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Our Community celebrates its 25th anniversary in September 2008
with various activities to which everyone is heartily welcome!
Confirmation 2008 CD available as of 2008.07.27. Euro2 donation per copy welcome. Please see Linda Cervantes, Alice Holitz or Flor Oandasan.
Patrozinium celebration, Sunday 20 July 2008, 10 a.m.
At the community mass in celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fr. Castor enjoined the community to heed the call of our Lady and pray the rosary, for her message is one of hope. The mass was concelebrated by Fathers Joey, Ely, Castor and Boy (based in Rome, but studying German this summer in Vienna) and assisted by Deacon Harand. The Pastoral Council invited everyone afterwards to Agape in the parish hall; proceeds from donations will go to parish projects. Thanks to members of the Legion of Mary, Followers of the Good Shepherd and Lay Ministry for logistics support. (Please visit the REFLECTIONS page.)
Concert of the Las Piñas Boys Choir, Monday 14 July 2008 7 p.m.
Winners of the title WORLD CHAMPION in Childrens Choir category at the just-concluded 5th World Choir Games in Graz, the Las Piñas Boys Choir treated our community to an evening concert, before returning to victory celebrations in Manila. The photo shows the choir in one of their gorgeous costumes, underpinning their superb singing skills developed under the guidance of Austrian-trained conductor Armando Salarza. Please visit their Website for details.
Welcome to the Las Piñas Boys Choir, 6 July 2008, 6 a.m.
20 members of the choir, accompanied by founder Leo Renier and managers Msgr. Venus & Fr. Molina, arrived today and proceeded to Graz where they will compete among 441 choirs from 93 countries in 28 categories in the 5th World Choir Games. The Las Pinas Boys Choir is being hosted in Vienna by our community, and will give a concert at 7 p.m. on Monday 14 July 2008 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, before returning to Manila on 15 July. Let us pray for their success at the Choir Games!
Summer vacation starts with a grill party, 29 June 2008
Thanks to prevailing good weather, the Community's traditional end-of-school grill party was a success today with more than 200 parishioners enjoying barbecue dishes and a variety of home-made Filipino desserts. The food stands very quickly ran out of goods to sell, and the Pastoral Council's Finance Committee reports very good proceeds to help cover the expenses for our 25th anniversary celebrations in September.
Philippine Women's University Chorale at Community mass, 1 June 2008
16 members of the PWU chorale under the baton of Ms. Elietess Mayor-Carino enlivened the Community Mass today with their award-winning style to the delight of the congregation. The group is on a 6-day visit to Vienna after winning 2 prizes at the recently concluded Mundus Cantat competition in Sopot, Poland: silver certificate in folklore and bronze certificate in sacred music. They are giving a concert on 4 June 2008 at 19:30h at Mariahilf Church on Barnabitengass, before proceeding to Rome.
Corpus Christi Procession, 22 May 2008
The Austrian and Filipino communities jointly celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi with a bilingual mass and a procession in the residential area immediately adjacent to the parish church. As the procession wound its way through the quiet streets of the neighborhood, it stopped at three stations for gospel readings, reflections on the Holy Word and prayers of the faithful. The community afterwards congregated in the Parish Hall for a light lunch organized by the Frauenrunde and the Filipino Legion of Mary.
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Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes, 30 April - 3 May 2008
The pilgrims experienced a wonderful visit to the sanctuary of Our Lady in Lourdes. It was a trip filled with many adventures that had everybody guessing what would happen next. Arriving shortly after 10 pm at our hotel, the pilgrims wasted no time in visiting Our Lady.And they were rewarded for the effort: the grotto was almost empty and each one had time to reflect on the journey and for prayer. There were activities for our spiritual enrichment on each day of the visit, and we all came home to Vienna physically tired but spiritually energized.
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Lay Ministers Recollection, 18-19 April 2008
The Chaplaincy's Lay Ministers held their annual recollection under the guidance of Fr. Joey at the Canisiumheim in Horn in Lower Austria. After discussions based on Bible readings about the active practice of faith, the Lay Ministers offered their written intent to continue serving the Chaplaincy for another year. They will be installed during the Whitsun community mass on 11 May 2008.
Patrician group discusses sacraments, 05 April 2008
joint project of the Austrian and Filipino communities was started on 5 April with a discussion session under the Patrician Group of the Legion of Mary. The theme was "Wozu Sakramente"; Fr Joey provided replies to the participants' many questions. However, there was not enough time to address the topic fully, so the group decided to schedule additional sessions - to which everyone is invited - in the near future.
Easter celebrations, 23 March 2008
This year's Easter celebration was highlighted by First Holy Communion received by 12 of our parish children. The mass was followed by a Pancit Party held in the Parish Hall, where parishioners sampled more than 12 kinds of pancit, and a variety of native desserts. Afterwards, the 2008 Confirmation candidates showed off their dancing and singing skills at a musical programme, also participated in by the Legion of Mary and the FCC Choir. Photos are posted in the GALLERY.
FCC-Linz hosts lunch on Good Friday, 21 March 2008
Parishioners from FCC-Vienna, accompanied by Fr. Ely and Fr. Jojo, travelled to Linz on Good Friday, 21 March for the Way of the Cross service on Pöstlingberg. After being in the cold outdoors (it snowed all throughout the service), everyone looked forward to and enjoyed the warm seafood lunch prepared by our kababayans in the Linz community.
"Experience the transforming power of the cross"
Fr. John A. Gadon led 120 parishioners in a whole-day Lenten recollection held Saturday, 15 March 2008 in the community hall. After discussing the main topics (how we see Jesus, how we forgive, law and love, our priorities, and how we see ourselves) Fr. John expounded on the sacrament of confession and reconciliation.