On October 1 2010, the Rosary month was launched with rosary and Mass at the grotto. About 300 parishioners attended. It is a Catholic tradition to pray the rosary especially during the months of May and October and this tradition is observed by Visitation Church Seremban. This month is especially significant as it is also the start of the restoration work in the Church premises. Parishioners and priests prayed especially for the smooth running and success of the restoration works.
For the 1st decade, we prayed at the grotto, the 2nd decade at the Main Sanctuary in the church, 3rd decade at the main entrance with lighted candles from the paschal candle, 4th decade we took a walk around the church and 5th decade we concluded the rosary at the grotto.
After Rosary, Mass was celebrated by Fr. Andrew Kooi. In his homily, he invited the faithful to be childlike in their faith and trust in God, as that is what is required of us if we wish to be in God's Kingdom.
After about 2 years break, the Catholic Student Society (C.S.S.) of Visitation Seremban managed to revive the Annual Blood Donation Campaign on Sunday 17th October 2010. In the past this campaign was done practically every year, so much so it became the tradition of the parish. The support given by the parishioners were always good. This year’s campaign was held in conjunction with Mission Sunday. The aim of this campaign is to encourage the Visitation parishioners to donate blood and also to instill in them their responsibility as human beings in saving lives. It is indeed our mission as Christians to be charitable. This is also an out reach project done by the CSS. Approximately 100 parishioners responded to this campaign but only 66 were able to donate blood. Nevertheless the CSS members were very happy with the response given by parishioners. This event was graced by Mr. Teo the representative of YB Senator Dato Dr. Yeow Chai Tiam and the presence of the Lions Club Seremban made the event an auspicious one.
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