DAWU'S MIDNIGHT MASS

The Dawu Parish celebrate the traditional midnight Mass with the infant baptism. Fr. richard Preuss, the assistant parish priest presided the celebration while Fr. Dandy presided the liturgy of baptism. This year, 18 children were baptized.

DAWU'S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

After being postponed twice, the golden anniversary of Dawu Parish was finally celebrated last December 15, 2007. It was attended by almost a thousand parishioners and visitors and friends, 16 priests, 2 deacons and a bishop.

The eucharistic celebration started with a ceremonial procession of the image of the BVM in native dress. The whole liturgical celebration was so solemn yet so joyous that everybody was in praise of it.

After the Mass, the blessing of the Marian Grotto followed, and then the lunch and the usual program of entertainment.

SUPERIOR GENERAL VISITS CIF PARTICIPANTS

It was a previlige to meet for the 2nd time our Superior General, Gregory Gay last Oct. 25-29, 2007 as he visits us in the CIF session. His cool presence makes us feel that he is also our confrere like everybody else.

ENGLAND TRIP DURING CIF BREAK

Sharing to you my trip to England during our 1-week break in CIF last October 13 to 21.

THE WRATH OF TYPHOON IN DAWU

Here are some of the pictures of the aftermath of the recent typhoon that hit Dawu.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO THE MISSIONARIES

As tribute to the works of the missionaries we want to share to you the video presentation which is available publicly at YouTube.

ON VINCENTIAN RENEWAL IN FRANCE

Just want to share to you what Fr. Dandy has been doing in France so you may have some slight idea on his activities. Here they are:

HAPPY FEAST DAY!

It's a big privilege to celebrate the feast of St. Vincent de Paul where St. Vincent himself had served and lived. I thank God for giving me this opportunity to deepen my vicentian spirit and walk where St. Vincent once throd.

HAPPY FEAST DAY TO ALL!

FR. ANTON'S 40TH DAY MASS

As a tribute to the first Vincentian who served Dawu Parish, the parishioners prepared a solemn liturgy on the 40th day of Fr. Anton de Britto's death last Sept. 3, 2007(Mon.) in Dawu Church.

A dinner was served for the priests ,sisters and lay leaders at 6 pm and followed by a solemn Mass celebrated by Fr. John Wang. Bishop Zhen concelebrated with 8 other priests.

Almost 200 people attended the said Mass.

DAWU'S PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF THE POOR

Last Sept. 1, 2007(Sat.), the old people(65 years above) of Dawu Parish went for a pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Poor in Hualien. The pilgrimage is part of Dawu's 50 year Anniversary celebration. As a thanksgiving for the old parishioners, all the expenses were shouldered by the parish.

After visiting the pilgrim site, they visited Bishop Huang's place and the seminary. They too went to the pastoral center where they bought some religious materials. Though everybody was tired yet they were all happy to have this kind of activity for the old people.

HERE ARE THE PICTURES!

ON GIVING IDENTITY TO THE PARISH

The Golden Anniversary of Dawu Parish is a good opportunity of giving identity to the parish. Having an identiy of their own helps in giving faith to the believers. Thus, in line of the 50 years celebration, the parish have now an image that could relate to their own culture. An image of the Virgin Mary clothed with a tribal dress makes everybody proud of their own cultural heritage and faith.

Last August 26 until Sept 3, the Virgin Mary visited all the 9 chapels. Each chapel welcomed with great pride the image of the Virgin Mary.

Here's the slide:

ANTON DE BRITTO

MAY THE SOUL OF ANTON REST IN PEACE!

Born in Indonesia, December 29, 1948

Entered CM on June 14, 1986

Ordained priest on Jluy 26, 1991

1991-1994: Ass. Parist Priest, Christ the King Parish, Surabaya, Indonesia

1994-1996: Studied Mandarin, Taipei Taiwan

1996-2002: Parish Priest, Our Lady of Assumption Parish, Dawu, Taidong, Taiwan

2003-2007: Ass. Parish Priest, St. Joseph Parish, Kediri, Indonesia

DAWU PARISH 2007 CHILDREN'S SUMMER CAMP

Last July 3-9 2007, the children from the 9 chapels of Dawu Parish gathered together for a week-long camp. This year, we invited some students from FuJen University in Taipei to help us facitilitate the camp. The FuJen students of foreign languages taught the kids with some spanish and english lessons.

The high school students from the Parish helped in facilitating the camp. They did a great job of being big brothers and sisters to the kids.

ON-GOING FORMATION

Last June 25 to 29, 2007 the confreres from the Chinese Province attended the yearly on-going formation. The said activity was held in Jiang Hua at Manresa Retreat House.

On June 27,the group took a break by going to Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village...see the pictures below for they speak better than words.

PENTECOST CELEBRATION

As the Dawu Parish celebrate their 50 years, the Pentecost Sunday was extra special. Twenty-five(25) couples who are married in the church for more than 25 years, renewed their marriage vows.

Bishop Zhen presided the celebration while Fr. John Wang concelebrated. The 25 couples were all happy to experience once again how to be wed in the church.

After the Mass, people enjoyed the food bazaar and the low-priced goods at the garage sale. The proceeds of the food bazaar and garage sale all went to the 50 year celebration and renovation of the church.

Raffle draws were held. Prizes were so many like bicycles, washing machines, tv sets and other expensive things.

It was a day to remember and will always be a big part of the history of the parish!

NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

Last May 18-26, Dawu Parish held a novena Masses in preparation for the Pentecost. Each 9 chapels has a novena Mass. Almost 100 or more persons attended the Mass each night. Since the parish is celebrating its 50 years, the main topic for this year is "The Role of the Holy Spirit in the History of the Chapel". It was an opportunity to research their own history and share to others their stories.

During the Mass, a person shared the history and a video/picture presentations were presented. Thanks for the old parishioners who shared their old pictures for everybody to see.

BANNER FOR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

As Dawu Parish celebrates its Golden Anniversary this year, we are proud to unveil the banner that represents our past, present and future!

Here is our brochure for the Dawu Parish Golden Anniversary.
We need financial help from generous persons and parishes to achieve our plan for our Golden Anniversary. We hope you could give us a little help.
Let the pictures speak for themselves the desire and the need of these poor people to have a descent church. They have enough faith but they don't have enough money. They need to raise 1 million just to have a DESCENT church.

Why Am I A Catholic?

This is taken from YouTube and might be good to see.

On using multimedia for evangelization and promotion

Just wondering and wishing if we have this kind of promotion!! We are way behind...

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER CELEBRATION IN DAWU

As the whole world commemorate the Holy Week and celebrate the Easter, Dawu Parish also had their own. This year's celebration of the holy week and of easter is more meaningful and solemn because of its good preparation and planning by the people and their leaders.

For more pictures see the slides below.

PALM SUNDAY IN DAWU

All the 9 mission stations gathered together in Daniao on Palm Sunday to begin the Holy Week. Many parishioners came bringing their own palms to be blessed.

Chinese New Year's Eve

On the afternoon of February 17th (New Year's Eve), we welcomed 6 Chinese DCs to our home to help us celebrate this special day. Most of the afternoon was spent in preparing the dinner. Before dinner, we celebrated the Spring Festival Mass together thanking the Lord for the past year's many blessings and asking special blessings on our families -- past and present. GONG XI FA CAI -- HONG BAO NA LAI!

Superior General meets the Chinese seminarians

On February 18 (Feast day of St. Francis Regis Clet, CM, and the 1st day of the Chinese New Year, Fr. G. Gregory Gay, CM (Superior General)spent an evening in our home. He was escorted to our home by the new Filipino CM Provincial (Fr. Ned Disu, CM). At the moment, the 3 Chinese Novices are waiting to hear the date when they can take their GOOD PURPOSES. Congratulations to Bai Lianjiang, Lin Shengjiao, and Zhao Xicheng!