Saturday, December 22, 2012

Announcements 22nd – 23rd Dec 2012, 4rd Sunday of Advent



1.     Administration (Rosters and Special Events)
a.     Special events roster for Jan has been published.
b.     Group 5 servers will be serving the Novena service on next Sat, 22th Dec.
c.     Servers who have started their school holidays are to serve 2 weekday masses.
d.     All servers are to note that all Letters of Excuse that they submit are to be inserted into the plastic folder beside the sink.  Servers under 21 years old are required to obtain their parent’s signature.  Failure to do so will result in the form being rejected.

2.     Christmas Eve (Vigil) and Christmas Day (Nativity of the Lord)
a.     Please check to rosters and ensure that you serve at the right day and time.  Do not serve as and when you like.
b.     Bring cape and sash.
c.     Please report to the sacristy 45 minutes before mass and not the basement chapel as previously stated.  You are required to be punctual, as always.
d.     Duty leaders for each mass to lead in spiritual preparation using the weekend mass formats.
e.     Duty sacristans for each mass to set up 1 hour before the start of each mass.
f.      These masses are not counted as weekday masses.
g.     At masses on the Vigil and Christmas Day, at the words of the Creed Et incarnatus (and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate…) all, instead of bowing, are to kneel briefly taking the cue from the celebrant.  Stand up only when the celebrant stands up.  Duty leaders to brief all servers on this.

3.     New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day (Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God)
a.     Rosters have been published.  Please check.

4.     Christmas Gift Exchange
a.     All servers are to hand in their wrapped gift to any of the following council members latest by this Sun, 23rd Dec.
                                               i.     Raphael Ng
                                             ii.     Nicholas Lim
                                            iii.     Luke Yeo
                                            iv.     Andre Dumont
                                              v.     Shawn Wong
b.     Please remember to write the name of the recipient on the wrapper.  All servers are urged to be considerate as the collecting of gifts is a tedious job and late submissions will make it difficult for leaders to ensure that each server can get their gift on time on Christmas.  Please also have some consideration for the server who will receive the present from you.  It will not be very pleasant for anyone who does not receive anything after serving their Christmas mass.  
c.     To the server who wrapped a gift for Phillip Bogaars, please contact Joshua Wong immediately at 96962163