P ARISH MASSES

A yia Kyr iaki Sat 18.0 0 V alid for Sun day - Eng lish

Sun 10am Lati n 1 1am - Ger man /Pol ish

Sun 12 noo n - Eng lish

Mor e info rma tion abo ut wee kda y Mas ses at A yia Kyr iaki

can be foun d in the wee kly new slett er

The Lat in Par ish Hal l Sat 16.0 0 V alid for Sun day

The Cha pel of SS. Cos mos & Dam ian

Mes a Cho rio Thu r 4pm Fr ench , Frid 4pm - Eng lish

Phi llipi no Mas s 12 noo n last Sun day of the mon th

The Sri Lan kan Sist ers Eve ry 3rd Sun Mas s at 1 pm (22 681 81 1)

Con fess ions

Satu rda y at Agi a Kyr iak i 5.15 - 5.45

On 2nd Sun day of the mon th 12.0 0pm Mas s is offe rd for all thos e who don ated to the

Hos pice fund .

Ministers of Holy Communion

Ow en Don agh y 99 861 461 Phil ip Bac kho use 99 819 891

Jan Cze sak 96 601 485 Mik e Red ford (Pol is) 99 129 757

W illia m W atki nson 26 622 069 Mic hae l Mu nne lly 26 954 1 16

Fra nk Alc ock 97 785 482

The Community

Gazette

Special Days For M arch

17 St. Patr ick (Me mor ial)

19 St. Jose ph (Sol emn ity) 25 Ann unci atio n of The Lor d (Sol emn ity)

D id G od st op Ti m e?

The y read the Bibl e, and ther e it was abo ut [app roxi mat ely] a day . The se little wor ds in the Bibl e are imp orta nt, but they wer e still in trou ble beca use if you cann ot acco unt for 40 min utes , you 'll still be in trou ble 1000 year s from now .

For ty min utes had to be foun d beca use it can be mul tipli ed man y time s over in orbi ts. As the Chr istia n emp loye e thou ght abo ut it, he rem emb ered som ewh ere in the Bibl e whe re it said the sun wen t BAC KW ARD S.

The scie ntis ts told him he was out of his min d, but they got out the Boo k and read thes e wor ds in 2 Kin gs that told of the follo win g stor y: H ezek iah, on his deat h bed , was visit ed by the prop het Isai ah who told him that he was not goin g to die. Hez ekia h aske d for a sign as proo f. Isai ah said 'Do you wan t the sun to go ahea d 10 degr ees? '

Hez ekia h said , 'It is noth ing for the sun to go ahea d 10 degr ees, but let the shad ow retu rn back war d 10 degr ees. ' Isai ah spok e to the Lor d, and the Lor d brou ght the shad ow ten degr ees BAC KW ARD ! Ten degr ees is exac tly 40 min utes !'

Twe nty- thre e hou rs and 20 min utes in Josh ua, plus 40 min utes in Seco nd Kin gs mak e the mis sing day in the univ erse ! Isn' t it ama zing ?

Refe renc es : Josh ua 10:8 and 12,1 3 and 2 Kin gs 20:9 -11.

POI NTS MA KE POU NDS Plea se dona te your Papa nton iou poin ts to card No 5201 4925 for St. Mic hael ’s Hos pice .

The poin ts are used to purc hase priz es for even ts and raffl es. Tha nk you , Ann Bain s.

******* LAT IN PAR ISH ME MB ERS OF THE HO SPI TAL AND CLI NIC VIS ITO RS TEA MS

Ann a Keli s, Ann Bain s, Mau ra Lou rier, Kry s Kerr and Bren da Bac khou se

PAR ISH MEM BER S CUR REN TLY INV OLV ED WIT H HOS PITA L TRO LLE Y SER VIC E, Wen dy Gra nvil le.

WE NEE D MO RE VIS ITO RS AND TRO LLE Y SER VIC E PEO PLE Con tact Bren da on 998 041 61

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Alpha Bank, Griva Dhigeni Branch, Paphos, Cyprus Sponsor a window for !250, a door !500 or make a donation.

Thank you firstly for your prayers then you may ask your friends, parish priests and bishops to give us a hand.

Thank you and God Bless.

NEW NAME FOR OUR P ARISH

THE LATIN PATRIARCHA TE OF JERUSALEM ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC PARISH, PAPHOS

www .stpauls-catholic-parish-paphos.com/

P AR ISH SUN DA Y LUN CH Seco nd Sun day of the Mon th at the W elco me Inn

Mon thly even t, whe r e you will mee t man y fam iliar face s fr om Chu r ch and you ar e mos t welc ome to brin g you r frien ds alon g.

Nex t even t 13th Mar ch All W elco me Pho tos by Joe.

St Patrick’s Celebration 2011

It is that time of year aga in! We are on the coun tdow n to Pad dies day . This year s Fáil te Pafo s St. Patr ick’ s Cele brat ion will be held at the Pap hos Gar den s Hot el in Klei ous Stre et, Kat o Pap hos on the 18th Mar ch at 7:30 pm. So com e and join the Iris h in Pap hos for our ann ual St. Patr ick’ s cele bra tion whe re a won derf ul welc ome awa its you . Wit h live Iris h mus ic, a hot and cold buff et, a priz e dra w and an abu nda nce of Iris h hosp itali ty we are look ing forw ard to a grea t nigh t.

Our spec ial gues t will be H.E . The Irish Am bass ado r, Patr ick Scu llion on his seco nd visit to Pap hos. The re will be a raff le in aid of St Mic hael s Hos pice and all proc eeds from the even ing will go to loca l char ities . For thos e wan ting to mak e a nigh t of it The Pap hos Gar den s Hot el are offe ring a spec ial B&B rate for that nigh t of !46 for a dou ble room and !35 for a sing le room . If you wan t to take up this offe r plea se con tact the hote l dire ctly .

Tick ets are avai labl e from Fitz gera ld Esta tes, 74 Apo stol os Pav lou Ave . Kat o Pap hos, or ema il: failt e.pa fos@ gma il.co m Tel : 9952 8943 / 968 492 13

If your Irish…

If you are an Iris h Citi zen resi ding in Cyp rus it is imp orta nt that you are on the Iris h Emb assy ’s re gist er in Nico sia. We all go thro ugh life thin king that noth ing is goin g to hap pen to us, but we live in a trou bled wor ld. If you ever are in need of help and the Emb assy is not awa re of you r pres ence , then that coul d caus e cruc ial dela ys in gett ing help to you . Reg istra tion is a sim ple pro cess just fill in the regi stra tion form and send it to the Emb assy , that ’s all.

Pho togr aph ic Exh ibit ion

Kyk lade s Art Gal lery Noe l Gre ene is Iris h, livin g & wor king in Cyp rus in the Oro klin i area , he is also a part time Pho togr aph er and nex t Frid ay a 40 pict ure exh ibiti on of his wor k call ed Ven ice – Wat ersc ape s and Lan dsca pes will be ope ned in the Kyk lade s Gal lery in Nico sia at 31A Alex and er the Gre at St , Nico sia. (Ga llery pho ne 994 274 98) One of the ima ges is call ed Iris h Emb assy even thou gh ther e is no Iris h Emb assy in Ven ice .. but the com bina tion of gree n whi te and oran ge in this ima ge real ly cau ght his eye. Bec ause of the Ven ice Con nect ion His Exc ellen cy the Ital ian Am bass ado r will offic ially ope n the exh ibiti on at 18.3 0 on Frid ay 4th Feb rua ry and the exh ibiti on mov es to Lar naca on 1st mar ch.

P APHOS

Photos by Joe

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V is its to Pa ri sh

We hav e a num ber of imp orta nt visit s to the pari sh com ing up. On Tue sday Mar ch the 1st Car dina l Vall ini the pro vica r of Rom e, 3 Bish ops and 125 prie sts are com ing for mas s. The y are Bish ops and Par ish Prie sts from Rom e. The card inal wan ts to prom ote Cyp rus as a plac e of pilg rim age, hen ce the visit to Agia Kyr iaki .

Fro m the 3rd of Mar ch the bish ops of the Bish ops Con fere nce of Sou th Eas t Eur ope will be mee ting in Cyp rus. The Bish ops atte ndin g the conf eren ce will visit Agia Kyr iaki on on Frid ay 4th of Mar ch at a ppr ox 4 pm. Patr iarc h Fou ad is a mem ber of the Con fere nce so will be one of the Bish ops com ing her e.

On Tue sday 8th Mar ch the Patr iarc h will say mas s in Agia Kyr iaki at 9am . All are welc ome .