1. Administration (Rosters and Special Events)
a. Special events roster for Aug has been
published. All are responsible to check.
b. Group 1 servers will be serving the Novena
service next Sat, 10th Aug.
c. In view of Hari Raya and National Day, weekday
masses on Thu and Fri, 8th and 9th Aug respectively, are only at 830am. There
are no evening masses on these days. Sacristans for these evening masses are to
open church latest by 745am.
2. Sharing
a. No Friday night sharing for servers secondary 1
and above is on Fri, 9th Aug as it is National Day.
3. Investiture and Canteen Forms (HIGH IMPORTANCE)
a. The Investiture for new Altar Servers and
Society Dinner is on the evening of Sat, 17th Aug while the Canteen is on Sun,
1st Sep. A full society mass will be held. Please check the roster to see if
you are serving on the sanctuary. Training HAS BEEN POSTPONED to Sun, 11th Aug
from 2pm to 4pm.
b. The investiture and canteen are important events
which require the work of the Executive Committee. ALL SERVERS should have
already submitted the forms last weekend. Please note that each late submission
puts extra stress and unnecessary work on others and servers are urged to be
considerate and respectful.
c. Group Leaders are to retain servers who have not
handed in the form after debrief so as to ensure that their forms are submitted
before they leave church. This is to prevent further delay to the planning.
4. Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
a. Masses are on Wed, 14th Aug and Thu, 15th Aug.
Rosters are published on the noticeboard and blog.
b. Servers who need to request for a change in mass
time, please perform an early swap with another server and approach an Exco
Member to inform them of the change. Exco Members are not responsible to find
swaps for servers. Duty Sacristans can only swap with trained sacristans and
Duty Leaders with a Group Leader or Exco Member.
c. Servers who are unable to serve any mass are to
fill in and submit the letter of excuse.
d. Masses are not counted as a weekday mass. The
Feast is a Holy Day of Obligation.
e. Servers who need a letter of exemption from
school are to approach Zachary Clunies Ross with their school name, principal
name, class and index number by Sat, 10th Aug. Last requests will not be
entertained.
f. Capes and sashes are required. Please be in the
sacristy 30 minutes before mass.
5. Important changes in Leadership
a. The following servers will henceforth hold new
or different appointments in the Society according to the decision of the
Executive Committee on 6th July 2013. The new hierarchy will be posted on
various media. May God enable these leaders to serve Him in love, humility and
dignity and grant them the wisdom to imitate Christ our Good Shepherd in all
their works.
i. Benedict Koh (Vice President)
ii. Nigel Chew (Treasurer)
iii. Zachary Clunies Ross (Secretary)
iv. Sean Chan (Head, Administration I)
v. Randall Paul (Vestments IC)
vi. Basil Chew (Blog and Facebook IC)
vii. Gerard Nagulendran (Roster IC)
viii. David de Souza (Attendance IC)
ix. Matthew Kwan (Head, Group Leaders)
x. Jonathan Ng (Group 1 Leader)
xi. Thaniel Leroy Subash (Group 1 Leader)
xii. Zachary Chan (Group 3 Leader)
xiii. Ian Quek (Group 3 Leader wef Dec 2013)
xiv. Francis Chua (Group 4 Leader)
xv. Ethan Galistan (Group 5 Leader)
xvi. Timothy Low (Group 5 Leader)
xvii. Ryan Koh (Training Instructor)
xviii. Luke Yeo (Training Instructor)
b. The Society would also like to thank these
servers who have served in the Society’s leadership faithfully and have now
stepped down from all official posts. Some of them would be taking up interim
advisory positions.
i. Nicholas Lim (Vice President)
ii. Jeremy Wong (Assistant Head, Group Leaders)
iii. Dominic Lim (Roster IC)
iv. Joel Moosa (Group 1 Leader)
v. Reuben Theseira (Group 5 Leader)
