over Europe, many on organised church group visits coming to see the wonderful Agias Kyriaki church. Today a small group of 17 people from Modena, Italy visited us and said mass with their priest in the Presbetery grounds, they Kindly donated EUR181.40 to the Hospice appeal.
We would like to thank these kind people and all the other groups from all denominations for their kind generosity whilst visiting us.
Thank you – Fr Carlos and Fr im would like to thank everyone for the generosity this Easter and also for all the hard work that went into making Holy Week so prayerful. Thank you.
Flower Festival May 4 – 6th – This popular event opens next Wednesday at 10 a.m. with a service of prayer. Thursday 5th May Wendy Connolly and friends are catering for the Flower Festival. Any cakes scones, or savouries will be gratefully accepted. Please leave them at the Hospice Coffee shop – thank you in advance!
St. Michael’s Charity – The EGM is taking place as announced this Thursday 5th May at 4.30 pm at the Latin Parish Hall. Would all members please try to come as it is a very important meeting.
Monthly Parish Lunch – The monthly parish lunch takes place next Sunday at the Welcome Inn after the 12 noon Mass. All welcome to book a place please contact Brenda on 99804161.
St Michael’s Charity Fund Raising Event – On Saturday 21st May 6.30 for 7 p.m. at the Avanti Hotel, Concert and Buffet Dinner with the Barry Rowe Band – Tickets 25 Euros to book contact 99900565 or 96515465.
Prayers for Monastic Sisters of Bethlehem, and of the Assumption of the Virgin and of St Bruno – Please offer a prayer each day that the Sisters will be ableto build their monastery here by getting all the necessary permissions to do so. The website of the Sisters Monastic family is www.bethleem.org
As part of the 400 Countdown Campaign which aims to raise EUR400,000 to finish and open the Hospice, today we are starting the ‘Keys’. Much money was raised in the building phase of the Hospice by ‘selling’ bricks, well now the hospice is built we no longer need bricks but we still need your support.
Of the EUR400,000 needed approximately 75% will go on major items such as the lift machinery, Kitchen equipment etc., all major items. The remaining 25% will be needed for the smaller patient oriented items. From today you can help with this part by buying Keys.
Lets open the Door!
We need to open the door and are selling Keys at EUR10 each, a certificate in memory of a loved one or yourself will be given.
The shopping list is extensive! 10,000 keys will open the door.
Help us to Help Others
On Wednesday Fr. Carlos & Fr. Jim, along with members of the congregation attended the Chrism Mass at the Holy Cross Church, Nicosia. The mass was celebrated by the Most Rev. William H Shomali, Auxiliary Bishop and Patriarchal Vicar for Palestine.
During Holy Week the Bishop, joined by the priests of the diocese, gather each year to celebrate the Chrism Mass and to renew their vows made at their ordination. This Mass manifests the unity of the priests with their bishop.
At the mass the bishop blesses three oils — the oil of catechumens (oleum catechumenorum or oleum sanctorum), the oil of the infirm (oleum infirmorum) and holy chrism (sacrum chrisma) — which will be used in the administration of the sacraments throughout the diocese for the year. This tradition is rooted in the early Church as noted in the Gelasian Sacramentary (named after Pope Gelasius I, d. 496), but was later absorbed into the Holy Thursday evening Mass; Pope Pius XII issued a new Ordinal for Holy Week, which reinstituted a special Mass of the chrism distinct from the evening Mass.