Bulletin 15jun2014

10, Yishun Street 22 Singapore 768579 Tel: 6257 4229 Web: www.olss.sg

15 JUNE 2014 TRINITY SUNDAY

To be a Christ-centred family that loves and serves one another with joy and humility

Concerning the obsession for photos during Liturgies – A Consideration of a Liturgical and Pastoral Problem Weddings, First Holy Communion, Confirmation - It is a sacred moment; a Sacrament is to be conferred. The parents and congregation are in deep prayer, thanking God … oops, they’re not! Actually, they are fumbling with their cell phone cameras. Some are scrambling up the side aisle to “get the shot.” Others are holding their phones up in the air to capture blurry, crooked shots. The tussling continues in the side aisle as parents muscle to get in place for “the shot.” If “the shot” is gotten—success! If not, “Woe is me!” Never mind that a Sacrament has actually been offered and received, the point was “the shot,” the “photo-op.” It would seem the picture is the point. Actually, I would contend that it is NOT the point. Real life and actual experience are the point. Further, in the Liturgy, the worship and praise of God, the experience of His love, and attentiveness to His Word are the point. Cameras, more often than not, cause us to miss the point. We get the shot but miss the experience. Pastorally, it would seem appropriate to accept that photos are important to people. For major events such as Weddings, Confirmations, First Communions, Easter Vigils and Infant Baptisms, it seems right that we should insist that if photos are desired, a professional be hired. This helps keep things discreet and permits family and others to experience the sacred moments more prayerfully. A final reiteration: remember, the photo is not the moment. The moment is the moment, and the experience is the experience. A photo is just a bunch of pixels, lots of 0′s and 1′s recorded by a mindless machine and then printed or displayed by another mindless machine. A picture is no substitute for the actual experience, the actual prayer, the actual worship that can and should take place at every sacred moment and at every sacred liturgy.

-‐ REV FR J J FENELON -‐

EVANGELII GAUDIUM The Joy of the Gospel

- Pope Francis -

#24 An evangelizing community knows that the Lord has taken the initiative, he has loved us first (1 Jn 4:19), and therefore we can move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast. Such a community has an endless desire to show mercy, the fruit of its own experience of the power of the Father’s infinite mercy. Let us try a little harder to take the first step and to become involved.

WEDDING NOTICE

Planning to get married? Please inform the Priest 12 months in advance. This would give the couple adequate <me for the necessary prepara<on.


CHECK IT OUT “ Be an active presence in the community “

NEXT INFANT BAPTISM SESSIONS Sessions will be held on 6 & 13 July 2014. Please register with the Parish Office by 29 June 2014. For more informa<on please contact Liana at 91392883 or Parish Office at 62574229.

OLSS STAY-‐IN EMPOWERMENT RETREAT FOR YOUTHS (16-‐25 YEARS OLD) Date: 20 – 22 June 2014, Friday to Sunday Venue: CAYC, 2 Lorong Low Koon Fee: Students -‐ $20, Working adults -‐ $40

Register online at h\p://goo.gl/sijPac and payment to be made at Parish Office by 18 June.

For more details, call Raymond at 62574229 or email [email protected]

FREE HEALTH SCREENING – 29 JUNE, SUNDAY Time: 8am – 11.30am Venue: Level 1, next to canteen

Staff from Mount Alvernia Hospital will be here to conduct free screening for : 1) Body Mass Index 2) Blood Pressure 3) Blood Glucose and Cholesterol

Please register at Parish Office or call 62574229 for more informa<on.

CATECHETICAL MINISTRY -‐ ANNOUNCEMENTS Discipleship 2B & 3

Sacrament of First Holy Communion Date: 22 June 2014, Sunday Time: 10am and 11.30am Mass Children are to report to the AVA room on the 4th level at 8.30am and 10am respec<vely.

About 95 children will be receiving Jesus for the first <me. Please keep them in your prayers. Discipleship 2 a.  Parent Prayer Session – 3 Friday Sessions Date: 11, 18 and 25 July 2014 Time: 8pm to 10pm Venue: St Luke’s #02-‐21 A\endance is compulsory

b.  Bible Camp Date: 2 August 2014, Saturday Details will be furnished when Cateche<cal Session resumes

c.  Sacrament of Reconcilia<on Date: 22 August 2014 Details will be furnished when Cateche<cal Session resumes Discipleship 4 Day of Recollec<on Date: 12 July 2014, Saturday Time: 9am to 4pm Venue: St Luke’s #02-‐20/21 Please report to St Luke's room at 8.30am for a\endance taking. Discipleship 7-‐10 – Discipleship T-‐shirt design Seize this opportunity during your June mid-‐term break to let your crea<vity flow and par<cipate in this design compe<<on as an individual or a group. Cash prizes up to $100 will be awarded to the top 5 designs.

For more informa<on, please pick up the compe<<on form from the front foyer on the 2nd floor. All entries are to be submi\ed latest by 12th July to your catechists during cateche<cal sessions. CATECHETICAL SESSIONS ACROSS ALL LEVELS WILL RESUME ON 12 July 2014

RCIA ONGOING FAITH FORMATION No opening/closing date, come join us every Tuesday and discover more about the Catholic faith at any <me of the year!

Keen to journey with someone through his/her faith forma<on? Sign up now as a sponsor! Training will be provided

For more details, please contact Parish Office at 62574229 or email [email protected]

CHURCH CLEANING – 27 JUNE, FRIDAY, 7.30PM Let us clean our ‘House of Lord’ together. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.

CHURCH DEVELOPMENT FUND There will be a second collec<on for the Church Development Fund this weekend.

TAMIL MASS – 21 JUNE, SATURDAY, 6.30PM There will be an ‘Agape fellowship meal’ at the canteen aqer Mass. All are welcome!


NCC Reflection Being a good Christian demands concrete action and deeds, Pope Francis said. And, he said, the "how-to" manual is found in the beatitudes and the Last Judgment, which spells out the consequences awaiting those who fail to help others in need. Jesus offers a guide to life that is "so simple, but very difficult," the pope said. It's difficult because Christianity is "a hands-on religion; it isn't for thinking about, it's for putting into practice, to do it."

The beatitudes are the "program" and "the identity card" for every Christian, outlining a step-by-step guide to being "a good Christian." Jesus' teaching goes "very much against the tide" of a worldly culture, he said, in which monetary wealth, superficial joy and personal satisfaction are the measures of happiness and success.

Pope Francis said the beatitudes are "the program of life that Jesus offers us. If we want something more, Jesus also gives us other instructions" in the "Judgment of the Nations" in later chapters of St. Matthew's Gospel. People should remember the "protocol by which we will be judged" -- by what everyone has done or didn't do for the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the ill and the imprisoned. He asked that people find the time to read the beatitudes and the final judgment "once, twice, three times.“

Excerpts from an article by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

CHECK IT OUT “ Be an active presence in the community “

CORPUS CHRISTI “THE EUCHARIST & OUR CHURCH” AT CATHOLIC SPIRITUALITY CENTRE (CSC) 24-‐hour Prayer Vigil Saturday, June 21 at 4pm to Sunday, June 22 at 3.30pm. Prayer inten<ons for our parish will be made on Sunday from 2am to 4am. All are welcome to join the prayer and intercession. Mass with Procession follows thereaaer at 4pm (Celebrant: Archbishop William Goh)

REGISTRATION OF CATHOLIC TEACHERS & PRINCIPALS The Archdiocesan Commission for Catholic Schools requests for all Catholic teachers and principals to register with their respec<ve Parish Offices. This is to obtain an updated data base to facilitate the involvement of Catholic teachers and principals in Catholic schools.

LANDSCAPE CROSSING MEET 1 – 22 AUG, FRIDAY A session for past Landscape Crossings Retreatants and those whose lives have been touched by cancer pa<ents, survivors and their care-‐givers.

Time: 2 -‐ 5 pm Registra<on: 1.30 pm Venue: Monrort Retreat Centre Max intake: 20pax

Contact Sr Margaret Goh at 90124778 or email [email protected]

PERSONAL MORAL COMPASS COURSE – FR DAVID GARCIA Module 3 – Chrisban Morality Today -‐ star<ng on 8 July 2014 for 8 Sessions (Tuesdays) Module 4 – Ethics of Love, Sex and Marriage – star<ng on 9 July 2014 for 8 sessions (Wednesdays)

For more informa<on and/or for the course guide and registra<on form, please download from the Caritas Singapore’s website: h\p://caritas-‐singapore.org or email forma<on@caritas-‐singapore.org


OUR PRIESTS Fr J.J Fenelon (Parish Priest); (6257 4229 Email: [email protected]

Fr Stanislaus Pang (6257 0036 Email: [email protected]

Fr Paul Yeo ( 62574660 Email: [email protected]

OUR PARISH OFFICE (6257 4229; Fax: 6756 6632 Email: [email protected]

OLSS DAY CARE CENTRE BLK 235 #01-‐442 (6257 0427 Email: [email protected]

OLSS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE BLK 265 #01-‐226 (67559535 Email: [email protected]

Weekday 6.25am(Lauds) -‐ 6.45am (Mass) 6.10pm(Vespers) -‐ 6.30pm (Mass)

Saturday Sunset -‐ 5pm

Sunday -‐ 7.15am (Mandarin) 8.30am, 10am, 11.30am, 5pm (All in English)

Public Holiday -‐ 8am

Holy Hour -‐ 8pm (1st Friday of the Month)

Tagalog Mass -‐ 6.30pm (1st Sat of the Month)

Tamil Mass -‐ 6.30pm (2nd Sun & 3rd Sat of the Month)

Marian Devobon -‐ 9am, Saturday, Main Church

Malayalam Prayer -‐ 6.30pm (3rd Sat of the month, St John’s room)

Divine Mercy Prayer – 7pm (Every Friday, St John’s room)

Sacrament of Reconciliabon 15mins before each weekend Mass or by appointments during the week

Adorabon Room – 6am to 10pm Closed on all Public Holidays

MASS SCHEDULE & PRAYER DEVOTION

PARISH DETAILS

OH WHAT FUN!

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS – 22 JUNE 2014

1st Reading Deut 8: 2-‐3,14b-‐16a

Psalm Ps 147: 12-‐13,14-‐15, 19-‐20

2nd Reading 1 Cor 10: 16-‐17

Gospel Jn 6: 51-‐58

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