International Catholic Chaplaincy, Bonn
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Pilgrimage from all churches in Bad Godesberg to the city of Trier
on Saturday 24 May 2025 from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm.
Thursday, 29th May – Ascension Day – Mass at 7:00 pm in the church
Sunday, 8th June – Pentecost Sunday – Mass at 9:30 am followed by parish picnic on the church grounds
Thursday – 19th June – Corpus Christi – no Mass in our Church (Heilig Kreuz)
CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION – open air mass at Panorama Platz – followed by RHEINVIERTELFEST at Sankt Evergislus church
Sunday, 29th June – First Communion Mass in our church
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ON PENTECOST SUNDAY, June 8th – annual PARISH PICNIC
after Sunday Mass –
Set up starts from 8:30 am on Sunday morning
Set up of the tents and tables on Saturday evening from 6pm
Pentecost celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, ushering in the beginning of the Church. On the day of Pentecost, a flame rested upon the heads of the apostles and by the power of the Holy Spirit, they began to speak in tongues.
Again this year, we plan to celebrate this feast at STM by asking Parishioners to read in their mother tongue, the first and second readings, the psalm of the day and prayers of the faithful. The English translation will be in the bulletin for all to read
If you are interested in volunteering, could you please contact Dariusz Kucz, who will be coordinating this activity. He can be contacted after Mass.
A picture says more than a thousand words: In addition to celebrating the international aspect of our community with readings in various languages, we invite you to wear your national dress (if you have one) to the Pentecost Mass, or perhaps you can dress in the colours of your country’s flag.
After Mass we want to continue the celebration with food and fellowship.
We therefore invite you all to join us for our annual parish picnic after our Pentecost Mass.
We invite everyone to contribute to the food table with some typical finger food from their home countries: e.g. spring rolls, samosas, muffins or cookies, puff puff, desserts, meat, noodle or rice-dishes, cakes, salads, breads, whatever you would like to share with all of us will be great.
Everything is appreciated
Drinks, as always, will be provided by the parish.
It would be nice to have a wide variety of different snacks.
We hope that many of our parishioners can join us for this special Mass in the Spirit of Pentecost and also make time to stay for the community celebration afterwards.
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Message from the German Rheinviertel Community:
CORPUS CHRISTI – OPEN AIR MASS AT PANORAMA PLATZ – RHEINVIERTELFEST
Let us all come together to celebrate at this year’s Rheinviertelfest!
On the 19th of June 2025, being Thursday, the church will celebrate the solemnity of Corpus Christi. This is a demonstration of our belief in the presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Eucharist. The consecrated host referred to as the Blessed Sacrament is carried in procession after Mass along the Rhine in a monstrance.
It is a spectacular act of devotion for all Catholics.
May we invite all the members of your community to be part of this pious ceremony here in Bonn at Panoramaplatz an der Bastei (Dollendorfer Fähre, Rheinallee) at 10.00 am where Holy Mass will be celebrated.
After Mass we all will process to St. Evergislus Church, where again this year there will be a church fête. This means that in addition to the usual food there will be music and activities.
We will have drinks and food such as chips and fried sausages as well as a cake buffet and popcorn. Also, there will be a bouncy castle, games, and a fun children’s programme!
The food and drinks will be provided by the parish, but anyone who would like to bring a contribution for the cake table is warmly invited to do so.
This is a wonderful opportunity to come together, make new friends, and get to know each other a little better.
We hope that many of you will be able to find the time to join in this celebration.
With kind regards, Gemeindeausschuss Rheinviertel
If you want to make a contribution for the cake buffet or are willing to help out at the cafeteria during the church fête, please don’t hesitate to contact us.