BIBLE CAMP 2011 (TAMIL)

There were 89 Tamil speaking Catechism students from standard 3 - 6 participated in the Bible Camp organised by the 12 Tamil catechists. The theme of the Camp was "CHRIST's TEACHINGS, OUR LIGHT". The youth helped out in the ice-breaking and other activities as well. It was held on 20th March, 2010 at the Visitation Hall, Seremban from 9 am to 4 pm.

The first session was an introduction on Bible – “Bible is Our Way, Bible is Our Life and Bible is Our Breath.” There was a Bible Quiz and game.

The second session was on the Parable of Jesus – “The Sower of Seed and The Prodigal Son”. There was a short clip presentation on waste food and how children can help people who are in need of help.

The third session was on the Meditation of The Stations of the Cross.

SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY 2011

16th January, 2011 was the first day for the Sunday School for the year 2011. About 1,300 Sunday Class students in 3 language groups together with their respective teachers assembled in the Church before their classes began. The coordinators of the Sunday School briefed the students about the rules and regulations and the importance of the catechism to them. After 15 minutes of briefing, they together with their teachers proceeded to their respective classes.

Preparatory Confirmation Camp

A total number of 111 Confirmation Class students from the 3 language groups (70-English Speaking, 13-Chinese Speaking, 28-Tamil Speaking) attended the Preparatory Camp on 23-24th Nov 2010 at Visitation Hall, Seremban. The objective of this camp was to prepare the students for the Confirmation Camp on 26th-28th Nov 2010. Some of the topics covered included the 7 Circles of Prayer, Inner Healing, Vocation Awareness and Team Building. The students were also briefed about what a Confirmation Camp is all about. A big thank you to the facilitators - Sr Theresa Chua, Josephine Bosco, Agnes Francis, Elizabeth Chong and some of the pre-confirmation parents who involved in preparing food for the students.

(By Ms Elizabeth Chong)

Tamil RCIA Retreat 2010/2011

The Tamil RCIA group (Rite of the Christians Initiation for Adults) organized a half a day retreat for those preparing themselves to be baptized and confirmed on Easter 2011. 20 candidates participated. This retreat was held at the St Paul the Hermit Chapel, Rahang, Negeri Sembilan on 14th November 2010 (Sunday) from 9 am to 2 pm.

The theme of the retreat was “WELCOMING JESUS”. The facilitators started the retreat with an ice-Breaking session by introducing the candidates with their sponsors. Then, the sponsors welcomed them warm-heartedly and shared their faith experiences with the candidates.

The chairperson of this Tamil RCIA, Miss Theresa Soosay gave a session on “Welcoming Jesus” in their lives. Fr George Packiasamy was present on this introductory session with the candidates and sponsors. He shared the importance of attending this retreat because it is a time of making a right step to follow Jesus and preparing for the Rite of Acceptance on the 1st Sunday of Advent 2010. The retreat ended with lunch.

First Holy Communion 2010

Our parish catechism children celebrated their First Holy Communion on Sat 23 October 2010 for the English-speaking catechism children. Mass was at 5:45 pm. The Tamil-speaking and Mandarin-speaking catechism children celebrated their First Holy Communion respectively on Sun 24 October 2010 at 7:15 am (Tamil-speaking) and 10:30 am (Mandarin-speaking). There were 38 English-speaking, 37 Tamil-speaking and 15 Mandarin-speaking children involved.

Fr. Andrew Kooi was celebrant for the Sat sunset Mass with Frs. Julian Leow and George Packiasamy concelebrating. For Sun, Fr. George Packiasamy was the celebrant for the Tamil Mass and Fr. Andrew Kooi was celebrant for the Mandarin Mass with Fr. Julian Leow celebrating.

Despite the rain and limited space due to the use of the hall, a sizable number of faithful attended the Masses with the First Holy Communion children.

Joy Camp 2010 (Std 3) on 10 Oct 2010

The Joy Camp started of at 7:30 am with the gathering of children of all languages (English: 38, Tamil: 37 and Mandarin: 14 - 89 in total) at the Wisma Visitaion Hall. Y2Y began the camp with Praise and Worship as ice breakers. This fired up the children. Then the children were broken into respective groups.
A video presentation "Five Loaves and 2 Fish" enabled the children to learn to share, not to be greedy, and to have faith in Jesus as He is the Bread of Life. Topics such as Understanding the Eucharist, the Last Supper, Bread and Wine and what to do during consecration were covered - these being presented by the Catechism teachers (Spencer's team). The children were also introduced to items used at Mass such as the chalice, paten and host.
A puppet show brought the message of the importance of going to Mass and being a proud soldier of God. At the end of the camp, the children wrote a letter to Jesus and offered it up to Him in a silver basket.

Breakfast Sale - Catechism Classes for Restoration Fund 2010

On Sunday 26 September 2010, the Catechism teachers organised a Breakfast Sale for the Restoration Fund. Many items and food stuff were sold. Sales were good and most items were sold quite quickly.

Commissioning of Catechists 2010

On Sunday 26 September 2010 at 9.00am Mass, all English speaking Catechists (Sunday School & RCIA) were present for the Commissioning of Catechists. May God bless them all.

Media Youth Camp

A Media Youth Camp was organised at Seminari Theoloji Malaysia (STM) on 3 - 5 September 2010 for Pre-Confirmation students. About 42 Pre-Confirmation students attended this camp. The students learned about what is media, how to appreciate movie viewing, teamwork and communication. They also discovered their talent in acting and producing short movies. On the last day of this camp, the parents of the Pre-Confirmation students came to give their support and admire their children's movie-making talent.

May this Media Youth Camp enable our Pre-Confirmation students to build long-lasting relationship with their classmates and help them be more zealous in understanding and deepening their faith.

T-Shirt Designing Competition

About 30 English-speaking Confirmation students participated in a t-shirt designing competition on Tuesday, 7 September 2010 at Visitation Hall Upstairs at 8:30 am - 12:30 pm. The theme of this T-Shirt Designing competition is "Daring to be Different." Besides the t-shirt designing, team-building games were also organised. This event enabled our Confirmation students to show their talents in designing interesting t-shirt designs. May this event enable our Catechism students to maintain a good bond among their classmates and may they be inspired to deepen and strenghten their faith.

Bible Camp for Children of Standard 1 - 3

A bible camp was conducted for Catechism children of Standard 1 - 3 on Tuesday 7 September 2010 at Visitation Hall downstairs at 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. The theme for this bible Camp is "My Lord, My Jesus, My Saviour." About 70 children from the English and Mandarin Catechism class attended. Various activities, games and even a bible quiz kept the children busy. May this camp inspire our children to read the bible more.

English Catechism Family Day

The English Catechism family day was held on Merdeka day 31 August at the Catholic Centre at 4 - 8 pm. Fun, food and games were organised, bringing about a spirit of family and unity among all who participated. We pray our Catechism teachers and students will build better bonds through this and future family days.