May 30: The truth about the Bible

This is good...I'd even go so far to say that it is necessary.
Almost the entire Christian faith is based on the Bible. Even sacred tradition is mentioned the Bible, which led to the formation of the Catholic Church and the faith as we know it today.

Isn't it scary to think that we know so little of the authenticity of this source, upon which lives are built?

Come and learn more.

P.S. Come with questions - our guest speaker, Mr. Bruno Pereira will be happy to field any you may have. You can even post them on the blog and we'll get back to you.

Thanks and God bless.

NEWBEC: DUC IN ALTUM

This is an old one, given to me by Ben. Another gem from the past. Do read and let the Word speak to you.

God bless.

The Street Ministry

Here’s our weekly bulletin for you all. Now this week we will be doing something different.

This is not to say we are going to do stuff like run around with party hats on our heads, nor are we going to go duck-paddling with the frogs in the pond near Vista Komanwel.

No, nothing of the sort. This week, we will be joining the Christian Fellowship, to attend their talk about The Street Ministry. For a brief intro, the street ministry is a volunteer organization that tends to the homeless that populate the area surrounding Chow Kit Road, one of the more notorious places in Petaling Street. Every Saturday, a team of IMU students joins these people for an hour or so, giving out food, medical aid and demonstrating their awesome CPR skills. Okay, so I lied about the last one. But seriously though, it is no joke. It is hard, gratitude-free work. And you will hear all these and more, when their administrator, I think his name is Steven, comes to educate us.

I thought I’d just say this: We aren’t joining them simply because we’ve run out of things to do. The committee thinks that this is a good idea to expose you all to the darker side of Malaysia, and how some people really go out of their way to help a person in need. For love and love alone without any ulterior motive. And anyway, it would be stupid to call the speaker to come and speak TWICE, so these are the reasons why we’re going there.

Anyway, that’s only the first part. The second part is that we will actually get to follow them to help out in the Street Ministry. Then you guys will be able to put everything you learnt on Friday into practice. If anyone’s interested, let us know. Believe me, it is a rewarding experience, and we strongly encourage everyone to join.

So, here are the details:

Location: SR5
Time: 1 pm
Day: This coming Friday
Talk topic: The Street Ministry.

This is also an excellent opportunity for all of you to get to know your CF brothers and sisters, so please, by all means, go! You won’t regret it.

God bless.

Love,
Jon and the CSS committee.

P.S. Please keep the M207 in prayer. Apparently the EOS was a lot tougher than the previous ones. I mean, who the heck knows which Trypanosoma species infects East Africa anyway?And don't forget the N107 who are starting their exams too.

P.P.S I just realized some of the lecturers here probably do. Ha ha!

St John's Cathedral on Google Earth.

Our counterparts in UCSI (University College Sedaya International) have done an excellent job, complete with pictures, showing everyone where St John's Cathedral is.

St John's Cathedral, as they have mentioned, is the only Catholic cathedral in Kuala Lumpur. It's also one of the churches nearest to IMU that is fully accessible by LRT.

Here's the link to their post. In the meantime, why not go and check out their blog. Get to know your Catholic brothers and sisters around Malaysia and beyond!

http://cssucsi.blogspot.com/2008/05/where-is-st-johns-cathedral.html

God bless.

Awesome Might.

Hey peeps,

This is Jon here...and don't ask me why my username is jokken. It's a long story, albeit a boring one.

Thought I'd share something with you:

Yesterday (that being Friday) we had this rosary-making session, then we prayed one full rosary. Among the things we prayed for were the people of Burma and China.

So that day, after lectures, when I driving home, I heard on the news that there was a miracle rescue in China. A child had been found under the rubble of a destroyed school, 80 hours after the earthquake. Still alive.

God works in mysterious ways, and I think we all should not underestimate the power of prayer in our lives.

So let's keep praying. And here's what I think - I think God wants you to pray for everything, no matter how petty or small it may seem. So pray! And God can make this world a better place to live in.

God bless everyone out there.

16th May - Rosary time!

This IS the month of Mary, after all. And it wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t have a rosary session.

So come as you are, and this time, we’ve got something special in store for you!

We won’t tell you (unless you’ve read the mails) but we assure you it’s something to do with the rosary.

Same time, same place. That’s


SR2 at

1 pm

this FRIDAY.

Hoping to see you guys there! God bless =)

NEWBEC - How important is Mary biblically?

Isn't it amazing how important Mary is in the Catholic religion, and yet so few Catholics can actually say why? Let us equip ourselves with the knowledge =)

And anyways, like always - it IS a good read.

God bless.

NEWBEC - The Pauline Letters

P.S. You may have noticed that one week is missing, namely the 13th of April. This is quite saddening, because it was the first part of this explanation of the books of Paul, and I couldn't get it because I was away. Does anyone have it? We'd be indebted to you.

God bless.

A Month in Pictures.

So anyway, here are some of the things which we did for the previous three weeks or so.

The fourth week of April saw us praying over the articles which affected our lives today. Sometimes we forget that other people need our help, and that prayer – no matter how insignificant it may seem, changes lives. Because God can.

The first week of May was when we explored the story of Mary and Martha (the sisters of Lazarus) and how each of them had different personalities. Personally, I believe that each of us carries a bit of Mary and Martha inside of us.

And the second week of May resonated with the huge voice of Adrian Ng – the youth minister of CKK (NOT SFX. Oops) who told us – in no uncertain terms – how important and relevant the rosary is to us as Catholics.

God bless. Next up will be the long-overdue NEWBEC.

A Letter from the Editor

Dear readers of the blog, and especially the people of the Catholic Students Society of IMU,

You know, usually I would prefer to remain anonymous when I post on the blog, but this time I think I need to let you guys know about the workings of the blog and such. You all might know this already but what the heck – publicity ma. Heh. Anyway, I’m Jon, and most of the job of updating and maintaining the blog is mine.

Why am I telling you this? Well, you may have noticed that the blog has seemed quite dead of lately and no one seems to be posting – except for Adeline, who valiantly put up the talk on the previous week’s schedule in the chatbox so that people would see. I could give you all many reasons why, but the truth is, I was slacking and no posts were put up as a result. So, instead of incriminating the whole committee, I thought I’d just write here and apologize for the inactivity.

These past few weeks, I and the rest of the committee have seen a…call it an upsurge la – of new faces and people who are willing to do the job for CSS, and this makes us really happy. There are people like Vanessa and Eugene (bearing in mind they have to sit for their GI and Hematology summatives tomorrow) and Joanne of M207, who really stepped up to respond to the call to lead the praise and worship, and many more. But I will not mention them here.

if not then kepala kembang then habis la

And even the people who persist in coming week after week, people who overcome differences in batches and battle absurd timing schedules to come here...it's really good to see you all.

Thank you guys. You are the people who will have to shoulder on the burden that the Church places on our shoulders in the future – and yours will be so much heavier, simply by virtue that you will be Catholics in a growing world of apathy and indifference.

God bless you all!

Jon.

P.S. – I don’t maintain this blog all by myself because I’m , like, selfish, you know. If any of you have the skillz, then please. Oh PLEASE. Tell me and I will giv- share the responsibility. Ahahaha.