Until further notice, Sunday masses for the month of January 2009 will continue to be held at the usual time of 11:00 a.m. at the Votive Church.

The first whole community catechesis for 2009 will be on January 11 at Ebendorferstrasse at 9:45 a.m.

Holiday masses for New Year’s Day, January 1 and Epiphany, also known as Three Kings, January 6 have been scheduled at 12 noon in the St. Francis of Assisi Church at Mexikoplatz in Vienna’s second district.

The St. Francis of Assisi Mexikoplatz is the imposing church at the foot of the Reichsbrücke. It is easy to get to – just around the corner from the Vorgartenstrasse stop along the U1 underground line. There is ample street parking around the church and Mexikoplatz itself.

To see the map in detail, please click here.

As of 1st of January 2009, the VESCC office is located at the offices of the Karlskirche at Kreuzherrengasse 1, 1040 Vienna, Austria. The street is the one just behind the Karlskirche church.

Please watch this site for further details on the office relocation.

In the meantime, the VESCC community needs volunteers (preferably with strong backs and cars) to transport boxes from Rooseveltplatz to Kreuzherrengasse during the big move this Saturday, 20 December. If you can help, please call Fr. Kevin directly on his mobile phone.

VESCC catechism classes for the first half of 2009 have been scheduled as follows: January 11 and 25; February 1 and 8; March 1, 15, and 29; April 26; and May 3 and 10. As is usual, the catechesis will include the following groups:

» Religious Education for Children of All Ages
» Adult Education
» Religious Education for Teens
» First Communion Preparation
» Confirmation Preparation

All classes will start simultaneously at 9:45 so punctuality will be greatly appreciated.

Holy Mass schedules for Christmas are as follows:

• Christmas Eve Mass – 8:00 p.m. at the Votive Church
• Christmas Day Mass – 11:15 a.m. at the Votive Church*

* Please note that on Christmas Day, 25 December mass will begin fifteen minutes later.

As has been a tradition for several years, our community did Christmas carolling again this year at Clara Fey Kinderdorf, a home for handicapped children. The caroling took place on Sunday, 14 December at 3:00 p.m. For this year’s carolling, the community joined members of the Vienna International Center Club Filipino (VICFF) choir, which led the carolling effort. Children and teens, young and old joined the carolling.

To view pictures of last year’s carolling at Kinder Fey, please check click here.