COSDU Prayer Competition 2013

Dear Cosduans,

As announced in the Exam Mass last Friday, COSDU is proud to announce it's first ever COSDU Student Prayer Competition 2013.

The University of Melbourne Catholics of One Spirit Down Under (COSDU) Catholic Society is searching for an official prayer. 
This prayer should encapsulate COSDU's mission of Growing Together in Christ and its essence of 'prayer', 'love', 'fellowship' and 'discovery'.


All members of COSDU are welcomed to submit an unlimited amount of entries to the competition. Entries may be submitted individually or by a team of up to 2 members. What better way than this great opportunity to utilize your God given talents!

Only one prayer will be selected as COSDU's official prayer. The Winning Prayer will be announced during 'Welcome Food & Games' of Semester 1, 2014. The creator(s) of the Winning Prayer will receive a Special Edition COSDU T-Shirt(s)!

Click on this LINK to download the full Competition Brief.

Entries may be submitted via email to cosdu.melbuni@gmail.com or the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15KQ-FEFTJW_1HX_5xfV7blledxKtfurPY5ItO8l3694/viewform

Further queries can be made via email to cosdu.melbuni@gmail.com.

So what are you waiting for,  get your thinking cap on for this very special opportunity and be part of COSDU History!

SMAN 2013 by The All Saints Youth Choir

Hi guys & gals,

The photos of the recent Sacred Music Appreciation Night 2013 by the All Saints Youth Choir in Fitzroy are up! In case you missed it, this years Sacred Music Appreciation Night was themed "Rise Up" and was lead by our very own cosduan - Ben Wong. The concert also featured the St Francis Youth choir from Melbourne and the children from the Secret Heart School in Carlton featuring Harmony in the Strings Program.

In light of the Year of Faith and World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, 'Rise Up' embraces the theme of Mission. Encouraged and empowered by Jesus to be His disciples in our world today. As said by Pope Francis: “Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent.” Embraced by faith, "Rise Up" calls to be disciples and our call to mission! ‘Rise Up’ is the way to answer this call, through singing songs of prayer and praise as one body in Christ.

The All Saints Youth Choir are primarily made up of Cosdu members and hold choir practices every Saturday in All Saints Parish Hall and sings regularly for the 2nd Sunday of each month from march to October. All Saints Youth Choir welcomes anyone who has the passion to sing to join the choral family. Practices are usually held on Saturdays, 5-7pm at All Saints Parish Hall. Please contact allsaintsyouthchoir@gmail.com for any further enquiries or email cosdu.melbuni@gmail.com and you will be directed to the right person :)

View the entire photo album of the evening on Flickr at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/graduations/sets/72157636618303326/

To hear them, visit our youtube page at
http://www.youtube.com/user/allsaintsyouthchoir

or visit them on their Facebook Page at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/allsaintsyouthchoir

Cosduans Speak on Faith Formation & Experiences

Dear Cosduans,

This coming Friday, COSDU will be hosting a social justice session that focuses on our very own COSDU members sharing their faith formation experiences though charity.

The speakers for the session are or have all been involved in not only experiences of charity but have demonstrated significant input to COSDU in both the past & present. The speakers of the night consist of Ramesh Richards SJ, Janan Lee, Christopher Ngu and Michael Chae.

The session will touch on the influences of prayer in our daily lives and how the speakers perceive their acts of charity are essentially the fruits of prayer. Though the reflection of our relationship what God that the desire to do works of charity itself may manifest. It is a reflection of our desire for what is good and ultimately only good can come from God. 

As part of a new initiative by COSDU,  parts of the session will be recorded which will be webcasted here on the COSDU Blog. Do stay tuned and be part of this new development! 

God Bless & See you this Friday!