Christmas Eve & Day Mass Times & Transportation

MASS TIMES at ST THOMAS MORE
24th December: 6.00 p.m & 9.00 p.m (2 Masses)
25th December: 9.00 a.m *Christmas Bash will be held in USJ13 at 7.00 p.m

Bus transportation will not be provided for these Masses as most people are on holidays. However, if you do require transportation, please contact us by Wednesday 22d December 2010 at 016-2038667 (Jessica)


CHRISTMAS BASH
Venue: USJ13 Hall (Transportation is provided, please contact Emily at 016-8778625)
Time: 7.00 p.m
Date: 25th December 2010 [Christmas Day itself!]
What you need to bring: A small gift rangin from RM5-RM10 as we will be exchanging presents during the night
Price: RM10.00 *to help cover costs as we will be catering that night


For more info about this awesome night, check out http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183967221618483, especially to those of you who will be spending Christmas away from your family in Malaysia!

All Saints Day Mass & Christmas Bash 2010!

Shalom!

Thank you all who have supported us in our very first Campus Mass that was held recently! Your presence and prayers mean a lot to us. While the TCS year may have come to an end, we will still be around to provide information or updates regarding the events, Masses etc that are happening in the community.

So, coming up is All Saints Day on 1st November 2010 (Monday)! Mass will be celebrated at the parish of St Thomas More at 8.00PM. We are again fortunate that the parish is providing transportation services for all of you to go for this Mass :)

TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL SAINTS DAY @ 1 NOVEMBER 2010 (MONDAY)

Bus 1
1^st: Casa Subang :       :  6.40pm
2^nd SS15, CPU/ADP     :  7.10pm
3^rd Ridzuan Condo:     :  7.30pm  (Those from Suriamas, Subang Ville, Aman, and Mentari may walk over)

Bus 2
1^st: Sunway Villa/PJS7 :  6.40pm (At the bus stop opposite)
2^nd Taylor's Lakeside   :  7.10pm
3^rd  Sun-U Residence   :  7.30pm

Please be there at least 10 minutes before pick-up time.
For those who need further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us!

CHRISTMAS BASH 2010 BY LIFELINE COLLEGE & YOUNG ADULTS MINISTRY
The Lifeline College & Young Adults Ministry of St Thomas More is organising a Christmas Bash specially for all those who will be celebrating this Christmas, away from home. It will be held on 25th December 2010. This is an invitation to ALL OF YOU! :)
For those who have yet to reply but would love to join in this Christmas fun and spirit with the community here, do let us know!

On another note, feel free to drop us an email, give us a buzz, or deco our Facebook Group wall if you have any enquiries, or would just like to say Hi :)

God bless you, peeps!

Campus Mass @ 23rd October 2010

 Our first Campus Mass

Our very first Catholic Campus Mass is just around the corner! So do come and join us as we celebrate in praise and thanksgiving for the establishment of the Taylor's Catholic Society, here in Lakeside Campus! This Mass is for ALL OF YOU! :)

We will also be having people from the Monash Catholic Society and Sunway Catholic Student Fellowship joining us in this Mass. 

For those staying in Lakeside Residence, all the more reason to join us since it's only a stone's throw away!

CAMPUS MASS
Theme: "O God, be merciful to me a sinner"
Date: 23rd October 2010 (Saturday)
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Taylor's Lakeside Campus
Time: 4PM (Confession begins 30 minutes before at LT3)
 *Light refreshments will be served after Mass

PS: Those who require transportation, please contact Jessica at 016-2038667.

Bring your friends and family along! :)

Accountability

September is about to arrive and we'lll be having the theme of ACCOUNTABILITY! Woots!

We're starting the month with a talk by a guest speaker who hails from Miri and is back from UK, and has a passion for Christ! He's one whacky guy with a crazy sense of humor and loves stand up comedies!

As usual, the flow starts of with a short ice-breaker, Praise & Worship, and the Talk!

So do come and learn more about this value of Accountability, which also interestingly, makes up one of our foundations in Taylor's Catholic Society! And have a great time!

Looking forward to seeing you guys there!

PS: This will be the 2nd last talk series for the year before we close in Mass in October!


Venue: E6.15 (If you can't find us there, please look in the other rooms nearby)
Date : Wednesday, 1st Sept. 5pm 

Camp Up! Let's GO!

St Thomas More (STM) is organizing their very first Lifeline Camp this year! And the camp is drawing nearer and nearer! Woots! 

For those who managed to catch the bus to Church last Sunday, I'm sure you guys saw the interesting and entertaining publicity stunts for the camp aye! From 'Oprah's' funny face cut-out and hair-do to 'Larry King's' suspenders! 

In case you're wondering what's Lifeline about, it's a ministry for College and Young Adults! It's comprised mostly of college students from Taylor's, Sunway, and Monash who meet every Friday for talks, small group sharings, FUN nights, and the like. Lifeline is a ministry which TCS would strongly encourage all of you to visit and perhaps join! In fact, STM Lifeline and of course, by God's grace, provided the foundation for the establishment of our very own Taylor's Catholic Society here in Lakeside!  

So this month, STM Lifeline is organizing their camp with the following details:

Theme: 'Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
Date: 27th-29th August 2010 (27th is a Selangor public holiday. No classes!)

Venue : Villa Dominic, Genting Highlands

Fees : RM120 (Early Bird) RM140 (Late Bird)

More Info (click on links) : STM Lifeline, STM Lifeline Camp, Register Here, or contact Jessica from TCS [016-2038667 or taylors.catholic.society@gmail.com]

Quite a number of TCS members are going, and we extend this invitation to ALL of you to join us! 

Come, deepen your faith, make new friends, journey together not just as friends, but also as a Catholic community here in Taylor's. We sure do hope that you would take up this invitation to come to camp with us, and experience the endless possibilities of God's love and plans for each and everyone of us!

God Bless!

REVISED : Hot Wheels To Church! (Changes in RED)

REVISED SCHEDULE: Click to enlarge. Alternatively, send a request for the full document to taylors.catholic.society@gmail.com 

We've got GREAT news! The Parish of St Thomas more will be providing free TRANSPORTATION (to and fro) to students to go for MASSevery SUNDAY! Woots! So get on the free wheels to church 15th August 2010 onwards!

PICK-UP TIME (Please be punctual)

• Casa Subang (USJ) : 10.00AM
• Taylor's CPU/ADP (Former Business School in SS15) : 10.15AM
• Ridzuan Condo/Suriamas/Subang Ville/Aman : 10.30AM
• Taylor's Lakeside Campus : 10.15AM (Usual Bus Stop inside campus @ Level 1 Student Life Center area)
• Sunway Villa & Sunway Court : 10.20AM (Please wait at the bus stop along the main road outside Sunway Court)
• Sun-U Residence : 10.40AM

The bus will pick-up after Mass and drop-off at the same points.

* Note that pick-up is not limited to where you're staying at i.e if you are staying in Mentari Court or Aman, you CAN catch the bus from Ridzuan/ Suriamas.

* Please check with the bus driver if the bus is going to church, so you don't end up somewhere else!

CONTACT PERSON(S) - We are from the Taylor's Catholic Society

• Casa Subang : Jeanne [016-8561340]
• Taylor's CPU/ADP : Jessica Heng [016-2038667]
• Ridzuan Condo/Suriamas/Subang Ville/Aman : Stephanie Ng [017-7019821]
• Taylor's Lakeside Campus : Shirley [016-3176939], Via [014-3610488]
• Sunway Villa & Sunway Court : Jessica Heng [016-2038667]
• Sun-U Residence : Anne Sim [016-8588794], Kenneth Chen [012-8488012]
• Email Us at taylors.catholic.society@gmail.com

Note: 

1. Transportation is NOT provided by Taylor's University College or Taylor's Catholic Society. It is provided by the Parish of St Thomas More (STM).
2. We usually do a 'love offering' collection in the bus after mass to help cover the cost of transportation, which is borne entirely by STM. As the word 'love offering' indicates, there is no fixed amount that you are required to contribute.

Looking forward to seeing you guys in Church on Sundays! The youths usually sit around a common area at the front of the Church, so come join us! The youths of Sunway and Monash have already joined the Catholic community in the area. So let us from Taylor's be a part of this community too! :)

If you need further clarification about transportation, please call the contact persons assigned to the area. If you can't reach any of them, please call Jessica (016-2038667).

God bless y'all!

BIG HELLO!

hii people!!

was good to see YOU at the recruitment drive yesterday! =) for all who helped out at the booth, may Jesus bless u KAO KAO. for all that came by the booth, signed up your names and introduced yourself. well, we cant wait to see you again! hehe..

we had a total of 23 new sign ups and a community of them are staying in Lakeside residences. for all the first semester people, we'd like to extend our warmest WELCOME to Taylors! and Malaysia. we malaysian's are obsessed over food. YUMM. so be ready to put on some pounds while studying here. teehehe.

well, what happens next????

date: 18 aug 2010
time: 5pm
venue: E 6.15
topic: Theology of the Body

what is that?? come and find out! haha..seriously, come. it might just blow ur mind. till then, have a blessed weekend all! Jesus loves you =)

BELLA THE MOVIE: OFFICIAL TRAILER (HI-RES)

Want a sneak peak on Bella?

Come join us this Wednesday at 5pm at Room E6.15!

TCS resumed!

Welcome back! Hope you guys didn't party too much during the break because TCS is back with a zest of fi-yahh!

Moving on, TCS will resume gatherings on 4th August, Wednesday, 5-7pm at E6.15. Also we have great plans lined up for August.. Here we go!!

As mentioned before, the chosen theme for August is Theology of The Body which was founded by the late Pope John Paul II. Wondering what's it about? Here's a short excerpt from the official website:

The 'Theology of the Body' is Pope John Paul II's integrated vision of the human person - body, soul, and spirit. As he explains, the physical human body has a specific meaning and is capable of revealing answers regarding fundamental questions about us and our lives:

• Is there a real purpose to life and if so, what is it?
• Why were we created male and female?
• Does it really matter if we are one sex or another?
• Why were man and woman called to communion from the beginning?
• What does the marital union of a man and woman say to us about God and his plan for our lives?
• What is the purpose of the married and celibate vocations?
• What exactly is "Love"?
• Is it truly possible to be pure of heart?"

MOVIE EVENING

For this month, we'll be doing things a little different by starting off with a movie called "Bella" (Nope, no the Bella from Twilight!). So come, watch this awesome love story by Catholic producers and actors which shows much about loving someone. Bring your snacks and a friend along! ;)

Move title: Bella ( more info )

Date : 4th August, 5-7pm

Venue : E6.15

*Please RSVP through our Event in TCS Facebook Group

TALK
This month, we'll be having a guest speaker who's especially passionate on this theme to give us a talk on this theme. A sneak preview on what he will be covering: God's plan for our sexuality and how we can embrace it through chastity. So do come and ask all the questions that you've been longing to ask!

Date : 18th August, 5-7pm

Venue : E6.15
*Please RSVP through our Event in TCS Facebook Group

SMALL GROUP SHARING
As usual, we will folllow-up with small group sharing during our next meeting.
Date: 25th August, 5-7pm

Venue: E6.15
*Please RSVP through our Event in TCS Facebook Group

DAILY PRAYER GATHERINGS
We'll just take a short break during the day from the busy lives we have, to just be at peace and lift up our prayers of thanksgiving or petitions, or just pray in the silence of our hearts.

"For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them"

Matthew 18:20

So do come join us!
Date : Mondays-Thursdays, 12.10-12.20pm,

Venue : Level 1 Block A (the wooden tables and chairs along the corridors of MPH)


Recruitment Drive (Need Help!)
Student Development Hub will be organizing a Recruitment Drive for the July Intake students, and TCS will be participating in it. Therefore, we need help manning the booth! Don't worry if you are new to TCS or haven't been able to join us in the past! If you'd like to help out, please do e-mail us. This will be a great time to get to know each other better :)

Date : 5th August, Thursday, 11am-4pm

Venue : Amphitheater Lakeside (Student Life Center Main Foyer)

Woohoo... that's it for now. Any inquires do drop us an email at taylors.catholic.society@gmail.com or visit our FB group.

Cheers people, hope to see you guys soon!

The Church: Peter the Rock

Here is a video to help us further our understanding on what Martin had shared with us last Wednesday on the papacy in the Catholic Church.

Daily prayer meetings

Hey guys,

We'll be having daily prayer meetings (Monday - Thursday).

Time: 12.10pm till we finish praying (perhaps 5 to 10 minutes :))

Venue: Wooden tables and chairs along Level 2 Corridor leading to Student Central

It's a casual meet-up and prayer time where we just take time off from our busy schedules, come together as a Catholic community and pray for one another. It will be a good time to offer up intentions (exams, assignments, family, friends, relationships, etc etc) and also a good time to just be still, and let God know that we trust in Him and allow Him to take control of our lives.

Hope to see you there! :)

Pax Christi

Recruitment drive + post-TCS outing (in campus)

Shalom, everyone!

We had a recruitment drive last Tuesday with other clubs and societies, and boy, should you look at the crowd!

Our booth!

Stacie and Emily giving out flyers to passersby :)

Then last Wednesday, we came together to watch the movie of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It was very very old and the audio was quite difficult to hear. All the same, it was an inspiring movie. For me, personally, I felt the movie taught me to never be afraid to stand up to the truth even when people may not believe me now because if God wills it, He will make it happen.

And I thought it was pretty funny when Juan Diego said to Mother Mary, "Good morning, Mother. Did you have a good sleep last night?" LOL!

After the movie, a few of us went for dinner at Truffles in campus.

Us outside Truffles

The food was good but the fellowship was better! :D We had a great time with one of the hospitality lecturers, Mr Patrick, who got our table cracking.

Overall, it was a good week and we look forward to next week when we'll come together again in Room E6.14 and learn more about our Papa. 5pm, Wednesday. See you there!

Our Lady of Guadalupe screening... only in TCS :)

Shalom, everyone!

As you all know, we're currently in the month of Mary so we've committed ourselves to praying the rosary together every week. And today, we learnt how to pray the rosary in Bahasa Indonesia!

It was something different for us Malaysians, to pray in a different language. (And some of us even prayed the wrong thing! which caused others to stiffle their laughter) Nonetheless, we have to admit that the Indonesian language illustrates precisely the meaning of each prayer.

Next week, we will be coming together to watch a movie! It's on the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

So bring along your popcorn and snacks as we cosy up in room E6.14 at 5pm. See you all there! Pax Christi!

Rosary prayers

Hi all,

Do be informed that every Wednesday, we are having rosary prayers in Room E6.14 at 5pm. Come join us as we ask our Lady for her divine intercession :)

TCS gathering 3: Standing Up for Our Mother

Hi all!

Last week, we had a good time enjoying the creation of God by the lake. We shared about what we saw and felt and from there, reflected on the great things that God has done in our lives. How He has blessed us and loved us in the simple things. And how, with that much of love He has given us, we are to share and spread that love to our neighbours, classmates, families, friends, lecturers, the poor, etc etc.

This week, though, we will be in Lecture Theatre 7 to learn how to stand up for our Mother. We'll cover the common misconceptions of Mary and discover how biblical the Catholic Church teachings are on her.

So if you have always been asked questions like "Why do Catholics worship Mary?" or "Why do Catholics pray to Mary? The bible never says anything about that!", then come join us and learn the Truth.

We'll gather at 5 - 7pm as usual at the Lakeside Campus. Do bring along your rosary, as it is the month of rosary, so we will be praying it. And bring along your bibles if you can :)

Additionally, this month we'll be having weekly Rosary prayers every Wednesday at 5.00 p.m. Again do bring your rosary.
Unless of course if you're well versed using your fingers ;)

5th May : Standing Up for Our Mother @LT7 (Lakeside Campus), 5.00-7.00pm
12th May : Praying the Rosary @ E6.14 (Lakeside Campus), 5.00-6.30pm
19th May : Praying the Rosary & Group sharing @ E6.14 (Lakeside Campus), 5.00-6.30pm
26th May : Praying the Rosary @ E6.14 (Lakeside Campus), 5.00-6.30pm

See you there!

Pax Christi.

TCS second gathering

Shalom!

We're looking forward to another exciting week ahead, filled with God's blessing and love! Come this Wednesday, 28.04.10, we'll be having another TCS gathering at Lakeside E6.15 from 5 to 7pm. It's going to be something slightly different so come and find out what it is.

Do RSVP at our Facebook page. *clicking 'Attending' is good choice*

Until then, see ya!

Next TCS Gathering

Hey all!

Hope you guys are having a great week! If not, don't fret because God is always by your side through good and bad times. :)

Just to keep you informed, we are NOT having TCS gathering this Wednesday (although technically we meet every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month). However, we WILL be meeting next Wednesday! :D

So look out for finalized details on Facebook and in here on what we will be doing next week!

Until then, may the peace of Christ be with you!

We are family

We had our first official meeting last Wednesday! Praise the Lord!

Although we got off on a bumpy start, it was an eye-opener to realize and to remember the rich heritage we have in the Catholic Church.

As our speaker Jessica said, "We are a family."

God is our heavenly Father;

Jesus the groom;

the Church His Bride;

the Pope our spiritual Father on earth;

Mary our Mother;

and all the angels and saints in heaven with all the Catholics around the world... we are brothers and sisters in Christ!

This reminds me of a joke I once read:

The Priest of a parish asked his deacon to help put him on the phone with the Superior of the nuns. So the deacon called up and a nun answered.

He said, "Hello, Sister. Brother here. Is Mother in? Father would like to speak to her."

Good Catholic joke, no? :P

Anyway, stay tune for updates on the next meeting! And we hope to see you there! God bless and have a great weekend!


psst! don't forget to go for Mass!

TCS first meet!

Greetings from TCS!

First of all, response from our recruitment drive has been fantastic. Praise the Lord! And it's really great to have all of you to be part of TCS! :)

And to add on to that great news, we'll be having our very 1st TCS meeting this coming Wednesday! We know that some of the schools are having their semester break, and some of you are still in LCS, yet to come over to our green green lake :p

Nevertheless, we would still like to invite all of you to our meeting. The details are as follows:

Date: 14 April 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 5.00 - 7.00pm
Venue: Lecture Theater 3, Lakeside Campus

Please do feel free to bring along your friends, but as a courtesy please inform them that there will be a short Praise and Worship session at the beginning of it :)

And don't worry if you can only make if halfway, you are all still very most welcomed!

On another note, we would really appreciate it if you could RSVP your ATTENDANCE on our Facebook group (EVENTSs tab), regardless whether you're attending, maybe attending, or not attending. This will most definitely help us in our preparations. For those who have FB and yet to join us, seek us out by searching for Taylor's Catholic Society.


PS: If you need more details or clarification, please do not hesitate to post a message on the FB. Additionally you could also contact us on..

• Mobile: 016-2038667 (Jessica)
• Email: taylors.catholic.society@gmail.com

In the meantime, we're really looking forward to meeting all of you at our 1st meet and pray that all goes well! :)

God bless and have a great week ahead!!

Serving in Christ,
TCS

Driven Purpose

Taylors Catholic Society (TCS) is to be a support group to all Catholic students on campus in terms of upholding their Catholic faith and traditions. Furthermore, TCS is to nurture young Catholic students to become leaders of the society and university life especially in the Catholic Church, for the present as well as for the student.

Lastly but not absolute final, TCS will be a place of personal development for all Catholic students as all programmes and activities will be planned and executed in line with the following seven principles:

• To be sound in the Word of God
• To be committed in Prayer
• To be passionate in Love
• To be nourished by the Sacraments
• To be filled with the Holy Spirit
• To be excellent in Lifestyle
• To be accountable to one another before Christ

Confirmed venue

Dear all,

We have confirmed our venue for our first meeting to be at Lecture Theatre 3 in Lakeside Campus.

See you there!

Taylor's Catholic Society Has Arrived!

Taylor's Catholic Society has been established! PTL!

So our recruitment drive has started today 5th April and will continue to run till 8th April 2010.

Our very 1st TCS meeting will be as follows :

Date: 14 April 2010 (Wednesday)

Time : 5.00 - 7.00pm

Venue: Lakeside Campus, Lecture Hall to be confirmed.

We look forward to meeting all the new faces next Wednesday!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jessica at 016 - 203 8667 or email taylors.catholics.society@gmail.com

*Check out our Facebook Group Taylor's Catholic Society for updates on events ;)