OLRCP ANNOUNCEMENTS. 15th February 2026

1. The Lenten Season commences on Ash Wednesday, 18th February 2026. The Mass programme for the day is as follows:

i.Ridgeways – 6.45 am, 1:00pm and 6:00 pm

ii.Muringa - 5.30pm

iii.Huruma - 5.30pm

iv.Karura - 1:00pm

The Priest’s Office will remain closed on that day.

2.The Ash Wednesday morning Mass (6.45 am) will be animated by the daily Mass group, Lunchtime Mass (1.00 pm) by CMA & CWA groups and the evening Mass (6:00 pm) by Liturgy committee, Ushers, Lectors groups.

3.We shall have a special collection during Ash Wednesday Mass; the collection is used to finance Justice and Peace activities at the Diocesan and National level. Kindly give generously.

4.The Way of the Cross is every Friday of Lent at 5.30 pm followed by Holy Mass. This coming Friday, (20/02/2026), it will be animated by the CWA Group.

5.During the forty days of lent we shall have “THE UPPER ROOM EXPERIENCE” with daily Eucharistic adoration and guided reflections, every Monday to Friday (6 am-7 am) and Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) (6.30 am-7.30 am) followed by Mass.

6.The Catholic Women Association (CWA) will have a luncheon with the Priest tomorrow, Monday 16th. The day’s program will begin with Holy Mass, followed by the luncheon thereafter. All CWA members are kindly requested to attend and keep time.

7.Infant Baptism will take place on Saturday; 7th March 2026 at 10:00 am here in the church. It will be preceded by 3 Baptismal instruction classes for the parents and godparents. The classes will begin on Saturday, 14th February 2026 at 2:00 pm in St. Maria Goretti Hall. Registration is ongoing at the Parish Tent or at the Parish Office

8.Kindly be informed that the 2026 Parish Calendars are still available. They are going for Ksh 250 only per copy.

9.The Masses for:

a)St. Faustina SCC,

b)St. Josephine Bakhita SCC will be celebrated on Tuesday, 17th February, at 7:00 p.m.

10.The Masses for:

a) St. Jude SCC,

b)St. Stephen SCC,

c)St. Mark the Evangelist SCC and

d)St. Joachim SCC will be celebrated on Thursday, 19th February, at 7:00 p.m.

11.Home blessings for Our Lady of Fatima SCC will be held on Saturday, 21st February at 9:00 a.m.

Next Sunday’s Mass Animation

1st Mass: St Teresa of Calcutta SCC

2nd Mass St Claire SCC

3rd Mass: St Paul the Apostle SCC

Today’s Mass has been animated by the Christ the King Choir. We are a dedicated group of men and women who serve the Lord through music for the greater glory of God. Our practice sessions are held every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:00 p.m., and on Sundays before and after the 9:30 a.m. Mass. If you are new to the parish or have been a member for some time, are aged 18 years and above, and feel called to serve God through music, you are warmly invited to join us. For more information, kindly visit the tent outside the Church.

THANK YOU FOR WORSHIPPING WITH US AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR PARISH. HAVE A BLESSED WEEK AHEAD

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BEGINNINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

Fr. Silferius Aluodo
Dec 31, 2020
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31ST DECEMBER 2020

THURSDAY - SEVENTH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE

OF NATIVITY.

1 JOHN 2:18-21

PSALM 96:1-2.11-13

JOHN 1:1-18

Today's Gospel passage begins by saying, " In the beginning was the word and the word was with God, and the word was God. "These words are used by the writer of the Gospel as a

way of setting up a foundation of faith and to convince us to maintain that faith. In different aspects of our lives, we all have beginnings that can be referred to.

And they are referred to in relation to the present so that we can understand the present. For example, if someone has achieved a higher level of education, it means that there is a beginning that started as a foundation to that higher level of education. All our different vocations in life all have a beginning that we can refer to and make people understand what we do.

In this Gospel passage, John , the writer wants us to believe and understand that all the things that Jesus did have their foundation on the fact that as the word of God, Jesus has or had always been there, and that is where the authority of Jesus comes from. If John mentions that the Word of God came to shine over darkness it is because the Word was there in the beginning of creation when darkness ruled. And if the Word came to take away darkness then it

means that the Word of God came to create a new because the word already had created in the first place.

Do we have beginnings that we can refer to ,to give authority to what we are doing now? When Jesus, the Word of God meets Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, the sick and the hungry and brings them to light, then it shows that he has a beginning which gives him authority

to do so.

Beginnings are important. They set the pace for what is to come. They give us a clue of what is to happen. Beginnings also make us consider endings and one cannot consider beginnings without thinking of endings, and since we have seen the beginning of the Word of God who became flesh and dwelt amongst us, how is this beginning related to the ending of the Gospel of John and the life of Jesus?

John ends his Gospel in chapter 21:25 by saying that Jesus did many things that have not been written but what has been written is meant to make us believe and believing in the Gospel of John is a verb, that is, a doing word. So the beginning of the Word being with God and taking our flesh was meant to make us believe

Today marks the beginning of the last day of the year 2020 which had it's first day, its beginning. How will the beginning of this year shape our belief, our attitude, our work, our thoughts, our witness to the light and our belief in God taking on our humanity in the year that will begin tomorrow?

Fr. Silferius - Our Lady of The Rosary Parish, Ridgeways.

BEGINNINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

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