Thingys to do

1. Read CCC Chapter/Article 1, Paragraphs 27-67
Very very important. We all want to understand what Fr Luke's referring to.

2. Bring a journal for next session
Very very very important. If you don't understand Fr after you've read Article 1, taking notes will help you to see everything more clearly because you're rephrasing what you hear into sentences that you understand at a glance. This is coming from the one who gave you the session on study habits, so LISTEN!

3. All those who don't have a CCC (Catechism of the Catholic Church), you need to get one. If they need a CCC, inform Andre or e-mail Youth Cat e-mail (if you don't have Andre's contact number) by Tuesday 24 Feb, latest. This book is extremely instrumental to your formation as youth catechists. Really really. So if you don't have one, please tell Andre immediately. If you're worried about not being able to afford it, also do speak to Andre and we'll work something out.

Thank you very much. :)

Homework Before The Next Session

Hello!

Please be reminded to read CCC Article 1, paragraphs 27-67 before our next session with Father Luke.

"The desire for God is written in the human heart..." to "... base themselves on such 'revelations'."

It is pages 14-23 of the 1st edition of the CCC.

For those who do not have the book, the article can be read on the world wide web at the following addresses:
1. http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c1.htm
2. http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a1.htm

See you all at the next session!

Y1 Camp, YES Camp, Blood Drive

1. Y1 Camp
This camp is compulsory for all Y1s. It will be from 6 - 8 March. It's not yet the school holidays, so camp on Friday will start in the evening. Please mark down the dates in your calendar and KEEP THEM FREE!! More information will be given about the camp soon, probably during a session.

2. YES Camp (Youth Empowered in the Spirit)
Day session: 8 March
Stay-in camp: 13 -15 March
Post session: 21 March

If you want to go for the YES Camp, please take these dates down and drop IHMYC an email to tell us you want to go. Reason is that quite a few things is happening on 8 March, we want to make sure manpower is properly spread.

For more information about the YES Camp, please go to this website. :)

3. Blood Drive
As mentioned in the previous post, the IHM blood drive will be held on 8 March. Once again, the same rationale. If you want to go for this, please email IHMYC.

Stay tuned and please continue checking your emails for more specific updates!

Blood Donation Drive

Hello!

There's going to be a blood donation drive in IHM and the details are as follows:

• 8th March 2009, Sunday
  
• 9.30am - 3.30pm
• Church Hall

Those who are 16 and 17 will need their parents to sign a consent form so if you're interested and need a consent form, just send an e-mail to the Youth Cat e-mail and we will send you the form.

If you're interested in donating blood, just report to Church Hall on 8th March.

See you there!

Things to Attend and Note

Hello!

Just to inform everyone of a few things:

1. YM Holy Hour
For those who don't know, the whole Youth Ministry comes together every last Thursday of the month to pray. (We made an exception this month though because of Chinese New Year).
Details are as follows:

• 22nd January 2009 (Thursday)
  
• 8pm

2. Vocation Prayer Night
Pray for more vocations!

• 23rd January 2009 (Friday)
• 8pm
• Chapel

3. Session this Saturday
To remind everyone that we'll be having session this Saturday

• Seniors report at 3.30pm
• Year 1s report at 4.30pm

Okay. That's it. Have a geat week and see you all soon!

Stuff we all should take note of and bookmark in our new 2009 diaries

If you are a confirmand, please read till the dotted line! If you're a YC, please read on till the end of the post!

1. YC Boofday! 4th Jan 2009
YC will have a boof, together with the rest of the groups in YM, in the Piazza. All the confirmands are welcome to take a look around and make their decision, if they haven't already done so, on which group to join! At the YC boof, there'll be forms for you to fill up if you want to join. Please come down and have a look, there'll be interesting games to play and you'll learn a lot more about the different groups in church.

2. YC Tea Party 10th Jan 2009
For all interested confirmands who want to join us! This tea party will be a kind of introduction to our group. It'll be from 330pm to 615pm in Prayer Hall A/B. Don't fret if you didn't grab a form the week before, forms are available on this day too!

3. Confirmation photos
Available at this place!
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3. Boofday! Preparation (for YCs) 3rd Jan 2009
Compulsory to attend. Please bring a scissors, penknife, markers and a cutting mat if you have. Meet at 3pm in the Piazza. All should end by 6pm, then optional mass and dinner after that.

4. Boofday! 4th Jan 2009
COMPULSORY. If you're going for commissioning, please tell Rene. After mass, we have to go to the boof in the piazza. Refer to your emails.

5. Tea Party Preparation (for YCs) 10th Jan 2009
Compulsory. Just come at 1pm on the day itself. More details to come.

6. Thanksgiving Dinner 9th Jan 2009
Mass at 7pm and dinner after that to give thanks to the Lord for a blessed 2008. Compulsory. $2. If you cannot make it, contact Cassie.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Dates to take note of!

20th Dec, 9am onwards: Christmas Light-up Prep

21st Dec, 3pm – 745pm: Movie (The Nativity Story), Mass and Christmas Light-up!

23rd Dec, 10am -1pm: Help to clean up FMM (Sr Susan)’s place - it's right behind the retreat house

26th Dec, 730pm onwards: Presents!

SEE YOU AROUND! :)

ConCamp 2008

Thanks be to God for making this Confirmation Camp a great success.

Thanks to all who helped in the camp as well as those who journeyed with the kids throughout the year. You have made a tremendous difference.

For confirmands who are keen to find out more about us, please follow the links below:

http://ihmyc.blogspot.com/2006/10/about-us.html

http://ihmyc.blogspot.com/2006/10/our-charter.html

If you would like to sign up, the form is available for down load from the link below.

http://www.geocities.com/ihmyouthcat/signup-new.doc

These links can also be found on the navigation panel to the right of this post, a few lines under the Ninja.... :P

See you at Confirmation Mass everyone!

Next session...

8th November
Usual place (Prayer Hall A/B)
Usual time
Please bring your 2009 calendar! :)

Postcards from Paul...

by Walk on Water Productions!

15 November
FREE!

What we have to do: Set up a booth in front of the church, walk around and tell people to get their FREE tickets for this production! The booth will only be for 1st/2nd Nov, and 8th/9th Nov.

"Postcards from Paul is an inventive look at one of the most complex characters in the Catholic tradition. He was a wolf who ate the lambs of the first Church but became a great shepherd. Paul was a man who worked for his keep and preached the good news. Paul was a man capable of both old testament wrath and child like tenderness. Who was this man? Postcards from Paul attempts to reveal more about this great character by building on his writing and imagining what his life must have been like."

For more information, please visit http://www.calmtheseas.com/whatson.htm.

IMPORTANT!

Get back to Rene asap about whether
1. you want tickets to this fabulous production by a reputable group, and
2. whether you can help out for the booths. They'll be the usual - before and after masses on Saturday and Sunday.

Thanks and see you for the Theology of Body talk!

Oh whacking day, oh whacking day..

Hello everybody, just a reminder..

Whacking Day
191008 Sunday
1230pm - 5pm latest
Bring A4 sized rag (as many as you can find) and your whacking stick (to whack the mattresses)
Wear tee-shirt and shorts, masks will be provided for those who responded to Simon's email

Oh, and by the way, Simon sings..

(to the tune of "O Christmas Tree)

O Whacking Day, O Whacking Day
Our Hallowed Mattress Thrashing Day

We'll Scrub The Floors, We'll Clean the Mat
We'll even try and wash the cat

O Whacking Day, O Whacking Day
Our Hallowed Mattress Thrashing Day.



SEE YOU ON SUNDAY! :D (and for those involved in AYD, SATURDAY!)

Session

Hello!

Just to let everyone know, there's session on 11th October 2008.

Same time, same place.

See you guys there!

Christmas Play

Hi all!

There will be a Christmas Play this year.

If you're interested in helping out, please let us know.

You don't have to be able to act/sing/dance to be in a play. There are lots of other things you can do.

Rehearsals are on Saturday nights BUT if you can't commit on Saturdays or if you're afraid you can't commit at all rehearsals, don't worry. We'll try to work around your schedule. As long as you're willing to participate or help out, however big or small, it's enough. (:

The play itself will be on 27th December.

So please consider. And if you're interested, give your names to Rene.

Thanks!

Good luck to those having exams!

*NEW* RCIY Website

hello people!

RCIY has just revamped their website,
so do go visit okay!

they have a really nice layout, posts, photos, music etc.
very interesting!
(:

alright, all those having your exams, MUG ON!

Next session coming up..

Refer to mooman's tag on the tagboard.

Next session is on 13 sept,
Venue to be confirmed.

Stay tuned! :)

PRE 9 and Teacher's Day

PRE 9 took place from 28th-31st August 2008.

About 2 days before the start of PRE 9, I was thinking, “What did I get myself into?” It is a rare chance that I get weekends free nowadays and this was one weekend that I had free but I had to attend the PRE. So yes, I admit that I was sceptical about it. I didn’t want to go. However, the day before the 28th, I decided to go with an open mind. I was glad I made that decision.

It is in going with an open mind that I could benefit from the experience of PRE. I can honestly say that it has had an impact on me. It made me realise that I really can’t say that I’m Catholic if I choose to fly solo in my religion. It is not about me but about the people around me. It really is about community. Also, through the PRE, I realised that I’m not alone in my struggles in life and in my Faith. Everyone has struggles, pains and sufferings in life but the important thing is that, in a community, we have each other to rely on and to fall back on during the rough times in life. It was reassuring to know that I’m not alone.

The PRE has also made me realise what a vibrant parish community we have. The parishioners here are filled with the willingness to spread the love they have in their hearts and to give of their time. This really showed itself during the PRE as everyone had genuine smiles on their faces, warm greetings and the willingness to serve without expecting anything in return. It was a humbling experience and it was great to know that there were so many people willing to sacrifice their time and put in so much effort to pull everything together for the participants.

Before the PRE, I was, in all honesty, feeling tired and drained. I was living life day by day and lost the zest and lust for life, for awhile. I felt that I was doing things for the sake of doing them but I wasn’t really putting my whole heart into it. Doing things, therefore, lost its meaning and perhaps life lost meaning to me for awhile. Attending the PRE changed this. I, now, feel that I have been recharged and life doesn’t seem to drag on as much as it used to. Perhaps, it will take awhile for life to have its full meaning for me again but I’m getting there.

If you want to really know how I felt, I suggest attending the PRE. Go with an open mind and heart and you’ll never know what you might get out of it. (:

- Rene
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On another note, today is 1st September 2008. In some way, catechists are teachers of the faith, so.. HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY! :)

kenneth clara terence roy carol germaine darius rene joyce cheryl xavier joann cassie tania cecilia marianne eugene alvin vanessa wilson chester jac justin kim simon atricia amanda nick nat cordelia louis andre amos mel rebecca ivy gene michael marissa joshua

Session on 230808

Session is at MM Room, usual time. :)
Please make it down, we have a very special programme for six very special people. :)

It will be fun. We'll be reviewing our church history program too, so that we can start preparing for next year. Yep!

See you there!

Half Day Retreat

Hi Everyone

for those who are going, the catechism half day retreat will be from 1pm to 5pm.

Prayer Hall A/B.

:)

Happy National Day.

IHM Christmas Play '08 Recruitment, and a reminder!

WHO? youths aged 15 - 30 years
WHAT CAN I DO? can act, sing, dance or simply want to be a part of this awesome IHM youth ministry project!
WHEN? 3 Aug 2008, Upper Room from 11am to 12.30pm

We'll be having brunch together! :) No experience needed if you want to participate!

For those taking study leave (ie. having BIG exams this year), not to fret! We'll arrange something for you if you want to join in the fun too! Meanwhile, have fun studying and feel free to ask us if you need help!

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REMINDER!!
There's YM Monthly Adoration this coming Thursday 31st July, at 8pm in the main church. Please do try to make it down! :)

Welcome Home Pilgrims! And hullo visitors from France.

Welcome home to our pilgrims!!

Hope WYD was all that you hoped it would be and more!

And we'll also be hosting some pilgrims from France in IHM so say hi and be friendly!

Dinner with them on Tuesday 22nd July. After evening mass.

All YC are welcome!