2008 EASTER SPORTS FEST IN DAWU

The Dawu Parish celebrated the easter vigil with a very solemn liturgy. Fr. Richard Preuss, the assistant parish priest presided the liturgy. The blessing of new fire was quite new for the parishioners since there is a traditional dance and singing to prepare everybody's spirit.

Powerpoint was used to help the faithful reflect more on the readings.

On easter sunday, the whole parish gathered again for the Sports Fest in Senyong. The parishoners were so active that the whole activities finished almost 5pm. See the highlights below.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2008 HOLY WEEK IN DAWU

Like all the parishes all over the world, Dawu Parish celebrated the Holy Week liturgy with solemnity. Here are the highlights of the celebration.

DAWU PARISH CELEBRATES FEAST OF OUR LADY LOURDES

The Senyong Chapel of Dawu Parish celebrated their feast last February 10, 2008 in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes. A night before the celebration, they held a Taize Prayer. It was a prayerful and moving activity for the community since the youth were the ones who led the prayer.

During the feast celebration, Fr. D. Labitag, CM presided the Mass. He shared about his experience in his pilgrimage to Lourdes. Blessing and prayer for the sick followed after the Eucharist.

新年快樂!

WINTER YOUTH CAMP

Answering the call to have a special activity exclusive for the youth, Dawu Parish with the help of the Sunday School Teachers, organized a Winter Youth Camp last February 1-2, 2008 in Dawu.

The youth built their own tent where they spent the night. The activities were all organized by the youth themselves with the assistance of the Teachers. On the night of February 1, they held a karaoke siniging contest and on the next day, they have basketball contest which were participated also by the youth from Taimali Parish.

In the afernoon of February 2, 2008, a dialogue was held between the youth and the parish leaders. with the dialogue, the youth are hoping to establish their own group in the parish and have an active prticipation in the life of the church.

A closing Mass was held after, of which Fr. Ling of Taimali celebrated.

A NEW PRIEST FOR HUALIEN

The Dawu Parish went with 3 buses to attend the ordination of Zhang Jin Guang to priesthood last January 1, 2007. Though the farthest among all the parishes, yet Dawu's delegation could not be outnumbered by any. There were almost 3,000 people with almost 30 priests attended the said activity.

The said ordination hopefully could encourage the parents to form the faith of their children so that vocation may bloom among them.

During the program, the ladies from Senyong Chapel presented a dance called Flower Offering.

DAWU LEADERS CHRISTMAS PARTY

Last December 28, 2007, all the leaders of Dawu Parish enjoyed the Chrsitmas party with a big-screen Karaoke! A festive mood made everybody participate in the contest, singing and dancing. This party is a way of giving thanks to all the leaders and also to make them closer to each other.

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.