Building the Church of Tomorrow
GIVING TO THE LABOURERS OF GODThe GIFT campaign supports many needs of the archdiocese. Lydia Lim, a lay Catholic who helps others discover their personal vocations, shares why the need to give to the people who are giving to the Church stands out for her.
Young adults listen to a speaker at the Treasure retreat, typically organised twice every year by the Office for Young People (OYP). Photo: OYP
In his prayer that opens the GIFT booklet distributed to parishes in November 2016 at the launch of the Archdiocese’s fundraising campaign of the same name, GIFT (which stands for “Giving in Faith and Thankfulness”), Archbishop William Goh asks God to “unleash the generosity in your people”.
“Give us all a willing heart to serve you in your Church, a prayerful heart that listens to you, and a giving heart to provide what is necessary for your will to be done on earth,” he prays.
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Young people experience prayer, fellowship at university retreat
Archbishop William Goh taking a wefie with participants of the Combined University Retreat. Photos: AMANDA HOO
“O Come let us adore Him.” That was the theme for this year’s Combined University Retreat (CUR), and 250 young people gathered to do just that from Dec 16-19.
Organised by the Office for Young People (OYP) and held within its compound at Lorong Low Koon, the Advent-themed retreat aimed to bring university students together for a deep encounter with the Lord, to experience the joy of community, and to encourage each other in pursuing a life dedicated to Jesus.
This is the third year that OYP is running the CUR. Most of the service team members were university students who had previously attended CUR and chose to return this year to serve in various areas such as facilitation, intercession, hospitality and logistics.
Organised by the Office for Young People (OYP) and held within its compound at Lorong Low Koon, the Advent-themed retreat aimed to bring university students together for a deep encounter with the Lord, to experience the joy of community, and to encourage each other in pursuing a life dedicated to Jesus.
This is the third year that OYP is running the CUR. Most of the service team members were university students who had previously attended CUR and chose to return this year to serve in various areas such as facilitation, intercession, hospitality and logistics.
Sec 3 youths take part in Project G.O.D.
Newly confirmed youths from the Church of the Holy Cross distributing meals as part of a social mission project.
Teenagers from the Church of the Holy Cross cooked meals for the needy and helped raise funds for a charity serving them as part of an Advent project.
The parish’s Sec 3 confirmands visited Willing Hearts a few weekends before Advent to find out more about the organisation, its operations and to understand the kind of help they needed by speaking to its founder, staff and volunteers.
Christmas storytelling at the mall
Mrs Jessie Goh telling kids Christmas stories at Jurong Point Shopping Centre. Photo: ZHAO YI OF INFOCOMM ASIA HOLDINGS
Children who visited Jurong Point Shopping Centre recently had a rare treat as they listened to stories such as the birth of Baby Jesus and the Little Drummer Boy.
Mrs Jessie Goh, a Holy Family parishioner, enthralled them with these and other stories on Dec 18, as part of an outreach by the Daughters of St Paul.
For over 15 years, the nuns have conducted an annual Christmas outreach at the shopping centre, entitled Bringing Christ to the Marketplace. During this period, they make their spiritual books and media materials available at a push-cart, in the hope of also reminding shoppers that Jesus is the real reason for the season.