News Archive
Fiesta Natin was celebrated on 31 August in the parish garden.
See Photo Gallery for more photos.
Some members of the community surprised Father Joey, our Chaplain, with a humble party on 30 August to celebrate his birthday.
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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.
Please visit the gallery for more pictures....
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.
Bible Study resumes
After the winter break, Fr. Ely announces the resumption of Bible Study on Fridays at 19:30h in the Gruppenraum and cordially invites all parishioners to attend.
Sinulog 2008, 20 January 2008
Parishioners and their guests filled the Upper Church this afternoon to enjoy the thrilling Sinulog programme presented according to tradition by the Kasamahan ng mga Bisaya sa Austria, after the Community Mass and lunch. To the cries of "Pit Senor" and the urgent beating of drums, groups of colourfully costumed children, teenagers, young and not-so-young adults rendered their respective versions of the traditional dance, and were enthusiastically applauded by the appreciative audience. The dancing capped the celebration of the Feast of the Sto. Nino, held every 3rd Sunday in January by permission of the Vatican in recognition of the long history of devotions in our country.
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Article about our Youth Group in "Der Standard", 8 Jan. 2008
Ian Aldover, Jenny Holl and Ayron Caraan were interviewed during the Christmas party of the FCC Youth Group by Sara Mansour Fallah. The resulting article Mit HipHop durch die Sonntagsandacht was published on 8 January 2008 in Der Standard, a leading Austrian daily newspaper. Read the article.
"I love you, I love you, I love you!"
This was Vincent Bueno's triumphal outburst on being declared winner on 11 January 2008 of Austrian TV's search for Austria's musical star after the gruelling 8-week competition aired Fridays on "Musical! Die Show" since December 2007. During the interview shortly thereafter on Zeit im Bild 24(midnight TV news report) Vincent declared that the sentiment was directed to Him, who gave Vincent his talents. Congratulations, Vincent! Praise the Lord, indeed!
(pictures from ORF musical site) More of his story from Musical at ORF
Tapos na ang Simbang-Gabi (15-23 Disyembre), darating na si Jesus!
Photos taken at the agape after the 9th-day novena service at the Maria vom Berge Karmel parish. We're now ready for Christmas! 
Christmas decorations, 17 December 2007
As the 3rd candle on the Advent wreath is lit, we have put up our Christmas tree (donated by Vangie Wolf and decorated by the Legion of Mary) and our creche (decorated by the Youth Group). We're waiting for photos of our very own parols, which grace the church entrance. 
Legion of Mary 2007 Conference - 7&8 December 2007
It's the season to be jolly - Christmas celebrations in the Parish
Youth Group - Friday, 28 December
Followers of the Good Shepherd - Sunday, 9 December
Legion of Mary - Monday, 3 December
Adventmarkt - 2&3 December 2007In the Filipino community's outreach efforts, we participated for the first time in the annual Adventmarkt of the Austrian community of Pfarre Maria vom Berge Karmel. We ran a booth selling Christmas decorations. The absolute hit were gossamer butterflies, that Fr. Joey found in Divisoria during his recent home visit. 
Advent Recollection - Saturday, 24 November 2007
Fr. Glen Ruiz led the Parish' traditional advent recollection this year. The whole-day event was attended by 120 parishioners, who enjoyed a pot-luck lunch between the spiritual-nourishment sessions.
50th anniversary of Rector Bsteh, 3 November 2007
Rector Petrus Bsteh, head of the Archdiocese of Vienna's Office for World Religions, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordainment with a mass on Saturday morning 3 November 2007, followed by a buffet lunch in the parish hall. The mass was con-celebrated by priests from the Afro-Asian Institute. Father Peter, as he is so fondly called, laid the groundwork and now provides guidance for the international Catholic communities in Vienna.
Hallowe'en Yugyugan, 2 November 2007
100 members of our Parish - including some very young ones - enjoyed the ballroom dancing evening hosted by the Followers of the Good Shepherd at the Penta Hotel on Friday, 2 November 2007. The event was organized to raise funds for the FGS' depleted coffers - to enable them to continue their strong support of our Parish' various charity activities.
Pilgrimage to Medjugorje, 25-28 October 2007
Our pilgrims returned safely at 5 a.m. on Sunday, 28 October after their three-day journey that was marked by inclement weather. However, the skies cleared and there was warm sunshine as the pilgrims approached the summit of Apparition Hill.
On the occasion of World Mission Sunday, communities from Latin America, the Near East and Asia were invited to participate in the 10:15 a.m. mass held at Stephansdom and led by Weihbischof Scharl. One of the three FCC choirs had the honour of singing the opening, Gloria and closing hymns. Our sacristans Ariane & Ayron Caraan and Almar Rosimo assisted at, and Fr. Jojo con-celebrated the mass. It is so exciting to be a part of the World Church in Vienna!
The 33-member choir under the baton of Ms. Kveta Safarova gave a concert of classical music ("wow, pang Stephansdom talaga..." according to our parishioners) during the Community mass. After enjoying a light Filipino lunch, courtesy of our Parish Council, the choir visited the Franziskanerkirche, the Peterskirche and Schönbrunn Palace before returning in the late afternoon to their hometown, 230 km from Vienna.
Fr. Edward Daniel of the Dechanat-Favoriten led the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Pfarre Maria vom Berge Karmel. The Patrozinium mass at 10 a.m. was concelebrated with Fr Felix of the Carmelite order, who preceded Fr Joey as Chaplain of the parish. Members of both the Austrian and Filipino parishes, as well as the parish boy scouts, filled the church and enjoyed Agape in the parish hall afterwards.
The feast of St. Lorenzo Ruiz was marked with a joint celebration between Fr. Ron and Fr. Joey who, together with members of the community, expressed their hope of having another such celebration in the future, saying "sana maulit muli..."
