4th September 2008 - The Preston SVD team and Dorish Maru College admin held today a brotherly conversation at the presbytery. Present were (Preston-side): Bill Burt, Thien Nguyen, Linh Nguyen; (DMC-side): Henry Adler, Michael Nguyen, Boni Buahendri and Dom Flores. (See photo). 
During the dialogue, the parish formally invited the DMC students (through their formators) to involve themselves in the music ministry of the parish. The invitation was well received by all. It was also rightly perceived as the opening for deeper involvement in other ministries, like liturgy, pastoral and youth ministries, etc. The next step then was to present this proposal to the DMC students through their leader, Eddie Lering. Then Eddie, Thien and Linh (committee) will draw up the practicalities. They will resume to sing on the 4th Sunday of September.
We moved on to other matters. Dom and Michael asked if there’s a prospect of doing Bible ministry in the parish. To our joy, we were informed that Thien and Linh had already formed a Bible group and that Dom and Michael would be welcome to lend their expertise on the Bible.
At this juncture, Bill mentioned the hope that one day we would be sharing our SVD charism to the parishioners, i.e. the life and spirituality of St. Arnold, SVD and SSpS.
Dom also pointed out that presently the priest-members of DMC often go for pastoral supply (Masses) to neighboring parishes. But Dom made it very clear that if needed, they would give first priority to the needs of Preston parish under our SVD confreres. Right away Bill asked Thien to make a roster for Mass schedules for SVD confreres.
The group felt that that was enough for the day. So we closed the meeting in a very happy mood. Then we walked to a Yum Cha restaurant for our lunch. On our way, we made a side trip to the parish Day Care for senior citizens, yea, for oldies, not for kiddies. Great idea! ~
We moved on to other matters. Dom and Michael asked if there’s a prospect of doing Bible ministry in the parish. To our joy, we were informed that Thien and Linh had already formed a Bible group and that Dom and Michael would be welcome to lend their expertise on the Bible.
At this juncture, Bill mentioned the hope that one day we would be sharing our SVD charism to the parishioners, i.e. the life and spirituality of St. Arnold, SVD and SSpS.
Dom also pointed out that presently the priest-members of DMC often go for pastoral supply (Masses) to neighboring parishes. But Dom made it very clear that if needed, they would give first priority to the needs of Preston parish under our SVD confreres. Right away Bill asked Thien to make a roster for Mass schedules for SVD confreres.
The group felt that that was enough for the day. So we closed the meeting in a very happy mood. Then we walked to a Yum Cha restaurant for our lunch. On our way, we made a side trip to the parish Day Care for senior citizens, yea, for oldies, not for kiddies. Great idea! ~
Sacred Heart church - a beauty!
