[the presentation]
It's 1st August, the feast day of St Alphonsus. So firstly, HAPPY FEAST day to all the reds out there.
Our community started the day with a community mass in the main church at 6am. YES! (you read it right, 6am!!!) We spotted some sleepy heads, but most of the guys were perky and up and running. Br Raymond and Br Ole were all smart and charming assisting Fr Bebot as acolytes, our famous SATMI band (who are starting to get some popularity around the region, so I heard) was playing for the mass, and everyone else just joined in.
We had a little introduction before mass, so the parishioners won't get totally lost as to who St Alphonsus is and what was all the hype about. Fr Bebot was the main celebrant and he gave a wonderful homily on St Alphonsus (okok.. so i dozed off a little, but i'm sure he mentioned St Alphonsus!)
During the intercession, 5 student representatives from the different region went up and prayed for different causes: Redemptorist, Missionaries, the poor, those we administer to, and vocations. I hope we didn't forget anyone or anything important.
After the mass, everyone relaxed a little. But soon many were working again.
The first year students started preparing the stage in the covered court for the symposium in the afternoon. The second year set up the sound systems. Many chipped in to get everything in place.
And finally, at 1:30am, all the students involved in the opening dance drama sequence gathered to get ready. At 2pm local time (which is mga 2:30pm) we started the symposium. After the opening prayer, the dance drama commenced. I will have to say, with the limited time for the practice, we did pretty well. (Clap clap for all students!!!)
It's 1st August, the feast day of St Alphonsus. So firstly, HAPPY FEAST day to all the reds out there.
Our community started the day with a community mass in the main church at 6am. YES! (you read it right, 6am!!!) We spotted some sleepy heads, but most of the guys were perky and up and running. Br Raymond and Br Ole were all smart and charming assisting Fr Bebot as acolytes, our famous SATMI band (who are starting to get some popularity around the region, so I heard) was playing for the mass, and everyone else just joined in.
We had a little introduction before mass, so the parishioners won't get totally lost as to who St Alphonsus is and what was all the hype about. Fr Bebot was the main celebrant and he gave a wonderful homily on St Alphonsus (okok.. so i dozed off a little, but i'm sure he mentioned St Alphonsus!)
During the intercession, 5 student representatives from the different region went up and prayed for different causes: Redemptorist, Missionaries, the poor, those we administer to, and vocations. I hope we didn't forget anyone or anything important.
After the mass, everyone relaxed a little. But soon many were working again.
The first year students started preparing the stage in the covered court for the symposium in the afternoon. The second year set up the sound systems. Many chipped in to get everything in place.
And finally, at 1:30am, all the students involved in the opening dance drama sequence gathered to get ready. At 2pm local time (which is mga 2:30pm) we started the symposium. After the opening prayer, the dance drama commenced. I will have to say, with the limited time for the practice, we did pretty well. (Clap clap for all students!!!)
[the participants]
oh... i almost forgot to mention. The turnout for the symposium was not that bad, we had probably around 100 participants. And of course, they were charmed by our presenter Sr Miriam (is my buttering up a bit too obvious?) But seriously, I belive Sr Miriam managed to get across some good points to the participants.
[Sr Miriam presenting her talk on St Paul]
No prize in guessing what comes next. Food! Of course. So that ends the session for our day :P
So that's it. Until next time.
Happy feast day to all, and may our dear Alphy look down from heaven and bless us all!!!
(-Terence)
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