Notices

Readers for Gros Islet for August 2026

Readers for Gros Islet for September 2026

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NOTICES - Gros Islet/Monchy/Grande Riviere 

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1) For those contemplating marriage this year Pre-Marriage classes are scheduled to commence on Friday, August 28th at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, August 29th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, September 5th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Classes will be held in the Cathedral Presbytery.  Fee $250 per couple for meals and worksheets.

2) The Parish Projects Collection will be taken up at all masses next weekend.  Please collect an envelope from the ushers.

3) The Youth 2000 Planning team advises that registration continues in Parish with Committee Members wearing Youth 2000 t-shirts or by scanning th QR Codes.  Registration costs $15.00.  Youth are reminded to have their mats on hand to line the floor at the Castries Comprehensive Secondary School, and that is where the event will be taking place, to ensure that everyone has a comfortable spot to sit and participate.

4) In support of the Youth 2000 prayer festival being held from September 4 to 6, 2026, the Archdiocese is seeking your assistance to host the young people who will be attending from the South of the island from the Friday night to Sunday morning.  If you have the space, we are asking that you open your doors to our young people to enable them to have a more comfortable experience for that weekend.  Those willing to assist or just for more information, please contact Serra Lawrence-Mc Lennon at 384-8708n or you can contact the youth leader in Monchy, Grande Riviere and Gros Islet.

It will be a weekend packed with high-energy praise, workship and workshops for young people aged 12 to 35.  Get real answers to the tough questions you've been asking about the Catholic faith while you socialize and meet new people in a safe and welcoming environment.  

Parents and other adults, please encourage your young people to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity for fellowship with other youth and encounter with the Lord.  Registration costs $15.  Ask about registration packages with t-shirts included.

5) First Communion classes for the Monchy community will commence Saturday, September 12th at the Monchy Church.  Confirmation classes will commence after the 10:00 a.m. mass on Sunday, September 13th.  Please be guided accordingly.

6) Registration for First Communion and Confirmation classes continues.  Please note that candidates must be 7 years old as at December 2026 to register for First Communion and 11 years old as December 2026 to register for Confirmation.  The registration forms are available in church and online.  Please register at the parish office.  Please note that baptism is a requirement for registration.  If your child has not been baptised, please arrange for this now.

7) We have had the privilege of having Brother Moses with us in our Parish for a number of Sundays but Brother will be relocating to the St Michael Parish, La Ressource by mid September and we ask for God's blessings for him in his new assignment.  He will be replaced here in Gros Islet by Brother Daniel who is currently in the Desruisseaux.  We ask that you continue to keep all of them in prayer as they continue their formation for the priesthood.

8) Message from the Most Reverend Gabriel Malzaire - August 2026

The Archdiocese warmly welcomes the following clergy and religious:

*Fr. George Williams

*Fr. Israel Anthony Abbah

*Fr. Paulinus Ibenagwu Toochukwu

*Fr. Theophilus Udie

*Fr. Felix Periyanayagam

*Rev. Deacon Emmanuel Usifoh

*Bro. Chidera Nzelu

*Bro. Charles Nzubechukwu

We pray that their ministry and service among us will be fruitful and fulfilling.

The following pastoral assignments have been made:

*Fr. George Williams has been appointed Priest-in-Charge of the Holy Family Parish, Jacmel.  Fr. Henry Nmor, OP, the former Parish Priest, will continue assisting in the parish until he returns to Nigeria to undertake formation work with his congregation.

*Fr. Israel Anthony Abbah has been appointed Assistant Priest at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

*Fr. Theophilus Udie has been appointed Assistant Priest of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Laborie, and St Francis Xavier Church in Augier.

*Fr. Felix Periyanayagam will serve temporarily in Dennery while Fr. Wilson is away on leave.

*Rev. Deacon Emmanuel Usifoh will assist at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and with the Religious Knowledge programme at St. Mary's College.

Let us keep them in our prayers and offer them our support and encouragement as they begin this new chapter of pastoral ministry within the Archdiocese.

Please remember Omar Combie and Simon Atime in your prayers as they leave for Trinidad to begin their seminary formation.  May the Lord continue to guide and strengthen them in their vocation and accompany them throughout this important stage of their journey towards ordained ministry.

The Vocations Collection has raised $101,423.59

We thank all parishioners for their continued generosity and support of vocation within the Archdiocese.  Your contributions help provide the formation and preparation needed by those discerning and responding to God's call to the priesthood and religious life.

To date the collection for Venezuela has raised $19,183.27.

We thank everyone who contributed and ask that we continue to pray for the people of Venezuela as they recover from teh recent disaster.  We also remember the people of Colombia who have experienced a similar tragedy.

Archbishop Gabriel Malzaire will be on vacation from August 17 to September 12, 2026.  Please keep him in your prayers during this period.

Monsignor Michel Francis, Vicar General, will be on vacation from August 17 to 30, 2026.  During his absence Fr. Athanase Joseph, Vicar for Clergy and Religious, will assume responsibility for the Archdiocese.

9) A message from His Grace the Most Reverend Gabriel Malzaire dated August 28, 2026 and the Subject is Saint John Vianney Chapel Project, Grande Riviere. 

"Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am pleased to inform that effective August 27th, 2026, construction work to begin on the long awaited St John Vianney Chapel, Grande Riviere, in the Parish of St Joseph the Worker, Gros Islet, has commenced.  The contractor, Mr Calvin George, has been given responsibility for the Project.

The St John Vianney Chapel is one of several planned projects in the Archdiocese.  We prayerfully invite your spiritual, material and financial support as we build the church together.  May the intercession of St John Vianney, patron of the Parish Feast, accompany this project and all those who are contributing to it's realisation." 

10) The Pastoral Centre will be hosting a Lecture Series on the theme "Faith, Creation and Science" on Tuesday, September 15th, 2026 from 10:00 a.m.  All Prishioners are invited to attend.  The topic will be Climate Change and Justice in the Caribbean by Dr James Fletcher, Founder of the Caribbean Climate Justice Project, CARICOM Climate Envoy at the Cardinal Kelvin Felix Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre, Marisule.