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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FRIDAY OF THE 31ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

Dcn: Godwin Ochieng Ofm Cap
Nov 4, 2022
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4TH NOVEMBER 2022

THEME: MAKING A LIVING VS MAKING A LIFE

There are two basic forces within a human being; one is the instinct of self-preservation which compels one to build walls around him/herself to protect herself. (Body). The other is the constant desire to expand, to become boundless (Soul). If one fails to separate the two and work collaboratively, these two fundamental forces become a source of tension. According to St. Paul, in the first reading, the only relief is when there will be a change from the lowly body to be like Christ’s glorious body (boundless soul), this is only done by patiently awaiting for Our Lord Jesus to do it.(Phil. 3:21)

The force of preservation helps you to root yourself well on this planet (Making a living), unfornately, Paul warns that, when we rely too much on this force, we become enemies of the Cross of Christ (Gal 5:24) and the end result is self-destruction like the steward in the Gospel and even glory in their shame just like the steward shamelessly gambling with the master’s wealth. The other takes you beyond (Making a life), just as Paul put it so vividly in the first reading, our commonwealth is in heaven.

It is so unfortunate that we human beings have failed to differentiate between making a living and making a life, physical need and spiritual needs, the demands of the soul and that of the body hence we ended up solving this by raising the bar of survival. We have become indeed wiser in our own generation and we can manipulate any scheme to ensure our survival are catered for. All of the material versus spiritual struggles of humanity spring from this ignorance. (Gal. 5:17)

We have to be warned that these walls of self-preservation we build today for our survival are the walls of self-imprisonment for tomorrow. The steward’s shrewdness are detected by the master which seems to land him further into a more complicated cases. (Lk.16:3) For a human being life does not seem to end with survival. In fact, life begins with the survival. Human intelligence and awareness have to reach a place where it cannot limit itself to the ambit of survival. It is indeed very paramount to understand that in your life you must fix, how much is survival, you must fix it somewhere. This is my survival it has been taken care of, what it is that really matters to me in my life. And that which really matter according to St. Paul is to stand firm in the Lord by lowering the bars of survival and becoming wiser to the science of the saints.

Let us pray through St. Charles Borromeo whom we commemorate today, who was responsible for the significant reforms in the church to lead us reform our lives from making a living to making a life. May God bless you and keep you always in his love!MAY ST. CHARLES PRAY FOR US!

FRIDAY OF THE 31ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

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