Welcome!

Whether you are visiting from another parish, another city, another country or renewing your faith after an absence, we are pleased to have you visit our web site. We also hope you will be able to come and worship with us.                    

The English Speaking Roman Catholic Mission in Zurich has been worshipping in St Anton`s Swiss Catholic Parish, since 1962.

St Anton`s Church is a magnificent and beautiful building which in 2009 celebrated 100 years as a place of worship.

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The ESCM serves all Catholics who speak English, live in Canton Zurich, and wish to pray and receive the Sacraments in the English language.

Thank you for visiting with us – whether in the church itself or on our web site.

We hope you have enjoyed your visit and that you will join us again soon.

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COLLECTIONS IN JUNE 2019

1 + 2 June – For St. Theresa Girls' School, Uganda, run by the Little Sisters of Immaculate Heart.  They are hoping to receive a small amount of money to help them buy beans, rice and maize flour to improve the diet of their schoolgirls.  They have gardens for continuous food supplies but, because of the last dry spell, they couldn't secure enough food for all their students.  The school has 890 students plus 46 teachers and they all depend on school meals.  Even a small contribution would be welcome – as little as 10 USD can provide lunch to a number of students.

8 + 9 June – This weekend’s collections are for Oremus, an association set up to support Perpetual Adoration in Zurich.  www.oremus-zurich.ch

15 + 16 June – Caritas Aid to Refugees, for those people who have left their homeland for want and despair, and seek shelter in Switzerland.  Churches and relief organizations such as Caritas Switzerland are committed to making it possible for them to enjoy a decent stay - whether temporary or permanent.  The collection on this Sunday helps Caritas to fulfill its duties in helping refugees.  https://www.caritas.ch/de/aktiv-werden/pfarreien.html

22 + 23 June –Educational Project "Shuar Villages" in Ecuador.  Their project aims to help indigenous children of the Ecuadorian Amazon to obtain basic school supplies (holster, backpack for school, shoes for regular classes + physical education); to organize breakfast for the children; to organize a micro campaign to fight infections and parasites affecting children.  The Parish of Santa Ana de los Encuentros, is a parish covering 27 villages, of which 6 are indigenous Shuar.  The parents work in the fields and sell their produce, but do not earn enough to support all family needs.  Care + hygiene is difficult because of a lack of water purification, leading to the strong presence of insects and parasites, contagious diseases, infections and diarrhea.

29 + 30 June – For the work and needs of our own Mission community.  www.englishmission.ch

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COLLECTION TOTALS FOR THE MONTH OF April 2019

6 + 7 April for Shuar villages in Ecuador = CHF 1'548.95

13 + 14 April (Palm Sunday weekend) for the Work of the Mission = CHF 1'670.40

18-22 April (Holy Week + Easter) for Pro Terra Sancta = CHF 3'409.15

27 + 28 April for the Camillian Sisters of Mercy, Georgia = CHF 1'087.40

 

!!!Thank you all for your generosity!!!

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MASS SCHEDULE

There is no Friday evening Adoration and Mass during the months of June-September.

Our first Friday evening Adoration and Mass after the long Summer break will be on

4^th October.

01 June           Saturday         6:00pm                      Holy Mass (Crypt)                

02 June          Sunday            11:15am                       Holy Mass (Church)

08 June          Saturday         6:00pm                      Holy Mass (Crypt)    

09 June          Sunday            11:15am                       Pentecost.  Holy Mass (Church)

10 June           Monday          11:15am                       Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of

                                                                                           the Church.  Holy Mass (Church)

15 June           Saturday         6:00pm                      Holy Mass (Crypt)    

16 June           Sunday            11:15am                       Holy Mass (Church)  

22 June           Saturday         6:00pm                      Holy Mass (Crypt)

23 June           Sunday            11:15am                       Corpus Christi.  Holy Mass (Church)

Saturday, 29 June, 6:00pm, Holy Mass for the Feast of Sts. Peter + Paul,

in CHURCH (not in the crypt as usual)

30 June          Sunday            11:15am                       Holy Mass (Church)