Friday, October 10th 2025 Established 1905 27 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown, Guyana Year 120, No. 39
Karasabai celebrates centenary Clergy Conference 2025 - p2 Vatican confirms papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2 - p2 Catholic leaders express ‘ardent hope’ in Gaza - p3 A Christian Perspective on Social Issues - p4 South Georgetown Cluster Jubilee Pilgrimage to Suriname - p4 Sunday Scripture - p5 The Word and the World - p6 First Communion & Heritage Mass at Itabac - p7 Monkey Mountain Heritage Month Service - p7 Children’s Page - p9 Consecrated life shows beauty of authentic love, trust in God, pope says at Jubilee - p10 Cathedral Memory Lane - p14
Pope Leo greets people gathered in the Paul VI Hall ahead of the General Audience on Wed. Sept. 24th 2025 (photo: Vatican Media)
Bishop’s Engagements St. Therese of Lisieux church community, Karasabai, South Pakaraima Mountains, Region 9, Essequibo, Guyana, on Sunday October 5th celebrated its 100th anniversary. (Please see article on page 8) ❖
Apostolic Exhortation,“Dilexi te” VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Many Christians “need to go back and re-read the Gospel” because they have forgotten that faith and love for the poor go hand in hand, Pope Leo XIV said in his first major papal document. “Love for the poor — whatever the form their poverty may take — is the evangelical hallmark of a Church faithful to the heart of God,” the pope wrote in “Dilexi te ” (“I Have Loved You”), an apostolic exhortation “to all Christians on love for the poor.” Pope Leo signed the document Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, and the Vatican released the text Oct. 9, the feast of St. John Henry Newman. The document was begun by Pope Francis, Pope Leo said, but he added to it and wanted to issue it near the beginning of his papacy “since I share the desire of my beloved predecessor that all Christians come to appreciate the close connection between Christ’s love and his summons to care for the poor.” (please turn to page 12)
Sunday October 12th 07:30hrs – Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 11:00hrs – Attend Bilingual Mass at Our Lady of Fatima and Migrant Cultural Event at Georgetown Cricket Club Tuesday October 14th 18:00hrs – Diocesan Pastoral Council Meeting Saturday October 18th 09:00hrs – Cathedral Ministers’ Retreat – Bishop’s House, 27 Brickdam, Stabroek Sunday October 19th 07:30hrs – Mass at St. Joseph the Worker, Linden 10:00hrs – Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Wismar 15:00hrs – Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes, Silver Hill, Soesdyke
Francis Alleyne OSB