All Saints & Souls 2019

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Friday 1st of November and Saturday 2nd of November is again the All Saints and Souls celebrations.
In English we won’t have in our community special celebrations, but in Utrecht there will be celebrations in Dutch that you might be interested to attend:

  • On Friday the 1st of November, cardinal Eijk will celebrate the All Saints day at 19:00 in the St. Catherine Cathedral;
  • On Saturday the 2nd of November, for the occasion of the All Souls day, there will a mass at 18:30 in the St. Catherine Cathedral with remembrance for all departed believers;
  • On Sunday the 3rd of November, and for the youth in special there will be a special program prepared by the youth group from the archdiocese. If you are interested please check their website (in Dutch): https://www.jongaartsbisdom.nl/index.php?id=551

Of course we will have, as usual, mass in English on Sunday, 3rd November in the St. Catherine Cathedral, at 12:30.

10 November – ENGLISH MASS AT 10:00 in Rafael Church – Utrecht Parish Day

 

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On the 10th of November the English Mass will take place at 10:00 in the Rafael Church in Overvecht and will be partly in English and partly in Dutch. The parishes in Utrecht celebrate the Parish Community Day together on this day. All parishes will join in the Rafael church in Overvecht at 10:00 for mass and coffee and lunch afterwards. There will be NO mass at 12:30 in the Cathedral on the 10th of November.

Please let us know if you’d like to join for coffee or lunch afterwards through this link:
https://forms.gle/sr3d3kAddhMGrnRW6

Please bring food and personal care items with long shelf life to mass to donate to the food bank of Utrecht. You can donate them in the back of the Rafael church.

If you’d like to volunteer to help during the coffee and tea or lunch please email your name and phone number to fam.sangers@planet.nl