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Verbum ei MissionariesSingapore

73 Taman Mas MerahSingapore 128195Tel: 62740251

Email:verbumdeispore@yahoo.com.sg

Website:www.verbumdeisingapore.org

Recently, I chanced upon a Facebook posting with a

message that said, 'Falling in love is easy, but staying

in love is hard.' On that same day, I read a yahoo

news article that Ashley Madison, an infamous dating

site that facilitate extra-marital affairs could be here in

Singapore next year. This infamous website has the

slogan on its main page as 'Life is short. Have an

affair'

Pope Francis in the recent World Youth Day in Brazil

addressed the volunteers with these words: 'God calls

you to make definitive choices, and he has a plan for

each of you: to discover that plan and to respond to

your vocation is to move toward personal fulfilment.

God calls each of us to be holy, to live his life, but he

has a particular path for each one of us. Some are

called to holiness through family life in the sacrament

of Marriage. Today, there are those who say that

marriage is out of fashion. Is it out of fashion? In a

culture of relativism and the ephemeral, many preach

the importance of "enjoying" the moment. They say

that it is not worth making a life-long commitment,

make a definitive decision, "for-ever", because we do

not know what tomorrow will bring.

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ditorSaysI ask you, instead, to be revolutionaries, I ask you to

swim against the tide; yes, I am asking you to rebel

against this culture that sees everything as temporary

and that ultimately believes you are incapable of

responsibility, that believes you are incapable of true

love. Have the courage to "swim against the tide".

And also have the courage to be happy.' (Pope

Francis, 28July 2013)

We, whether we are single or married; young or old,

are called to be revolutionaries- revolutionaries of

God's Love! We are here to be witnesses to show that

love is possible when we build genuine and honest

friendships in which we reach out to one another in

trust, kindness and sincerity. We, in our parishes,

offices, homes, the streets, must have the courage to

"swim against the tide" of temporary culture where

life-long commitments of any kind are frowned upon.

After 12 years in my missionary life, I am still happily

married to Jesus, and looking forward to many more

years to come! A good and sound advice from my

good friend and spiritual mentor helped me in my

commitment to Jesus. She said, 'Faithfulness of today

guarantees the one of tomorrow.' Yes, life is short.

Have the courage to work for greater faithfulness!

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"You are to be MyWitnesses"

Catholic EducationConference @ Catholic

Junior College13th to 14th September

2013

How can Catholics witness to being Christian in the

pluralistic, multi-religious environment in Singapore

Catholic Schools?

This was the question that keynote speaker, Bro.

Gerard Rummery, an Australian La Salle Brother

addressed on the first day of the conference to a

crowd consisting of teachers, principals, parents and

religious. Sr Sandra was invited to be one of the

panel members on the second day of the conference.

Leticia and Sandra with Bro. Gerard Rummery

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Updates:Selling of food at Blessed Sacrament Canteen on 15th September: $2183.80

Fundraising dinner and Auction on 28th September: $159,000Selling of Prayer Journal (Prayer for Living: The Word of God for Daily Prayer): Ongoing sale

To date, we have raised $650,000 since February 2013!Thank you very much for your support!

Selling of food @ BSC canteen

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Working hard in the fields

Helping prisoners with their

livelihood projects

Teaching English to kids

Visiting the home for the aged

Giving groceries to the needy families

Visiting squatter areas and praying

for families

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