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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful.

And kindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.

Amen.

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Bread of Life

Bread of Life, truth eternal

Broken now, to set us free

The risen Christ, his saving power,

Is here in bread and wine for me.

Lord, I know I am not worth to receive You.

You speak the words and I am healed.

Here at Your table, love’s mystery,

One bread, one cup one family.





Lord, by Your cross you reconciled us to the Father,

We have only to believe.

Your sacrifice, our victory;

Now by Your blood we are redeemed.





Lord, You gave your people manna in the desert;

Still You fulfil our every need.

Lord when we hunger, Lord when we thirst,

We come to You and we receive

The, bread of Life, truth eternal




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Welcome!

Program Content

Section 1: Important Information Page 4

- Schedule

- Our Team

- Notes for Today

- Fire Safety

Section 2: Map of Greyfriars Convent Page 6

Section 3: Something Spiritual Page 7

Section 4: Order of Mass Page 9

Section 5: Hymns Page 17

Celebrate the Power of Grace in Our Lives! Celebrate the Power of Grace in Our Lives! Celebrate the Power of Grace in Our Lives!

Here will be a short welcoming message….

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Section 1: Important Information

Schedule

11:00 to 11:45 – Arrival with Introduction Talk (Chapel)

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

11:45 to 12:15 – Praise and Worship (Chapel)

12:15 to 1:00 – Lunch Time

1:00 to 1:45 – Team Building Games (Main Field)

2:00 to 2:50 – Power Of Grace Talk (Meeting Room)

3:00 to 3:15 – Break with Snack

3:15 to 4:00 – Holy Hour (Chapel)

4:00 to 4:50 – Optional Activities

Choose from: - Dancing (Playground)

- Singing (Chapel)

- Football (Main Field)

Repose of the Blessed Sacrament

5:00 to 5:45 – Mass with Bishop Hugh (Chapel)

5:45 to 6:00 – Conclusion and Departure

Our Team

If you have any questions please ask one of our team members, we are here

to help you!

Coordinator: Sister Christiana Team: Sister Anna Christi

Sister Imelda Ann

Sister Nicholas Marie

Madeleine

Sabrina

Daniel

Natalia

John

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These are the Days of Elijah

These are the days of Elijah

Declaring the word of the Lord,

And these are the days of Your servant Moses

Righteousness being restored

And though these are days of great trials

Of famine and darkness and sword

Still we are the voice in the desert crying

“Prepare ye the way of the Lord!”

Behold He comes, riding on the clouds!

Shining like the sun at the trumpet's call

Lift your voice, year of Jubilee Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes!

And these are the days of Ezekiel

The dry bones becoming flesh

And these are the days of Your servant, David

Rebuilding a temple of praise

And these are the days of the harvest

The fields are all white in Your world

And we are the laborers that are in Your vineyard

Declaring the Word of the Lord



Lift your voice, year of Jubilee

Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes!



Lift your voice, year of Jubilee

Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes!

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I Could Sing of Your Love Forever

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let the Healer set me free

I'm happy to be in the truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing of

When Your love came down

I could sing of Your love forever (x4)

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let the Healer set me free

I'm happy to be in the truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing of

When Your love came down

I could sing of Your love forever (x4)

Oh I feel like dancing

It's foolishness I know But when the world has seen the light

They will dance with joy

Like they're dancing now

I could sing of your love forever (5x)

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Notes for Today

When you hear the Bell, you have 10 minutes to move to the

next event.

If it rains, all activities will be in the meeting room.

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Fire Safety

On Hearing the Fire Alarm:

1. Leave the building immediately via the nearest fire exit.

2. Proceed in a orderly manner to the assembly point.

3. Wait at the assembly point until further notice.

On Discovering a Fire:

1. Immediately report the fire to a member of our team or a

chaperone.

2. Follow the instructions of our team.

Our Fire Assembly Point:

The Rose Garden

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Section 2: Map of Greyfriars Convent

Map will be here

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Christ be Our Light

Longing for light, we wait in darkness.

Longing for truth, we turn to you.

Make us your own, your holy people,

light for the world to see. (R)

Refrain (R)

Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.

Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light!

Shine in your church gathered today.

Longing for peace, our world is troubled.

Longing for hope, many despair.

Your word alone has pow’r to save us.

Make us your living voice. (R)

Longing for food, many are hungry.

Longing for water, many still thirst.

Make us your bread, broken for others,

shared until all are fed. (R)

Longing for shelter, many are homeless.

Longing for warmth, many are cold.

Make us your building, sheltering others, walls made of living stone. (R)

Many the gifts, many the people,

many the hearts that yearn to belong.

Let us be servants to one another,

making your kingdom come. (R)

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Father I Adore (B.S)

Father, I adore You

Lay my life before You

How I love You

Jesus, I adore You


How I love You

Spirit, I adore You


How I love You

Indescribable

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea

Creation’s revealing Your majesty

From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring

Every creature’s unique in the song that it sings

All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable, You place the stars in the sky

and You know

Them by name, You are amazing God

All powerful, untamable, awestruck we fall to our knees as

we humbly

Proclaim, You are amazing God

Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go,

Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow ?

Who imagined the sun and gives source to it's light,

Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night?

None can fathom

Indescribable, uncontainable, You place the stars in the sky

and You know

Them by name, You are amazing God

All powerful, untamable, awestruck we fall to our knees as

we humbly

Proclaim, You are amazing God

Incomparable, unchangeable, You've seen the depths of

my heart and You love

Me the same, You are amazing God

You are amazing God

You are amazing God (5 x's)

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Section 3: Spiritual Something

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Spiritual Something Continued

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Here I am to Worship

Light of the world

You stepped down into darkness

Opened my eyes, let me see

Beauty that made this heart adore You

Hope of a life spent with You

So, here I am to worship

Here I am to bow down

Here I am to say that You're my God

You're altogether lovely, altogether worthy

Altogether wonderful to me

King of all days, oh, so highly exalted

Glorious in heaven above

Humbly You came to the earth You created

All for love's sake became poor






I'll never know how much it cost

To see my sin upon that cross



And I'll never know how much it cost


No, I'll never know how much it cost

To see my sin upon that cross.














To see my sin upon that cross.

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Open the Eyes of My Heart

Open the eyes of my heart, Lord

Open the eyes of my heart

I want to see You

I want to see You



I want to see You

I want to see You

To see You high and lifted up

Shinin' in the light of Your glory

Pour out Your power and love

As we sing holy, holy, holy



I want to see You

I want to see You



I want to see You

I want to see You

To see You high and lifted up

Shinin' in the light of Your glory

Pour out Your power and love

As we sing holy, holy, holy

Holy, holy, holy

We cry holy, holy, holy

You are holy, holy, holy

I want to see you

Holy, holy, holy

Holy, holy, holy

You are holy, holy, holy

I want to see you

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The Feast of The Visitation of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

Entrance Hymn – Here I am to Worship (Page 21)

The Introductory Rites

Bishop: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy

Spirit.

All: Amen

Bishop: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit

Bishop: Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare our-

selves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

All: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters,

that I have greatly sinned,

in my thoughts and in my words,

in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,

through my fault, through my fault,

through my most grievous fault;

therefore I ask blessed Mary every-Virgin,

all the Angels and Saints

and you, my brothers and sisters,

to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Bishop: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and

bring us to everlasting life.

All: Amen

Bishop: Lord, have mercy

All: Lord, have mercy

Bishop: Christ, have mercy

All: Christ, have mercy

Bishop: Lord, have mercy

All: Lord, have mercy

All Stand

Section 4: Mass

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Collect

Bishop: Let us pray.

Almighty ever-living God,

who, while the Blessed Virgin Mary was carrying you, Son in

her womb,

inspired her to visit Elizabeth,

grant us, we pray,

that, faithful to the promptings of the Spirit,

we may magnify your greatness

with the Virgin Mary at all times.

Though out Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns

with you in the Unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever

and ever

All: Amen

The Liturgy of the Word

First Reading

Reader: A reading from Zephaniah

Shout for joy, daughter of Zion,

Israel, shout aloud!

Rejoice, exult with all your heart,

daughter of Jerusalem!

The Lord has repealed your sentence;

he has driven your enemies away.

The Lord, the King of Israel, is in your midst;

you have no more evil to fear.

When that day comes, word will come to Jerusalem:

Zion, have no fear,

do not let your hands fall limp.

The Lord your God is in your midst,

a victorious warrior.

He will exult with joy over you,

he will renew you by his love;

he will dance with shouts of joy for you as on a day of festival

The word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God

All Sit

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How Great is Our God

The splendour of a King, clothed in majesty

Let all the earth rejoice

All the earth rejoice

He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide

And trembles at His voice

Trembles at His voice

How great is our God, sing with me

How great is our God, and all will see

How great, how great is our God

Age to age He stands

And time is in His hands

Beginning and the end

Beginning and the end

The Godhead Three in One

Father Spirit Son

The Lion and the Lamb

The Lion and the Lamb




Name above all names

Worthy of our praise

My heart will sing

How great is our God




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Blessed Be Your Name Blessed Be Your Name,

In the land that is plentiful,

Where Your streams of abundance flow;

Blessed be Your name.

Blessed Be Your name,

When I'm found in the desert place,

Though I walk through the wilderness;

Blessed Be Your name.

Every blessing You pour out

I'll turn back to praise.

When the darkness closes in, Lord,

Still I will say:

Blessed be the name of the Lord.



Blessed be Your glorious name.

Blessed be Your name,

When the sun's shining down on me,

When the world's 'all as it should be';

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name,

On the road marked with suffering,

Though there's pain in the offering;


Every blessing You pour out

I'll turn back to praise.

When the darkness closes in, Lord,

Still I will say:









You give and take away.

You give and take away.

My heart will choose to say,

“Lord, blessed be Your name.”

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Responsorial Psalm

Response (R): Great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel

Reader: Truly, God is my salvation,

I trust, I shall not fear.

For the Lord is my strength, my song,

he became my saviour.

With joy you will draw water

from the wells of salvation. (R)

Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name!

Make his mighty deeds known to the peoples!

Declare the greatness of his name. (R)

Sing a psalm to the Lord

for he has done glorious deeds;

make them known to all the earth!

People of Zion, sing and shout for joy,

for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. (R)

Gospel Acclamation

All: Alleluia, Alleluia! Blessed is the Virgin Mary, who believed that the promise

made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.

Alleluia!

All Stand

Gospel

Bishop: The Lord be with you.


Bishop: A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

Bishop: Mary set out and went as quickly as she could to a town in

the hill country of Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house

and greeted Elizabeth. Now as soon as Elizabeth heard

Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth

was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said,

“Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the

fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit

from the mother of my Lord? For the moment your greeting

reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes,

blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by

the Lord would be fulfilled.”

And Mary said:

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit

exults in God my saviour;

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because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid.

Yes, from this day forward all generations will call me

blessed,

for the Almighty has done great things for me.

Holy is his name,

and his mercy reaches from age to age for those who fear

him.

He has shown the power of his arm,

he has routed the proud of heart.

He has pulled down princes from their thrones and exalted

the lowly.

The hungry he has filled with good things, the rich sent emp-

ty away.

He has come to the help of Israel his servant, mindful of his

mercy

according to the promise he made to our ancestors – of his

mercy to Abraham and to his descendants for ever”

Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then

went back home.

The Gospel of the Lord

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Homily

The Liturgy of the Eucharist

Offertory

Offertory Hymn - Bread of Life (Page 26)

Bishop: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creations, for through your

goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of

the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us

the bread of life.

All: Blessed be God for ever

Bishop: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your

goodness we have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will become for our

spiritual drink.

All: Blessed be God for ever

All Sit

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Come Lord Jesus Come

Into the darkness of this world,

Into the shadows of the night;

Into this loveless place You came.

Lightened our burdens, eased our pain,

And made these hearts Your home.

Into the darkness once again,

O come Lord Jesus, come.

Come with Your love to make us whole,

Come with Your light to lead us on,

Driving the darkness far from our souls:


Into the longing of our souls

Into these heavy hearts of stone,

Shine on us now Your piercing light,

Order our lives and souls aright,

By grace and love unknown,

Until in You our hearts unite,

O come, Lord Jesus, come.

Come with Your love to make us whole,

Come with Your light to lead us on, Driving the darkness far from our souls:


O Holy Child, Emmanuel,

Hope of the ages, God with us,

Visit again this broken place,

Till all the earth declares Your praise

And Your great mercies own.

Now let Your love be born in us,


Come in Your glory, take Your place,

Jesus, the Name above all names,

We long to see You face to face,


Section 5: Hymns

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Bishop: The peace of the Lord be with you always.


Bishop: Let us offer each other the sign of peace

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take way the sins of the world,

grant us peace.

Bishop: Behold the Lamb of God,

Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world.

Blessed are those called to the banquet of the Lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Distribution of Holy Communion

Communion Hymn - Come Lord Jesus Come (Page 17)

Bishop: Let us pray

May your Church proclaim your greatness, O God, for you

have done great things for your faithful, and, as Saint John

the Baptist leapt with joy when he first sensed the hidden

presence of Christ, so may your Church rejoice to receive in

this Sacrament the same ever-living Lord.

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

All: Amen

The Concluding Rites

Bishop: The Lord be with you

All: and with your spirit

Bishop: May almighty God bless you:

the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen

Bishop: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life

All: Thanks be to God

Closing Hymn - Blessed Be Your Name (Page 18)

All Stand

All Kneel

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Bishop: Pray, brethren that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable

to God, the almighty father.

All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands For the praise and glory of his name,

For our good, and the good of all his holy Church

Bishop: May our offering of this saving sacrifice be acceptable to your

majesty, O Lord, as you were pleased to accept the charity of

the most Blessed Mother of your Only Begotten Son.

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

All: Amen

The Eucharistic Prayer

Bishop: The Lord be with you

All: and with your spirit

Bishop: Lift up your hearts

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Bishop: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God

All: It is right and just.

Bishop: it is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,

always and everywhere to give you thanks,

Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,

and to praise, bless, and glorify your name

on the feast day of the Blessed ever-Virgin Mary.

For by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit

She conceived your Only Begotten Son,

and without losing the glory of virginity,

brought forth into the world the eternal Light,

Jesus Christ our Lord.

Through him the Angels praise your majesty,

Dominions adore and Powers tremble before you.

Heaven and the Virtues of heaven and the blessed Seraphim

worship together with exultation.

May our voices, we pray, join with theirs

in humble praise, as we acclaim:

All: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

All Kneel

All Stand

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Bishop: You are indeed Holy, O Lord,

the fount of all holiness.

Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,

by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,

so that they may become for us

the Body and + Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

At the time he was betrayed

And entering willingly into his Passion,

He took bread and, giving thanks, broke it,

And gave it to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT.

FOR THIS IS MY BODY,

WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU

In a similar way, when supper was ended,

He took the chalice

And, once more giving thanks,

He gave it to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD,

THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT,

WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY

FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

The Mystery of faith.

All: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrec-tion until you come again.

Bishop: Therefore, as we celebrate

the memorial of his Death and Resurrection,

we offer you, Lord,

the Bread of Life and the Chalice of salvation,

giving thanks that you have held us worthy

to be in your presence and minister to you.

Humbly we pray

that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,

we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

Remember, Lord, your Church,

spread throughout the world,

and bring her to the fullness of charity,

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together with Francis, our Pope

and all the Clergy

Remember also our brothers and sisters

who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection,

and all who have died in your mercy:

welcome them into the light of your face.

Have mercy on us all, we pray,

that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,

with blessed Joseph, her Spouse,

with the blessed Apostles,

and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ag-

es,

we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life,

and may praise and glorify you

through your Son, Jesus Christ.

Through Him, and with Him, and in Him,

O God, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

All glory and honour is yours, for ever and ever.

All: Amen

The Communion Rite

Bishop: At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching,

we dare to say:

All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;

thy Kingdom come,

thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,

graciously grant peace in our days,

that, by the help of your mercy,

we may be always free from sin

and safe from all distress,

as we await the blessed hope

and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

All: For the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory are Yours Now and for ever. Amen

All Stand

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