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Strengthen and enlighten her.
Give to your people
the outpouring of your grace:
Teach, console and enlighten
all to whom you have been given.
Come, Holy Spirit, come. |
| Holy Father's intentions for August 2008 |  | | General: That the human family may learn to respect God’s plan for the world and become ever more aware that Creation is God’s great gift. | | Mission: That the answer of the entire people of God to the common calling to holiness and mission may be promoted and fostered by means of careful discernment of charisms and constant commitment to spiritual and cultural formation |
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| From The Parish Priest
|  | The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dear Parishioners,
Last month, our Adoration Chapel was closed briefly for a period of three weeks in order for renovations to be carried out. This was in response to suggestions put forward by you, our adorers. The renovation is now complete and the Chapel re-opened. On behalf of the Pastoral team and the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Committee, I would like to request for your kind donations to cover the renovation costs. Kindly place your donation in the collecti...
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| | Sunday's Readings & Reflections | Twentieth Sunday of the Year
Date: Sun, Aug 17, 2008 | First Reading
A reading from the prophet Isaiah 56:1.6-7
I will bring foreigners to my holy mountain..Read More | Second Reading
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans 11:13-15.29-32
With Israel, God never takes back his gifts or revokes his choice...Read More | Gospel
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 15:21-28
Woman, you have great faith.
..Read More | Reflection
On the 20th Sunday of the Year, the readings invite us to celebrate God's mercy to all humanity including those who are different from us. Our God is a God who brings foreigners to his holy mountain. “Foreigners who have attached themselves to the Lord to serve him and love his name and be his servants – all who observe the Sabbath… and cling to my covenant – these I will bring to my holy mountain”.
We can say that he is God of the whole world, of C.....Read More |
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Wed, Aug 20, 2008
| | | » | 1st Reading: Ez 34:1-11 | | | » | Psalm: Ps 22:1-3a.3b-4.5.6 | | | » | 2nd Reading: | | | » | Gospel: Mt 20:1-16
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"How happy I will be if I keep my heart free from attachment to anyone, and chained to Jesus, my God, alone... I will devote all my efforts to this end."
St. Peter Julian Eymard |
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| St. Bernard of Clairvaux | Feastday: August 20
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church St. Bernard was born of noble parentage in Burgundy, France, in the castle of Fontaines near Dijon. U...
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| Children's Corner!
|  | Pray often "Jesus loves me and all missionary children"
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Download the entire children's calendar from our Publications section. |
| Consolata Shrine Publications & Download Items
|  | 20th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, adorned with the sun, standing on the moon, and with the twelve stars on her head for a crown. Read More |
|  | Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
For quite sometime, the belief in Our Lady’s bodily assumption to heaven was still, in the words of Pope Benedict XIV, a probable opinion the denial of which would be considered blasphemous; and so it remained for another 200 years. Read More |
|  | Patroness of our Shrine Our Lady Consolata
An open forum organized by the Justice and Peace Committee (JPC) between the youth and the older generation was held on Sunday June 8th at the new Parish hall. Read More |
|  | SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY CONSOLATA
This month on the 22nd, we celebrate the great Solemnity of the Patroness of our Parish, Our Lady Consolata. This will take place after a nine day Novena in Her honour during the 5.30pm Mass from 13th to 21st June by Rev. Fr. Vincent Wambugu, the Secretary General of the Kenya Episcopal Conference. Read More |
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