Announcements 26th – 27th Jan 2012, 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

1.     Administration (Rosters and Special Events)

a.     Special events roster for Feb has been published.

b.     Group 5 servers will be serving the Novena service on next Sat, 2^nd Feb.

2.     Chinese New Year

a.     Masses are as follows

                                               i.     Sat, 9^th Feb – Sunset mass is at 4pm.  No novena devotion

                                             ii.     Sun, 10^th Feb – Normal weekend masses at 7am, 9am and 11am but no evening mass (Group 5 servers to serve another mass and inform the respective group leaders beforehand)

                                            iii.     Mon, 11^th Feb – Only one weekday mass at 830am.  No evening mass.

                                            iv.     Tue, 11^th Feb – Only one weekday mass at 830am.  No evening mass.

3.     Important administrative instructions for Exco Members and Group Leaders (High importance)

a.     There is a stack of instructions concerning Spiritual Preparation before masses for each Exco Member and Group Leader on the high table.  It is marked with each person’s name.

b.     Each Exco Members and Group Leader is to take a copy home to read.  There should only be 1 copy left in the sacristy high table.  All instructions are to be adhered to with immediate effect.  Please contact Raphael Ng if unsure of any points made.

4.     Year of Faith

a.     In line with the Year of Faith activities for the parish, all servers secondary 1 and above are to attend the talk on the Creed this Friday, 1^st Feb, 8pm in the Parish Hall.  It is entitled “The Mystery of Creation”.  There will be no sharing this week.  

5.     Canteen and Chinese New Year Cookie Sales (High Importance)

a.     BOTH Canteen and Chinese New Year Goodie Sales rosters have been UPDATED.  Please check when you are down for duty and be punctual.  If you are unable to report for duty, please exchange your slot with another server and notify an Exco member.  Report in servers’ t-shirt.  Shoes to be worn.

b.     The following servers are to submit their love offerings to the transparent box after debrief as the society needs to close its accounts for the canteen. 

                                               i.     Carlos Limpo - $20

                                             ii.     Dennis Wee - $10

                                            iii.     Joel Leong - $50

                                            iv.     Joshua Wee - $50

                                              v.     Michael Yeo - $30

6.     Cassock exchange

a.     The cassock exchange list is out.  All servers are given till Thu, 31^st Jan to exchange their cassocks and sign on the cassock cupboard list.

b.     All servers on the list are to make arrangements to exchange their cassocks with the other server on the list on their own.  Cassocks should be washed and ironed before exchange.

c.     Please contact Luke Yeo or Emanuel Lee if there are any problems.  Servers on the list which are still using a poorly fitted cassock because they have neglected to change it by Thu, 31^st Jan will not be allowed to serve masses till they have made the exchange.

d.     Servers whose names are marked with an asterisk* on the list will not receive their new cassock yet till the second exchange in 2013.

Announcements 19th – 20th Jan 2012, 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

1.     Administration (Rosters and Special Events)

a.     Special events roster for Jan has been published.

b.     Group 4 servers will be serving the Novena service on next Sat, 25^th Jan.

c.     Servers are reminded to take their attendance in the coloured group files after serving weekday masses and all other masses that are counted as weekday masses.

d.     Servers are reminded to fill in the red packet declaration form after serving wedding or funeral masses or services.

2.     Request for prayers

a.     One of our retired servers, Jonathan Tan, aged 19 years old, cousin of Geoffrey Tan, passed away on the morning of Sat, 19^th Jan.

b.     Please keep him and his family in your prayers.

c.     The Exco will be leading in prayers at the wake and you are strongly encouraged to attend at least one of the four nights.

                                               i.     Dates: Sat, 19^th Jan to Tue, 22^nd Jan

                                             ii.     Venue: St. Joseph’s Dying Aid Funeral Parlour (Report directly)

                                            iii.     Attire: Servers T-shirt, Long pants, Shoes

                                            iv.     Items: Rosary

                                              v.     Time: 8pm (Report 5 minutes earlier.  Exco member to update if there are any changes.) 

3.     Year of Faith

a.     In line with the Year of Faith activities for the parish, all servers secondary 1 and above are to attend the talk on the Creed this Friday, 25^th Jan, 8pm in the Parish Hall.  It is entitled “The Holy Trinity.  There will be no sharing this week.  

4.     Canteen and Chinese New Year Cookie Sales (High Importance)

a.     BOTH Canteen and Chinese New Year Goodie Sales rosters have been UPDATED.  Please check when you are down for duty and be punctual.  If you are unable to report for duty, please exchange your slot with another server and notify an Exco member.  Report in servers’ t-shirt.  Shoes to be worn.

                                               i.     Food contributions are to be in the canteen by 7am on Sun, 20^th Jan

                                             ii.     Love offerings are to be placed in an envelope stating the amount and name of server and dropped into the transparent box by Sun, 20^th Jan.

b.     Chinese New Year goodies order forms are to be submitted along with the exact amount of cash in an envelope to any of the following Council members by Sun, 27^th Jan.  Please remember to collect your receipt from them.

                                               i.     Raphael Ng

                                             ii.     Nicholas Lim

                                            iii.     Luke Yeo

                                            iv.     Andre Dumont

5.     Cassock exchange

a.     The cassock exchange list is out.  All servers are given till 31^st Jan to exchange their cassocks and sign on the cassock cupboard list.

b.     All servers on the list are to make arrangements to exchange their cassocks with the other server on the list on their own.  Cassocks should be washed and ironed before exchange.

c.     Please contact Luke Yeo or Emanuel Lee if there are any problems.  Servers on the list which are still using a poorly fitted cassock because they have neglected to change it by Thu, 31^st Jan will not be allowed to serve masses till they have made the exchange.

d.     Servers whose names are marked with an asterisk* on the list will not receive their new cassock yet till the second exchange in 2013.

6.     Ordination Mass of the Coadjutor Archbishop Elect

a.     There is need for two altar servers from each parish/church, above the age of 15 years to serve at the ordination Mass of the Coadjutor Archbishop Elect Monseigneur William Goh at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre on Fri, 22 Feb in the evening.

b.     Servers who wish to serve are to submit their names to Raphael Ng by this Sunday, 20th Jan, 9pm, by SMS.  Servers will be assessed on their attendance for the past half year.  Conduct and attitude will also be assessed by the Council. Selection will be based on a ballot. Shortlisted names will be placed in a box and 2 names will be drawn at random.

Announcements 12th – 13th Jan 2012, The Baptism of the Lord

1.     Administration (Rosters and Special Events)

a.     Special events roster for Jan has been published.

b.     Group 3 servers will be serving the Novena service on next Sat, 18^th Jan.

c.     The society’s hierarchy for 2013 has been published.

d.     The contact list for 2012 has been published.  Please obtain a copy.  There should not be any excuse for servers not to have the contact numbers of their fellow members. 

e.     As part of their spiritual formation and community building, servers secondary 1 and above are to have regular attendance for Friday night bible sharing from 830pm to 10pm.

2.     Canteen and Chinese New Year Cookie Sales (High Importance)

a.     BOTH Canteen and Chinese New Year Goodie Sales rosters have been UPDATED.  Please check when you are down for duty and be punctual.  If you are unable to report for duty, please exchange your slot with another server and notify an Exco member.  Please notify Head of Administration II, Justin Yeo immediately if your duty clashes with your normal weekend mass duty or catechism class.  Report in servers’ t-shirt.  Shoes to be worn.

b.     The Canteen form MUST be submitted latest this Sun, 12^th Jan.  Drop it in the transparent box in the sacristy.  Servers are urged to be considerate to the canteen planning committee as they require sufficient time to compile the list of contributions.

                                               i.     Food contributions are to be in the canteen by 7am on Sun, 20^th Jan

                                             ii.     Love offerings are to be placed in an envelope stating the amount and name of server and dropped into the transparent box.

c.     Chinese New Year goodies order forms are to be submitted along with the exact amount of cash in an envelope to any of the following Council members.  Please remember to collect your receipt from them.

                                               i.     Raphael Ng

                                             ii.     Nicholas Lim

                                            iii.     Luke Yeo

                                            iv.     Andre Dumont

3.     Cassock exchange

a.     The cassock exchange list is out.  All servers are given till 31^st Jan to exchange their cassocks and sign on the cassock cupboard list.

b.     All servers on the list are to make arrangements to exchange their cassocks with the other server on the list on their own.  Cassocks should be washed and ironed before exchange.

c.     Please contact Luke Yeo or Emanuel Lee if there are any problems.  Servers on the list which are still using a poorly fitted cassock because they have neglected to change it by Thu, 31^st Jan will not be allowed to serve masses till they have made the exchange.

d.     Servers whose names are marked with an asterisk* on the list will not receive their new cassock yet till the second exchange in 2013.

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Announcements 5th – 6th Jan 2012, The Epiphany of the Lord

1.     Administration (Rosters and Special Events)

a.     Special events roster for Jan has been published.

b.     Group 2 servers will be serving the Novena service on next Sat, 11^th Jan.

c.     The society’s hierarchy for 2013 has been published.

d.     The contact list for 2012 has been published.  Please obtain a copy.  There should not be any excuse for servers not to have the contact numbers of their fellow members. 

e.     As part of their spiritual formation and community building, servers secondary 1 and above are to have regular attendance for Friday night bible sharing from 830pm to 10pm.

f.      The following primary 6 servers will move on to secondary 1 in 2013 and should already be serving in following mass groups.  Group Leaders to check.  Any server who wishes to change to another mass group is to submit a written request signed by their parents.  Attendance ICs are to note these changes and ensure that the attendance sheets for 2013 have already been updated.

                                               i.     Group 1 (Sat 530pm)

1.     Joshua de Souza

                                             ii.     Group 3 (Sun 9am)

1.     Kristopher Go

2.     Zachary Chan

3.     Martin Hernandez

4.     Jonah Teo

                                            iii.     Group 5 (Sun 530pm)

1.     Timothy Low

2.     Canteen and Chinese New Year Cookie Sales (High Importance)

a.     Rosters have been published.  Please check when you are down for duty and be punctual.  If you are unable to report for duty, please exchange your slot with another server and notify an Exco member.  Please notify Head of Administration II, Justin Yeo immediately if your duty clashes with your normal weekend mass duty.  Report in servers’ t-shirt.

b.     All servers must take home an important form consisting 3 pages immediately after debrief.  Group leaders to ensure that no server leaves without his form. 

c.     The form must be submitted latest next Sun, 12^th Jan.  Servers are reminded to be considerate.

3.     Retirement and migration

a.     The following servers have made the decision to retire as of 1^st Jan 2013.  Please keep them in your prayers.  The Society would like to thank them for their years of service to the Lord and wishes them all the best in their future endeavours.  Retiring servers, please contact the Vestments IC Luke Yeo or Emanuel Lee to return your vestments (cassocks, capes and sashes) by Sun, 6^th Jan.  Head of Administration I, Benedict Koh and both Vestment ICs to ensure.

                                               i.     Benedict Jacob (Normal retirement)

                                             ii.     Jacob de Jesus (Migration)

                                            iii.     John de Jesus (Migration)

                                            iv.     Joshua de Jesus (Migration)

                                              v.     Julian Lee (Normal retirement)

                                            vi.     Nicholas Rankine (Normal retirement)

                                           vii.     Shawn Wong (Seminary studies)

                                         viii.     Sherman Lim (Normal retirement)

4.     Cassock exchange

a.     The cassock exchange list is out.  All servers are given till 31^st Jan to exchange their cassocks and sign on the cassock cupboard list.

b.     All servers on the list are to make arrangements to exchange their cassocks with the other server on the list on their own.  Cassocks should be washed and ironed before exchange.

c.     Please contact Luke Yeo or Emanuel Lee if there are any problems.  Servers on the list which are still using a poorly fitted cassock because they have neglected to change it by Thu, 31^st Jan will not be allowed to serve masses till they have made the exchange.

d.     Servers whose names are marked with an asterisk* on the list will not receive their new cassock yet till the second exchange in 2013.