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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TUESDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF EASTER.

Fr. Silferius Aluodo
Apr 20, 2021
2 min read

20TH APRIL 2021

STIFF NECKED?

ACTS 7:51-8:1 PSALM 31:3-8.17-21 JOHN 6:30-35 Today's First Reading can be read as a warning about the absolute certainty of our understanding of God. The more certain we are of our correctness, the more willing we are to use any means possible to protect our understanding.

Why was Stephen stoned to death? He was stoned to death because he represented faith in a way that his opponents had not imagined. Stephen gives them a history of their relationship with God from the time of their ancestor Abraham to Moses all the way to David.

Stephens concentrates more on the role of Moses showing that when the time drew near for God to keep the promise he had made to Abraham, the number of the Israelites had grown in Egypt and God was to use him in fulfilling the promises.

Stephen expounds on how the ancestors refused to obey Moses and wished to go back to Egypt and made idols thus making God turn away from them. In the end, Stephen tells them, " You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit. "

The neck is one part of the body that is not stiff, it moves easily. If they are stiff-necked it means that they do not want to see the truth around them. They are only comfortable with what they see and not with what others see. Stephen challenged the understanding of the people who stoned him. Have you ever asked yourself whether the person who tells you the opposite of what you think is right may indeed be right?

They killed Stephen because they were so invested in their orthodoxy. Is your way of doing things preventing you from seeing another perspective? We, the readers, now become those invited to reflect on how we have manifested the patterns of unfaithfulness that Stephen has spoken about.

Stephen's ultimate message is the announcement of new beginnings even for those who would rob him of his life. Stephen is able to love so recklessly because he has entrusted himself to Jesus.

The stoning of Stephen becomes an opportunity for a new beginning in those who watch his witness attentively. The gift of this event interrupts our failings as it did for Paul when he remembered his involvement in this hostility as he announced the hospitality of God that moved his own gracious vocation toward the Gentiles - Acts 22:20.

Are there issues of faith that we disagree about, and how do we approach them? Have we made faith a competition to see who is right or wrong instead of seeking the truth?

This reading is also a warning about the absolute certainty of our understanding of God when we think we know him 100%.

May God help us if we ever become certain of our orthodoxy.

TUESDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF EASTER.

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