2010 ST ANN CHILDREN CHRISTMAS PARTY

The Children Christmas party was held in St Lucas Center on 18th December 2010. The Confirmation candidates and others were involved in the Children Christmas Party so as to understand the reason behind Christ coming amongst us as his People and showed us the way and love of the Father.

The Christmas of Bethlemen celebrated 2000 years ago has to to be retold again in a way that our modern generation can understanding the meaning of Christ birth for our modern times.

CHILDREN CHRISTMAS PARTY ...... continued

CHILDREN CHRISTMAS PARTY

The party goes on ..............

REPAIR OF ST ANN BARUK ROOF

Over the past few months, the roof of St Ann Baruk was subjected to strong winds and heavy rainfall. This has taken a toll on the roof and it is beginning to leak badly at certain areas.

The roof is unique in nature and one of its kind - the roof is made up of "Erau" leaves sewn together to give a distinct "Kampung-style cultural" look.

However, the supply of Erau leaves has diminished and there is not many skilled persons in this trade anymore.

Some years back, there were linoleum sheets placed upon the Erau leaves to protect them from disintegrating more rapidly. However this has been temporary measure to "save the roof".

The next option is to change the roofing material so that there is no major leaks inside the Baruk and the electrical wiring and equipment are protected from the natural elements.

The replacement of the roofing material by PVC material will amount to RM 38,900 - the roof will be stripped and strengthened and covered with PVC material.

I like to appeal for your generosity this Christmas season to help in this pressing need.

All cheque can be made to "St Ann's Mission"

May the good Lord bless you and your loved ones abundantly for your kind thoughts and care

GOODBYE 2 AND WELCOME 1

After the Custody Chapter in October 2010, the friars elected to serve in Kuching are as follows:

1. Friar Gerard Victor
2. Friar Kenny
3. Friar Moses Yap
4. Friar William Lee

Friars Michael Goh and Joseph Lee will leave for Singapore to serve their appointments there.

NEW ST ANN PARSIH COUNCIL

The office bearers for the St Ann Parish Council elected on 12 December 2010 is as follows:

Chairman: Mr Sebastian Ramek
Vice Chairman: Mr Francis Jiee
Secretary: Joseph Rebus
Vice Secretary: Patrick Buln
Treasurer: David Madek
Vice Treasurer: Puan Mida

We pray that this new team will continue to lead and guide the parishioners of St Ann for the coming 3 years.

COMPLETION OF LANDFILL (22 NOV 2010)

The land filling of the new St Ann Church site was completed after 48 days.The project began on 5th October and had to endure heavy rain for some of the days

Nevertheless, the project was finally completed on 22nd November 2010 and we now await for the soil to settle down over 6 - 8 months.

There is still more contribution needed to make this dream for the St Ann parishioners a reality and so be generous and keep us in your thoughts this Christmas and the years to come.