The theme for this semester's sessions is 'Mission', and last Friday Sister Theresa started this series of sessions with 'Ask and You Shall Receive'. She brought us to the topic of how God sometimes seem not to answer prayers, and we gave our views on why we felt so. For example some of us felt that the things we asked for in our prayers might not be good for us, or that He will give it to us in His time, or that maybe we ourselves do not know the answers to our prayers. She went on to explain that our actions must tie in with our prayers - if we pray for world peace, then we must first show concern for others around us in order to bring about that peace. Sister then talked about how Jesus himself taught us how we should pray, and implored us to mean the words that we say in the Lord's Prayer.
Father Inyoung, who was a member of COSDU before he was ordained, blessed us with his presence, a closing prayer, blessings and his beautiful ordination cards. We, the Singaporeans, feeling extremely blessed that day, stood up to sing our National Anthem with much enthusiasm, in celebration of our National Day, which was on 9 August, the day before.
Jason, Ian and Jon's convocation ceremony was held the day after, and many COSDUans made a trip down to Melb Uni to take photos and to congragulate them on their graduation.
That night also saw Anastasia and Celina's housewarming party, which was a relaxing evening of home-cooked food, Pictionary, and Praise and Worship songs.
This coming Wednesday, 15 August 2007, is the Feast of The Assumption, and is a day of obligation. Mass times are as follows, kindly provided by Ramesh:
Chaplaincy
1.30 pm
First Floor Seminar Room
All Saints, Fitzroy
5.30 pm
Newman College (Next to uni)
8 am and 12 Noon
St.Francis, Lonsdale St.
Not Available on the website. Do contact the church if necessary.
St.Augustine, Bourke St.
I lost the bulletin... :) very sure there is a 6.30pm. Dont bother checking their website cause its dead. hehehehe
'Living Faith in an Ipod Era' is the topic for the next session, and will be given by Br. Tony Clarke. Seeing how so many of us get lost in the world of today's technology, this session will be worth a go. More details can be found in the email to come.
Don't forget to go for Mass on wed!
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