22/04/2024 Weekly Community News
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, may the peace of the Lord be upon every family. Here comes the weekly community news. If you spot any error or mistake, please advise for amendment. If there is any news in your group, please write using the Weekly Community News format and send to CCCB Communications in WhatsApp or email to sacredheart@cccbrisbane.org.au by Friday each week. We will filter the information and announce in the Weekly News for you.
Announcement from Fr. John Lai
Regarding new Appointments and
re-appointments of CCCB small groups
To assist me in providing various needs and services to the people of CCCB, I today to appoint and to re-appoint the following people with different roles, effective from Sunday April 21, 2024:
New appointments :
– VERONICA NG: Master co-ordinator of CCCB liturgies who co-odinates with other co-ordinators (choir, musicians, multi-lingual readers & commentators, ministers for Holy Communion, altar servers, flower arrangers, collectors etc…) to arrange people and things needed for CCCB liturgies, including regular Sunday, weekday Mass and CCCB special, occasion CCCB liturgies, feasts, pilgrimages…
– Sr. ROSE YU: Main co-ordinator of PASTORAL CARE to the SICK & ELDERLY group, with Fr. John, IRENE Pau, MATILDA Loo Bun, CARMAN Leung, CONNIE Leung, AGNES Leung, LUCIA LOI, ROSA Wu, JOHN Au, BOSCO Ng, WING Tang . . . to visit / to bring Communion to the elderly, the sick in their homes or in hospitals.
– JULIE QUANG: the contact person & liaison between CCCB and PNG group. Julie continues to keep an eye in our kitchen’s basic needs & supplies used by CCCB.
– AMY LI & JOSEPHINE Man; JESSIE WANG, NICOLE LIN & ROSA WU : trainers and instructors to our multi-lingual readers – how to read and to proclaim Sacred Texts properly in public. GiGi Tung is to cordinate the training sessions for different multilingual readers..
– ROBERT KWOK: Safeguarding officer specifically for our children.
Re-appointments：
– TERESA CHAN: continues to co-ordinate & to conduct CCCB multi-lingual choir for liturgies with THOMAS LI & JOSEPHINE Man as assistants and as soloists if necessary.
– KATHY CHAN, JOANNE FUNG, LORRAINE FUNG and SHANNON WONG: continue to be our musicians/organists who are integrated parts of choir. Kathy Chan as co-ordinator.
– PAUL CHAN & JOHN POON & RAYMOND Law, Raymund Li: continue to be audio system set up assistants to choir.
– GIGI TUNG: continues co-ordinating multi-lingual readers and commentators for liturgies.
– PHILIP FU: continues to be co-ordinator & contact person of Altar Servers Group with ALFRED YEUNG & DAVID CHEUNG are trainers to altar servers.
– PAUL CHU – ISABELLA LEE – LUCIA LOI – DENISE CHAO – BOSCO NG: continues to be catechists for adult and children.
– JOANNE FUNG & ROBERT KWOK: Activities supervisors and Safeguarding officers for altar servers.
– PAUL CHAN / JOHN POON / RAYMOND law / Raymund Li: continue to operate, to control CCCB visual audio, livestream systems & advisors when needed.
– LUCIA LOI: continues to be contact person & liaison between CCCB and Mandarin speaking group.
– KAREN CHIU: continues the appointed term of co-ordinator/leader of the ministers of Holy Communion group.
– PAUL CHU: continues to co-ordinate the contents projected on screen & operating overhead projector.
– ANNIE LIN: continues co-ordinating flowers arranging in chapel and in hall with MARY TANG, ANNA CHEN, CARMAN LEUNG, JULIE QUANG, CECILIA LOW are assistants on different occasions.
– KATHY CHAN, JOANNE FUNG, REGINA WONG, LORRAINE FUNG, SHANICE YIU: Youth – Children Group with Hellene Yiu, Yoyo and others as assistants. Kathy Chan is group’s main co-ordinator with Hellene Yiu as assistant. Note: In a near future, your group will take care of Sunday School and Religious Education for CCCB children.
Fr. John’s advice:
– Considering all CCCB people are integrated members of CCCB Family, we have one another, we need one another and all have different talents given by God to mutually share with another, therefore, I encourage everyone to take the initiatives: do whatever you can, you should and you have to, as your duty, as your contribution and as your self-offering to the community. There is no need to wait for order or appointment for everyone.
– I acknowledge and affirm that there are many other existing small groups in CCCB, for example: Rosary Group (Cantonese and Mandarin); Extraordinary Ministers for Holy Communion; Pastoral Care for Family (Family Formation Group); Mothers Prayer Group (Mandarin); Sunday School; Bible Sharing; Choir Singing Practice; Altar Servers Activities; Weekday Mass Readers; Community Yumcha; Community Night etc… Leaders, coordinators of these groups, please continue conducting your activities in your group as usual.
- Main Message: Pilgrimage to Marian Valley – Our Lady of China Feast Day
Date/Time: 11th May 2024 Saturday 7:30am – 6:00pm
Venue: Marian Valley and Hinze Dam
Details: Please make a note in your diary on 11th May 2024 Saturday for a pilgrimage tour to the shrine of Our lady of China at Marian Valley and a short visit to Hinze Dam. Cost for charter bus is $40 for adults, $20 for children under 18 and $10 for children under 6; Lunch will be $12 per person. Please register and pay for with Audrey, Gigi, Lucia or Paul Chu by 28th April 2023.
- Main Message: Reorder CCCB Polo Shirt Order
Details: We are going to reorder more CCCB Polo Shirt (Uniform) to be used in situation like: the Corpus Christi Profession, Marian Valley Visit and normal Sunday Masses. Cost for the shirt is $20 and Cap is $15. Please order from Paul Chu before and after Sunday Mass by 30th April 2024.
- Main message: Weekday masses
Venue: Chapel of Sacred Heart Centre 80 Nemies Rd, Runcorn
Details: This week weekday mass is on Tuesday and Saturday at 8:30am
- Main Message: Weekly Working Bee
Details: Fr John has initiated a weekly working bee activity on every Tuesday from 9am to 10am (after the weekday Mass), where everyone works together to help clearing leaves and debris around the centre including gardens and parking areas. Fr John would like to invite you to come on weekday mass and join the working bee after mass. Let us work together to make our home as tidy as we can.
- Main Message: Weekly Community Activities
Venue: Sacred Heart Centre 80 Nemies Rd, Runcorn
- Tai Chi Class – Tai Chi class will be on from 9:30am to 12:00 noon every Monday. For more information, please contact Barbara.
- Friday Community Night – Community Night will be on this week from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. Come along to join the night for playing table tennis, singing karaoke, and/or bring your dessert and have fun for gathering.
- Main Message: Divine Mercy Prayer
On Zoom Link:
https://zoom.us/j/91439533519?pwd=enZHVGNrWjV1NVJTbVZMN3VvY1kyZz09 Meeting ID: 914 3953 3519 Passcode: 635138.
Come and join our Divine Mercy Prayer meeting every afternoon! You Are Not Alone. You are welcome to send your prayer to us via the following link and we will pray for your intention. Prayer request Form Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c3xfT1wSc3lalPJQgj7PVlqFJAXAgdy2FkuAUl594tw/edit
Daily Routine: 2:45pm On Zoom to begin; 2:50pm Intercession; 3:00-3:02pm Calvary Hour of Mercy 3 O’Clock Prayer then~ Divine Mercy Chaplet. For more information, please contact Lucia Loi.
- Main Message: 5th Sunday of Easter
Date/Time: 28th April 2024 10:30am
Venue: Sacred Heart Centre 80 Nemies Rd, Runcorn
Details: Coming Sunday is the 5th Sunday of Easter. Mass will be at 10.30am Mass (Chinese with English at projector). Please bring a dish to share for after mass lunch gathering. Everyone is welcome to stay for lunch after mass. You may like to bring a dish to share or you are also welcome to donate $15 per lunch in April or $50 for all Sunday lunch in May.
- Main Message: Next Community Brunch Gathering – Yum Cha
Date/Time: 4th May 2024 Saturday at 10:30am
Venue: Parkland at Sunnypark Shopping Centre
Details: Next Community Brunch Gathering will be on Saturday, 4th May 2024 at 10:30am at Parkland (note: Venue Changed) at Sunnypark Shopping Centre. Welcome to all newly baptised brothers and sisters and the May birthday stars. If you would like to participate, please register with Paul Chu. The next day Sunday mass, Fathers will have special blessings to all May Birthday members.
- Main Message: Preview activities in June
- Corpus Christi Procession at Brisbane City: CCCB is going to form a group of community members to attend the Procession at Brisbane City. The date and time is: 2nd June at 2pm. Details to be announced at a later date.
- 7th June is the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: We will have the mass at the Sacred Heart Centre at 7pm. We are honour that Bishop Tim Norton will be coming to be the principal celebration and holding Confirmation for the children.
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