Happy 50th Birthday Brother Rowland!

Bro Rowland’s 50th Birthday

hip hip hooray....
Happy 50th Birthday to our dear Brother Rowland Yeo!
ssssh....the celebration was meant to be a surprise, and yeah we made it (didn't we?)
May God's abundant blessings of love, joy and happiness always be poured out to you Bro ;)

July Activity

Sun, 29: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
10.45 am, Mass at St Anthony's Friary
Fellowship with our friends from JB and enjoy Parish Feast Day Funfair ;)

June Activities

Sun, 10 Jun: Corpus Christi
10.45 am, Mass at Church
Ordo & Daily Prayer Book

Sun, 17 Jun: 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
10.45 am, Mass at Church
12.15 pm, Bible and Prayer

Sun, 24 Jun: Birth of John the Baptist
10.45 am, St Anthony's Chapel (St Anthony Friary)
Celebrant: Father John Wong
12.15 pm, Father's Day Pot Luck

New Photos!

May 2007 Activities
Check out our photos, taken in the month of May 2007!
Happy Viewing :)

Lunch Outing at Lot1

One fine Sunday, 22 April 2007:

Walk... walk... till we reach MRT (yeah, we went on foot from Church)

Eat... eat... till we're filled ;p

Shop... shop... till we're satisfied ;)

May Activities

Sun, 6 May: 5th Sunday of Easter
10.45 am, Mass at Church
12.15 pm, Class

Sun, 13 May: 6th Sunday of Easter
10.45 am, Mass at Church
(Fr. Rowland away for Retreat, no Class)

Sun, 20 May: 7th Sunday of Easter
10.45 am, Mass at Church
12.15 pm, Talk for Deaf Community by Fr. Joseph Nasanathan followed by short session by Fr. Rowland

Sun, 27 May: Pentecost
10.45 am, Mass at Church
12.15 pm, short session by Fr. Rowland followed by committee meeting

Note: Fr. John Wong will be away in May-June

Easter Potluck Party

On the first Sunday of Easter, 15 April 2007, we celebrated Mass with Fr. John Wong at St. Anthony Chapel. The Mass was followed by Potluck Party at St. Anthony Friary. The highlight of the celebration is to welcome the newly baptized Catholics to the family. We happily eat, chitchat and watch our very own videos: RCIA Retreat and Easter Vigil.

View some of our photos slideshow above, or visit our album to view the full photos or to download!

Happy Easter

SCDC-SMOTA would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter!

RCIA Retreat

On 24-25 March 2007, our four Deaf Catechumens went for RCIA Retreat at NACLI together with all elects from St. Mary of the Angels Church. The Retreat was lead by Fr. Joseph Nasanathan, ofm.

View more photos below!

by scdcsmota

April Activities

Sun, 15 Apr: 2nd Sunday of Easter
10.45 am, Mass at St. Anthony Chapel
12.15 pm, Potluck (celebrate our newly-baptized Catholics) at St. Anthony Friary

Sun, 22 Apr: 3rd Sunday of Easter
10.45 am, Mass at Church
12.15 pm, Class at Assisi Room

Sun, 29 Apr: 4th Sunday of Easter
10.45 am, Mass at Church
After Mass, Shopping at Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall - Choa Chu Kang

Holy Week

Lent Season almost come to an end, and soon we will be entering the Holy Week. Join us as we journey through this Holy Week! Please find the schedule of sign-interpreting service availability as follows:

(Palm) Passion Sunday - 1 Apr 2007 :
10.45 am Mass

Holy Thursday - 5 Apr 2007 :
8.00 pm Evening Mass of the Lord's supper
Please come and be seated at Church by 7.30 pm

Good Friday - 6 Apr 2007 :
5.00 pm Service, followed by Station of the Cross (outside at the piazza)
Please come and be seated at Church by 4.30 pm

Holy Saturday - 7 Apr 2007 :
9.00 pm Easter Vigil Mass, Baptism of four Deaf Cathecumens*
Please come and be seated at Church by 8.00 pm

* Julie Eng, Bernard Chong, Diana Lim and Moses Koh will be baptized on Easter Vigil. Please come join us and support them :)

Committee Formation

Witnessed by 19 adult members of the community, we officially formed SCDC-SMOTA Committee on Sunday, 17 March 2007:

Main Committee

• Leader : Fr. Rowland Yeo, ofm
• Leader Assistant : Martina Yang
• Secretary : Yohana Aleta
• Treasurer : Felicia Woon
• Sign Language Coordinator : June Ang
• Sign Language Assistant Coordinator : Jenny Lim
• Event Planner : Brenda Lee

Sub-Committee

• Event Coordinator : Diana Lim, Julie Eng
• Logistic : Moses Koh, Bernard Chong

May the Committee humbly render their service for the growth and wellness of the community with the full support from all members

It's a Green party!

It was a happy saturday evening for the parishioners of St. Mary of the Angels on 17 Mar 2007. We join them for the party at Piazza in celebration of St. Patrick's Day! Green was all over the places....and all were entertained with the Irish dances, songs, and mini orchestra performances. Not to forget the good Irish food and beverages too!

But....the most important of all is....the company of our brothers and sisters! That's why we had a great time together :)

Notice: Change of Service Availability & Venue!

Sun, 25 Mar: 5th Sunday of Lent
As Fr. John Wong will be away, please take note of the following changes:
- There will be NO Lenten Penitential Service for Catholic Deaf
- Sign Interpreting Service will be available at Church for 10.45 am Mass

We apologize for any inconvenience caused..

Please join the Parish Lenten Penitential Service at 8.00 pm. Here is the schedule for the Churches in West district:
Mon, 26 Mar - Church of St. Mary of the Angels
Tue, 27 Mar - Church of St. Ignatius
Wed, 28 Mar - Church of St. Franciss of Assisi
Thur, 29 Mar - Church of the Holy Cross
Fri, 30 Mar - Blessed Sacrament Church

March Activities

Sat, 17 Mar: Party at the Piazza - St. Patrick's Day
7.00 pm onwards, Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with SMOTA parish family Party at the Piazza. It's free and all are welcome. Bring your own picnic mats and food if you prefer, or get a $5 meal ticket from Fr. Rowland. A meal ticket gets you a main course, drink and dessert!

Sun, 18 Mar: 4th Sunday of Lent
10.45 am, Mass at Church

Sun, 25 Mar: 5th Sunday of Lent
10.15 - 10.45 am, Lenten Penitential Service for Catholic Deaf by Fr. John Wong at St. Anthony Chapel
10.45 am, Mass at St. Anthony Chapel

Mon, 26 Mar:
8.00 pm, Lenten Penitential Service for all at Church

Note: Fr. Rowland Yeo away for RCIA Retreat on 24-25 Mar at South Buona Vista

Reunion Day: Full photos uploaded!

Additional photos of the 2007 Lunar New Year Reunion Day are completely uploaded. Please visit again our album to check out the full release ;)

Children Baptism

Three children of deaf parents were baptized by Fr. Joseph Nasananthan at the Church of St. Mary of the Angels on Sunday, 4 March 2007. The three newly baptized are Mendel, Delace and Jamie.

Mendel and Delace are the son and daugther of Moses and Diana, their God Mother is Martina.

Jamie is the daughter of Bernard and Julie, her God Mother is Victoria.

It's our joy to welcome the children in our family! May these little ones grow stronger in their catholic faith as they grow up.

Click here to view more photos on their baptism day!

Deaf Cathecumens on the 'Rite of Election'

Four deaf cathecumens were attending the Rite of Election at the Church of Holy Spirit on Saturday, 24 February 2007. We are verry happy to accompany them in their RCIA journey and looking forward for witnessing their baptism at the Church of St. Mary of the Angels on this coming Easter!

From left to right on the above picture: Moses Koh, Diana Lim, Victoria, Julie Eng and Bernard Chong.

Click here to view more photos of some special events on their RCIA journey!

Reunion Day

It's our 2007 Lunar New Year Reunion Day!

We celebrated it with Fr. John Wong, seven Franciscan brothers and our friends on a sunny Sunday afternoon, 25 February 2007.

It was started with a prayer, welcome speech and blessing of oranges by Fr. Rowland, followed by the blessing of food and oranges (again, it's a double blessings) by Fr. John Wong. Everybody then participated in 'Lo-Hei', may all our wishes come true this year!

It's then time to enjoy the sumptous buffet lunch, accompanied by the beautiful music with lyrics on the big screen, there were some live performances too!

Wait...that's not all, there's still the most awaited session: the Lucky Draw - Tikam Tikam! Each of the 20 lucky winners got to choose a red-packet. What's inside? sssst... it's a top secret ahahah, ask our lucky winners (Fr. John Wong was one of them)! What about the rest who were not that lucky? Not to worry, everybody went home with the blessed oranges and a specially prepared red-packet!

What a memorable day, too bad we forgot to take a group picture! We hope that everybody had a great time together on that day. Special thanks to Fr. Rowland, the organizers, the music ministries for all their effort and contribution! Thank you our brothers and sisters that join our celebration (also those who couldn't make it that day), once again: Happy Lunar New Year!
Click here to see our photo album, it's the first release! -still to come... the second release of our photos-

February Activities

Sun, 18 Feb: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
It's Chinese New Year, sign-interpreting service will not be available during 10.45 am Mass. We wish all a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Wed, 21 Feb: Ash Wednesday
8.00 pm evening Mass

Sun, 25 Feb: 1st Sunday of Lent
10.45 am Mass at Church with Fr. John Wong as the Celebrant!