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Religious Education Program for 2010-2011

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:58:55 +0000

Registration for the VESCC Religious Education Program for 2010-2011 is now going on. We encourage parents wanting to enroll their children for religious education in English, especially in preparation for receiving First Holy Communion or Confirmation to register them as soon as possible.

You can download and print the registration form here [in pdf format]. Or you can also contact Beth Babroski, the Religious Education Coordinator at vesccreliged@gmail.com.

Classes available include:

From age 5 up through confirmation class;
Classes to prepare for the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Reconciliation, as well as Confrimation;
Post-Confirmation Teen Activity Group (meets once a month); and
Adult cathechesis (taking place at the same time as the children’s)

Schedule for 2010-2011:

Religious education will be held during the following Sundays immediately after the 10 o’clock Mass (starts promptly):

September 12 and 19
October 3 and 17
November 7 and 21
December 5 and 12
January 16 and 23
February 6 and 27
March 13 and 20
April 3 and 10
May 8 and 15

First Holy Communion: May 8, 2010
Confirmation: May 22, 2010 (tentative schedule)

We need and welcome volunteers as catechists, assistant catechists and organizers of the adult catechesis program.

First Communion Rites 2009

admin — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:31:52 +0000

Nine young children from the VESCC community received their First Communion on Sunday, 26 April at the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Vienna, Austria. Fr. Kevin Soars presided over the solemn ceremonies in the presence of community members, and friends, relatives and guests of the children’s families.

A photo gallery of selected pictures is available on this site.

Introducing Father Cyril Desbruslais SJ

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:31:03 +0000

I was born in 1940, in Calcutta (India), joined the Jesuits in 1962 and was ordained in 1974. I am now residing at De Nobili College, Pune, near Bombay (or Mumbai), home of the largest Jesuit community in the world, today. I have been teaching Philosophy at the big Jesuit-run Seminary in Pune, Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, where degrees and diplomas in Philosophy and Theology are offered to lay people as well as priests-to-be, nuns and members of other religious orders.

I am also deeply involved in the youth ministry, particularly among boys and girls of the 16-25 age group (College-going and University students as well as young workers) of all religions (with Christians in the minority). I’m also very much involved in social action among oppressed and disadvantaged groups and motivate youth of all religions and cultures to work together for justice.