1.    All users of permanent graves at St. Andrew’s Church are reminded to ensure their maintenance fees are up to date.  Many accounts are several years in arrears. Please be advised that graves with fees unpaid for over seven years may be reclaimed by the Parish for community use.  A formal notice of this intent will be placed in the Examiner. Reclaiming of graves will commence in the new financial year – By Fr. Nigel Barrett, St. Andrew’s Parish.

2.    The Parish Pastoral Council will meet tomorrow / today, 1st February at 10.30 a.m. in the Church Parlour.

3.    There will be a Recollection for all Confirmands and their Parents tomorrow/ today, 1st February, at 10.30 a.m., in the Church. All confirmands and parents are requested to attend this recollection in preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

4.    Monday, 2nd February is the feast of the ‘Day of Consecrated Life / Presentation of the Lord’.  Blessing of candles at the 6.30 a.m. Mass.  Blessing begins outside the school main entrance, followed by procession in the Church.  

5.    We shall have the First Friday Mass on 6th February, at 12 noon in the Church.  

6.    A special collection will be made at all masses, after Holy Communion, towards ‘Holy Childhood’ on Sunday, 8th February.  Cheques to be drawn in favour of “Archdiocese of Bombay – Holy Childhood Association.”

7.    The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes will be celebrated on Tuesday, 10th February, with Mass at 8 p.m. at the Sherly Grotto.

8.    Nine of our youth will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on Friday, 13th February at the 6.30 p.m. Mass. Please remember them and their families in your prayers. Please note, there will be no 7.00 p.m. mass on Friday, 13th February.

Posters for the following announcements are displayed at the Meet & Greet Area

9.    St. Francis Institute of Management and Research admissions are open for Batch of 2026-28 
a.    for Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PDGM), 2 years Full-Time Program, approved by AICTE.

10.    ‘RHYTHM N ROOTS’, a 3-day cultural festival will be held on 6-7-8 February, 2026 at St. Andrew’s School grounds.

11.    Our collection last Sunday, 25th January, 2026 amounted to Rs.66,580/-.  Thank you and God Bless.