In Our Community – 24 January 2021

Saturday Evening Eucharist

As the response has been minimal these past few months, the last Saturday Eucharist  at 7.00pm will be on 30th January 2021. As of February, we will have only the 4.00pm and 5.30pm on Saturdays.

Mass Booking Etiquette

As sisters and brothers in Christ of our beloved parish, let us act in kindness and consideration towards one another other when making bookings for Eucharistic celebrations.

1 system: Register only with mycatholic.sg

Mass booking is only required on myCatholic.Sg. There is no need to register with the parish office again.

This made the use of our own system difficult: Parishioners who book on myCatholic.Sg as well as on our parish system

1 Booking: choose only 1 time slot

Choose a mass that you will be able to attend and do show up for it upon registering. With limited seating, do consider our other sisters and brothers who wish to go but may not have the chance to because of bookings made but with no show.

This made the use of our own system difficult: Parishioners that cannot attend mass at an earlier mass (eg. 4pm on Sat) sign up repeatedly on the parish system because it’s available.

Mass Bookings

• 4x in a month- weekend ECs
• 1x Daily- Weekday ECs

In a month, one may register up to 4 times for Weekend Eucharists. One may also register up to 1x time daily, for Weekday Eucharists.

This made the use of our own system difficult: Parishioners that cannot attend mass at an earlier mass (eg. 4pm on Sat) sign up repeatedly on the parish system because it’s available.

Confirmation

The mass booking confirmation is triggered immediately by MyCatholic.sg system by the Archdiocese of Singapore, and not at our parish of the Church of St Michael.

This made the use of our own system difficult: Parishioners who bagger the staff about the release of the emails for booking

Parishioners Only

Eucharistic Celebrations on zoom are only for CSM parishioners who have registered for it. To avoid any misunderstanding, your kind cooperation is requested to not share Zoom details and links with others who have not registered.

This made the use of our own system difficult: Parishioners who pass on the link to Catholics from other Churches

All of the above leads made the use of our own system difficult and staff working overtime in order to get a proper listing for the Eucharist.

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Evangelization

‘Evangelization is a priority mission of the 20^thCentury Church.

It is the essential mission of the church for all times’ – Pope Paul VI

Let us ponder, how do you make evangelization a priority in the coming year?

Introduction to the Bible

Part 1

Date: 22 Jan 2021, Friday Evenings
Time: 8:15-9:45 PM

Part 2

Date: 23 Jan 2021, Saturday Mornings
Time: 9:00-10:30 AM

Register: https://tinyurl.com/y6rhftnf

If you would like to know the answer to these questions and more, join us for Introduction to the Bible- a two part lecture series presented by Helen Chong with a Q&A session at the end of the second lecture hosted by Fr. Ferdinand Purnomo, OCD., Spiritual Director of the Singapore Archdiocesan Biblical Apostolate.

About the Presenter:

Helen Chong is with the Biblical Apostolate Team (BAT) at the Church of St Francis Xavier (SFX). Since 2013, she has been conducting talks on books of the Bible as well as topics which deal with the biblical basis for Catholic beliefs. Her Bible classes on Sundays have been drawing an increasing audience over the last eight years, attracting attendees beyond the SFX parish. She is frequently a guest speaker at the invitation of other church ministries e.g. to address parents whose children are being prepared for their first Sacrament of Reconciliation and first Holy Communion, to RCIA participants on the Bible, Mary and the Sacraments and to the participants of Charismatic Prayer sessions on various topics. In current COVID times, she facilitates SFX BAT’s weekly Bible study sessions which are based on Dr Brant Pitre’s Mass Readings Explained.

LOVE OFFERING Options:

1. PayNow: using UEN T08CC4023DBA1 (This is the name that will appear ARCHDIOCESAN BIBLICAL APOSTOLATE)
2. Bank Transfer to: UOB A/C No.: 451-300-686-6
3. Cheque to: Payee Name:Archdiocesan Biblical Apostolate (Post: 2 Highland Road, #03- 17 Singapore 549102)

CSM Sunday 11am Zoom
Eucharistic Celebrations

Register: https://tinyurl.com/EucharisticCelebrationviaZoom

For twice-a-month Weekend EC, or Daily EC you must register to attend ECs at CSM via www.mycatholic.sg

Note: If you had previously registered for Sunday 11am Zoom Eucharist celebrations, you need not register again for future ECs- the system will generate the new ID & password 12 hours before the Eucharist Celebration on Sunday. Registration at the link is only required once.

Eucharist Intentions Offerings
For those who wish to submit Eucharist intentions, do state:
1) Name
2) Date
3) Time of EC (11am Sunday/ Weekday Morning or evening)
4) Intention of Eucharist
5) Cheque number

kindly email the above 14 days before the stated EC to csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg, followed by mailing a cheque (made payable to Church of St Michael to Church of St Michael, 17 St Michael’s Rd, Singapore 327976)

Visits to Columbarium

Register via email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

The Catechism says, “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification” (1030–1031).

Scripture tells us that our intercession helps them: Sacrifices were offered for the dead even though they may have sinned.”… so that the dead may be pardoned for their sin (2 Maccabees 12:46). In praying for the dead, there is a solidarity among members of God’s people, between the living and the dead.

Please register via email to the Parish Admin Office if you wish to visit the columbarium during the following times:

Saturdays: 1.30pm – 3.00pm

Sundays: 1.45pm – 4.00pm (updated opening hours as of 8 October 2020)

Register: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

Prayer Binds Community Together

Daily- 8am, 12.30pm, 6pm

We invite you to join us. We will be praying the prayers of the Church, namely, Lauds, Midday and Vespers. This is one way we can stay connected with each other. The prayers are invariably 15 to 20 minutes long.

Columbarium Monthly Prayers

Every 3rd Sunday of the month,CSM Bethany Prayer Group gathers with the community on Zoom to Pray for the Dead.

Next Zoom session
17 January – 1pm

Join Zoom Gathering
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2912529125
Zoom password for December: CSM1701
(Note that there will be a new Zoom password for each monthly session)

Thereafter, the Zoom sessions will be on the following Sundays:

Month of January: 17 January

(above dates are subject to change, please check the CSM website for updates)

Prayer for the Dead

God our Father,
Your power brings us to birth,
Your providence guides our lives,
and by Your command we return to dust.

Lord, those who die still live in Your presence,
their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for my family,
relatives and friends,
and for all the dead known to You alone.

In company with Christ,
Who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us together again in one family,
to sing Your praise forever and ever.

Amen.

Source: catholic.org