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31st March & 1st April 2018 EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION Year B BURNING BUSH
PRAYER MEETING Wed 8:15pm
St Joachim’s Hall
CATECHETICAL OFFICE Tues, Wed & Fri: 9am-1pm
Sat: 2pm-5:30pm Sun: 8:30am-12:30pm
Tel: 68813197 Or email them at:
CHILDREN LITURGY Every Sun at 11am Mass
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Thurs 8pm-9:30pm #03-02
Andrew - 96792682
COLUMBARIUM Prayers on last Sun of the month after 11am mass
By Ministry of Consolation
COUNSELLING by FLS Call 63820688 for appt.
Mon-Fri (10am-4pm) Counselling in Mandarin
by Nurture Heart. Albert Tay: 96337881
DIVINE MERCY
Wed after 6:15pm mass in Church (in May & Oct it’s
at 5.15pm)
EMMANUEL LIBRARY Sun. 8:30am - 12:30pm
GIFT SHOP
Sat:5-7pm; Sun:8am-12:30pm & 5:30-7:30pm
HOLY HOUR
1st Thurs 8pm in Church
INFANT BAPTISM 2nd Sun of even months. Compulsory prep session
on the Friday before Baptism.
LEGION OF MARY
Every Monday at 8pm in #04-08
MALAYALAM GROUP 2nd Sat of the month at 6pm in people’s homes.
Lejo@8606 2653
NICHES BOOKING Call 63863792 Mon to Fri:8am to 2.30pm &
Sun:10am to 1pm (Closed on Sat, PH & last
Sunday of the month)
ST PIO PRAYER On 23rd of every month at
6.45pm in Church
ROSARY 5:30pm on Saturdays &
10:30am, 5.30pm on Sundays.
On weekdays it is also recited daily after the
6.15pm weekday mass except for Wednesdays (Divine Mercy Prayer).
ST ANNE’S CHURCH + 66 Sengkang East Way Singapore 548593. Tel 6386 5072 Fax 6386 5202 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stanneonline.org
PARISH PRIEST-Fr Francis Lee:63152976 ASSOCIATE PRIESTS - Fr Edward Seah: 63865072 Ext.612, Fr Albert Ng: 63865072 Ext.611
MASSES (in English) + Saturday Sunset: 6pm + Sunday: 7.15am, 9am, 11am & 6pm + Weekdays: 6.30am & 6.15pm + Public Holiday: 8am (no evening mass) + 华文弥撒 :每个月第一和第三个星期日(主日弥撒 ):下午一点正(教堂内). + Tagalog Mass: Every 2nd Saturday of the Month at 7.30pm
+ Malayalam Mass: Every 4th Saturday of the Month at 7.30pm + Tamil Mass: Every 1st Sunday of the Month at 7.30pm + Adoration Room: Open 7am to 9pm daily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
St Anne’s Church Kindergarten: Tel: 63862007 / 63861651. Fax: 63861343. Email: [email protected]
There will be NO Holy Hour in the month of April. Holy Hour will resume in May.
Our 9 DAYS of DIVINE MERCY NOVENA DEVOTION had commenced on 30 March and ends on 7th April 2018. Please refer to the Divine Mercy notice board for full details on venue and timing.
All are welcome!
FR FRANCIS, FR ALBERT AND FR EDWARD WISH ALL PARISHIONERS A VERY HOLY, BLESSED AND JOYOUS EASTER!!
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May the Promise of Easter fill your hearts with Peace, Joy, Hope and Love always!!
EASTER FIESTA - Come and celebrate this greatest of feasts with us on Easter Sunday morning in the canteen with complimentary food.
Plenty of fun and games for children. All are welcome!!
PREPARING YOUR CHILD FOR TRANSITION TO PRIMARY SCHOOL - Parents of preschoolers are invited to attend a talk by the principal of a Catholic Primary School. The talk will focus on important areas you would want to consider when preparing for your children to go to Primary One. Date and
time: Sunday 15th April 2018 from 9am to 10.30am in St Joachim’s Hall (4th Floor)
In and Around
HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT: A WEEKEND RETREAT Is God's love for you in your head or your heart? This retreat helps you to grow in the conviction of God's love. Examine images of self and God, and become more aware of any obstacles to
God's love, so that you can free yourself to fall in love with God. Presented by spiritual directors at Montfort Centre. 20 - 22 April 2018. Contribution: $300. Registration: [email protected] or 96311943. Registrations close 13 April 2018.
SJI OPEN HOUSE 14 APRIL 2018 FROM 9AM TO 1PM. This open house is for current Primary 6 boys and their parents. Admission to the event is by registration only. Online registration opens from 23 March at www.sji.edu.sg. TRAFFIC ADVI-SORY: Due to the limited parking spaces available within the school, the SJI carpark will be closed to public. All visitors are
encouraged to commute to SJI via public transport.
THE “LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD” RETREAT is a 5 days 4 nights stay-in retreat open to Catholics above the age of 21. Come away and allow yourselves to be encountered by the Lord! Programme includes daily Eucharistic celebration, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, talks, praise & worship, and spiritual counseling. Retreat Master: Rev Fr Terence Pereira, Episcopal
Vicar for the New Evangelisation. Register at www.one.org.sg/events. Dates: 25 to 29 May 2018 in Majodi Retreat Centre, Johor, Malaysia. Cost: SGD 200 (Includes Accommodation, Meals, Transport). Organised by: Office for the New Evangelisation
FINAL AWAKEN #15: 14 - 17 JUNE 2018. Calling Catholic Young Adults between 18 to 25 years! A young adults' conversion experience retreat conducted by Archbishop William Goh. COME! Encounter the deep love of God for you at AWAKEN #15.
Not just any love, but a love that's unconditional. Ballot Registration on Sat 14th April at 10am at Catholic Spirituality Centre, 1261 Upper Serangoon Road S(534796). (Doors open at 9.30am and close at 10.00am sharp for balloting). Forms are
available now at CSC Admin Office. Website www.csctr.net. For enquiries, please contact us at [email protected]
Love Matters, jointly organized by the Archdiocesan Commission for the Family and Worldwide Marriage Encounter Singapore to celebrate marriage and the priesthood.
Couples celebrating their milestone wedding anniversary who wish to attend can register by 8 April 2018 at http://catholicfamily.org.sg/lovematters
Those celebrating their wedding anniversary or who wish to attend the talk by Family Counseling Psychologist, Adrian Lim Peng Ann, can register by 22 April 2018 for catering purposes.
For enquiries, please email [email protected] or [email protected]
DATE & VENUE: Tuesday 1st May 2018 at Church of the Transfiguration PROGRAMME: 8.30am. Breakfast & Registration 9.00am to 10.45am. Talk 11.00am. Mass 12.15pm. Cake-Cutting Ceremony & Lunch Reception 2.00pm. Closing/End
1st Reading: Acts 10:34,37-43 / Psalm: 117 / 2nd Reading: Colossians 3:1-4 / Gospel: John 20:1-9
THE LORD IS RISEN AND IS AMONG US... ALLELUIA!! This Mass is our Alleluia; our song of praise to the risen Christ who is our life and whose triumph over death we proclaim to all
the world.
Mary of Magdala was the first to discover the empty tomb and her reaction might be described as fear and unknowing. She reported the events to Peter and the Beloved Disciple, but she misunderstood the meaning. She thought somebody had taken Jesus’ corpse. Only when the Beloved Disciple and Peter saw the empty tomb for themselves did the Beloved Disciple believe. But they still did not understand that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
Easter morning must have been a confusing, even frightening, time. Jesus had just been killed by the state, an imperial occupying power. Most of the disciples had scattered. Now when Mary of Magdala comes to pay her final respects, she finds the tomb empty. It might be hard for us to imagine, but apparently the early disciples did not understand that Jesus was to rise from the dead. Though they had been with Jesus during his earthly ministry, they were unprepared for this victorious act of God over death itself. To us, the resurrection of Jesus is the central point of faith. For them, it seems to have been wholly unexpected. The gospels are remarkably candid about this embarrassing fact.
But are we ready for God to conquer death in our lives? Or is this something wholly unexpected as well? Each of us has experienced loss, and sometimes it can be comforting to hold on to this loss. We want to visit the tomb. We remember the way things were. We see the burial garments are left in the tomb, as a symbol of the past that is no longer present. The disciples will never experience Jesus in the same way. His earthly ministry is over. Something new is in store and it is something wholly unexpected. With respect to our own personal losses, those moments will never be the same. God will bring something new, wholly unexpected from those crises.
In this as in the other gospel accounts, the first indications of Jesus’ resurrection were the discovery of the empty tomb. The appearances of the risen Jesus came later. Initially the women discovered the tomb empty, pondered its meaning, and reported to the remaining disciples. Only the Beloved Disciple, likely the “eyewitness” behind the Fourth Gospel, was one who believed upon finding the tomb empty. No other disciple did. But for most disciples, the empty tomb was not enough. Thus the risen Jesus appears.
We see similar movements of faith in our own lives. We find our own empty tombs, signifiers of something greater. But often we do not grasp the full meaning until later, until something equivalent to a resurrection appearance. Let us be attentive to the empty tomb signs and experiences in our lives that leaves us pondering, wondering how God is acting in the world. It could be that we will experience a resurrection, new life from death, meaning from loss.
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