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10, Yishun Street 22 Singapore 768579 Tel: 6257 4229 Web: www.olss.sg
20 JULY 2014 16TH SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME
To be a Christ-centred family that loves and serves one another with joy and humility
LIFE IS PRECIOUS News of the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine has been greeted with not just horror but disbelief in Malaysia. A second air disaster in five months. A>er MH 370, it’s MH 17. Just incredulous.
Malaysia's badminton world champion, Lee Chong Wei, expressed the bewilderment so many felt: "I don't think we are ready to accept this so soon a>er the MH 370 tragedy.“
As Singaporeans, we can’t help but feel for our brothers and sisters across the causeway. It could just as well have happened to our airlines. Reports say that an Air India and a Singapore Airlines plane were just 25km away when the tragedy happened.
Whatever the reasons for the disaster, innocent lives have been lost in both tragedies. Those who died had no say in how their lives should end. They were definitely not prepared for it.
It just brings to mind a chilling reality of just how precious life is. Life is fragile and no one knows when death will occur. The uncertainty of life tells us that we should never take anything for granted. Therefore, we need to take our relaTonship with God and with each other more seriously.
This means we are called to live in the present, the now. Not dwell with regrets of the past or worries of the future. Every now is a gi> from God. What are we doing with His Gi>?
“Love God and Neighbour” (MaY. 22:37)
-‐ REV FR J J FENELON -‐
EVANGELII GAUDIUM The Joy of the Gospel
- Pope Francis -
#28 The parish is the presence of the Church in a given territory, an environment for hearing God’s word, for growth in the ChrisTan life, for dialogue, proclamaTon, charitable outreach, worship and celebraTon. In all its acTviTes the parish encourages and trains its members to be evangelizers. It is a community of communiTes, a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey, and a centre of constant missionary outreach. We must admit, though, that the call to review and renew our parishes has not yet sufficed to bring them nearer to people, to make them environments of living communion and parTcipaTon, and to make them completely mission-‐oriented.
WEDDING NOTICE
Planning to get married? Please inform the Priest 12 months in advance. This would give the couple adequate Tme for the necessary preparaTon.
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CATECHETICAL MINISTRY -‐ ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Discipleship 2 – Parent Prayer Sessions In preparaTon of First ReconciliaTon, there will be prayer sessions for parents of children in D2.
Date: 11, 18, 25 July (Fridays) Time: 8pm Venue: St Luke’s Room (#02-‐20/21)
3. Discipleship 8 – Discipleship Retreat 2014 Date: 2 Aug – 3 Aug 2014 (Saturday – Sunday, Stay-‐in) Venue: St Teresa’s Retreat Centre, Kampong Bahru
All D8 youths are required parTcipate in this retreat. Parents, please make arrangements to reschedule all other acTviTes during these two days.
4. Discipleship 10 – PreparaWon for ConfirmaWon There will be a joint parents/youths session to share on the Sacrament of ConfirmaTon. Date: �26 July 2014, Saturday Time: �1.45pm – 3 pm Venue: St. Luke Room (2ndfloor) Please make every effort to aYend this session with your child to ensure you are well informed and prepared for the celebraTon.
WILLING HEARTS LUNCH MEAL Our Parish is a Willing Hearts distribuTon centre providing free lunches to the needy in Yishun from Mondays to Sundays, 10.30am-‐11.30am at the church canteen. Since we started early this year, the number of recipients has been steadily increasing. We need more volunteers. If you wish to do your part, please submit your parTculars to the Parish Office or call 62574229.
PARISH FEAST DAY OLSS 65th Anniversary Dinner Date: 20 September 2014, Saturday Time: 7.30pm Venue: The Red Star Restaurant, Chin Swee Road
Ticket at $45 per person including transportaTon to and fro OLSS. For block booking and Tcket reservaTon please contact the Parish Office at 6257 4229.
RCIA ONGOING FAITH FORMATION No opening/closing date, come join us every Tuesday and discover more about the Catholic faith at any Tme of the year!
Keen to journey with someone through his/her faith formaTon? Sign up now as a sponsor! Training will be provided
For more details, please contact Parish Office at 62574229 or email [email protected]
NEXT INFANT BAPTISM SESSIONS Sessions will be held on 3 & 10 August 2014. Please register with the Parish Office by 27 July. For more details, please contact Liana at 91392883 or Parish Office at 62574229.
OLSS CHILDCARE CENTRE The OLSS Childcare Centre is looking for an assistant administrator. Interested applicant, please contact Melissa Neo for an interview at 62570427.
CHURCH DEVELOPMENT FUND There will be a second collecTon for the Church Development Fund this weekend.
CHOICE WEEKEND It takes that 1 weekend that will inspire you for the rest of your life. Come away for a Choice Weekend -‐ it is by the choices we make that we define what our life is all about.
Date: 29 -‐ 31 Aug 14 (Fri evening to Sunday evening) Venue: CHOICE Retreat House, 47 Jurong West Street 42, Singapore 649368
Enquiries: Hillary 9790 0537, Albert 9046 2297 Register & info: www.choice.org.sg/registraTon.htm
10, Yishun Street 22 Singapore 768579 Tel: 6257 4229 Web: www.olss.sg
NCC Reflection
That Christ was full of compassion and charity is an undisputed statement. When we call ourselves disciples of Christ or Christians, what has to be at the heart of our faith is to imitate as much of this as possible in the living out of our religion. While correct doctrine guides the understanding of correct moral and socially just issues, religion cannot just stop there. If it does, it easily makes one very (falsely) self satisfied and think that one’s spiritual quest is over. It is not. At the heart of religion has to be the ability to see in every human being the connection that one has with the other. When this is missing, it becomes far too easy to add to the millions who have been blamed for sullying religion to give cause to the statement that it has “done much more harm than good to the human race”. Perhaps this begs the question – “why is it so much of a challenge to live in this way”? I do not want to be overly simplistic in offering a simple answer, but I do sincerely believe that the answer lies in the fact that we are too protective of our very selves. It becomes difficult to see in another a brother or sister when we put ourselves in a judgmental position where we often think that our views, our ways of doing things, and our opinions are of a higher quality than the other. It becomes a challenge to act with mercy and charity when the other person I am dealing with is seen more as competition rather than companion. It also becomes far more difficult to become generous with my assets and belongings when I view the other and his needs as something that is going to make my own possessions diminished in any way. (Fr Luke Fong; Missing the point about Religion, 14 July 2014)
Friday abstinence to still be observed
10, Yishun Street 22 Singapore 768579 Tel: 6257 4229 Web: www.olss.sg
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 DevoWon -‐ 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 ReconciliaWon 15mins before each weekend Mass or by appointments during the week
AdoraWon Room – 6am to 10pm Closed on all Public Holidays
MASS SCHEDULE & PRAYER DEVOTION
PARISH DETAILS
OH WHAT FUN!
NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS – 27 JULY 2014
1st Reading 1 Kings 3: 5, 7-‐12
Psalm Ps 118: 57, 72, 76-‐77, 127-‐128, 129-‐ 130
2nd Reading Rom 8: 28-‐30
Gospel Mt 13: 44-‐52