Book displays in schools - Part 1

These past 3 weeks, I have been going to 3 elementary schools with our novice, Lynette, for outreach. It has been an interesting experience after quite a long period of "out of touch" with school children.

The first school was a mixed mission school in a neighbourhood, what we call "heartland". A number of students did buy books but most were interested in little bookmarks. In this school, we discovered the young "entrepreneurship" in them. We noticed a group of boys carrying bags of water with some little blue "jelly balls" in it. We found out that one of them was selling seeds which they called "water-baby". They were supposed to grow in water and multiply at a certain size. What interest me most was, the boy who did the selling bought it at a low price from some stores and he was selling to his schoolmates at 1 for 5 cents, they will get one free if they buy 20 cents. We can see that he did "earned" quite a lot of money out of it.

Since one month.....

It has been a month since I last written. Have a bit of a problem in connecting to the internet with my laptop.

Thanks for all your prayers, our General Chapter has come to an end and if some of you have been following, our Superior General, Sr. Maria Antonieta Bruscato was re-elected. It is not easy to hold this responsibility, we are grateful to her for saying her 'Yes' to God and to the Congregation and I do ask you to continue to keep her in your prayers.

some information of our new general government

Community of Singapore

I would like to share a bit about my community here in Singapore, even though some may have known the reality here.

We were founded in 1994, and before this year, we already have 3 perpetual professed sisters and one postulant. Till today, we have 5 perpetual professed Singaporean sisters, 1 junior professed and 1 novice. God has blessed our community with vocations even though we are small.

These 2 weeks, there has been quite a bit of movements here. Together with my return, we have our new junior professed sister, Karen, who made her first profession in Boston on 30 June. We also have Lynette, our second year novice, who is here with us for her 4 months' apostolic experience. Then, we have Sr. Lioba, a Korean perpetual professed sister, staying with us and studying English. So, in the whole community, we are altogether 8, and frankly speaking the whole house is full--we have no more spare room for visitors.....

However, Sr. Wendy will be leaving us sooooooon, very soon, that is, next Tuesday. She will be staying in LA for a couple of months to take up some apostolic updating.

That's all for now.....

9th General Chapter of the Daughters of St. Paul

With the whole of our congregation, I would like to invite everyone of you, first to join us in prayer as we begin an important event--our 9th General Chapter on August 20, Monday. For more information and to journey with you, you may visit our website at: 9th General Chapter

Evans Almighty

2 weeks ago, I got the opportunity to go for a movie preview on Evan Almighty. Thought it is a nice film focusing on family but with religious theme--similar to Noah's Ark. Maybe you can read the review written by Sr. Rose Pacatte, Daughter of St. Paul from LA--A Film Study Guide for Catholic Christians.

Happy National Day, Singapore

Today, our country, Singapore, is celebrating her 42nd birthday. Yes, we are a young nation, and we have come quite a long way to achieve what we are now. Though a small country, God has given us many gifts and blessings.

Singapore National Day Parade

I am back

Hi, everyone, yes, I am back, finally--back to blogger after a break and back.....to another part of the world, my homeland---Singapore. That's right, I am finally back here for my mission, in another words, for good, as most people would say. It has been more than 5 years since I stayed in Singapore for a longer period, so this is definitely good for me. At the same time, it is another new beginning of re-learning old and new things--about Singapore, people, lifestyle.... Yes, I hope to continue writing this blog, not from Rome but from Singapore. Pray for me and most of all, for the people whom I am call to serve.

Break again...

This blog will not be updated until beginning of August. Hope you will continue to support and make your visit. Thanks. God bless you.

Transition....

These few weeks, I am slow in updating the 3 blogs because I am in the process of moving back to Singapore. Yes, it is time for me to return to Singapore for my mission. This week, I just moved from my community to our Generalate before parting for Singapore. Please continue to pray for me, for our mission in Singapore.

Donec Formetur Christus in Vobis

Till Christ be formed in you.

Taken from Galatians 4:19, this is the goal of our spirituality. I mentioned about the spiritual exercises which I last made. Our founder had left us a rich spirituality, which aims at forming the whole Christ in us--mind, will and heart, corresponding to Jesus Truth, Way, Life. This one that I attended focus on the 3rd stage of the course--Glory to the Holy Spirit--Unitive Way. I will share the briefly the structure:

Day 2
1. All is accomplished in the Holy Spirit
2. The most marvelous effects

Day 3
1. "The same divine sanctity of Jesus Christ communicated to our souls through the Holy Spirit"
2. Who is the Holy Spirit and the works attributed to the Spirit

Day 4--The life given by the Holy Spirit

Day 5--The life in the Spirit: Faith

Day 6--The life in the Spirit: Hope

Day 7--Charity: "shapes 2 flames"

Day 8
1. The varied fruits of the Holy Spirit
2. All has to terminate in a great "Glory to God in the Highest..." to honour the Holy Trinity