We are journeying towards confirmation this year.
And while we are journeying thus, we are preparing for a mission trip to the Bicol Region (Philippines) in December, shortly after our confirmation. Our Mission is a response to Mt 28: 18-20 – the Great Commission, Lk 4: 16-19, Jn 20: 19-23, 1 Chron 16:23-34, and Ps 96: 1-3.
We will make time and sacrifice the comforts of home during our school holidays to pursue this call to Mission. It is also a measure of how we had grown as young Catholics ever since we started taking Catechism classes.
This Mission Trip is part of our Catechism programme – sort of unpacking whatever faith baggage we had accumulated during our catechism years. And we may just come home from the Mission volunteering to wash the dishes, laundry our own clothes, sweep the floor, or even teach catechism. Who knows, indeed.
What Can We Do in Bicol?
- Serve one or two parishes
- Serve children in schools, neighbourhoods and camps
- Conduct catechism classes with focus on the Risen Christ
- Organising games for refugee children
- Outreach to teenagers from ravaged villages and hamlets
- Schools medical outreach
- Housing project outreach
- Relief goods distribution outreach
- Wash our own clothes
- Wash our dishes
- Clean up after our mess
- Forsake teh comforts of home even for just a few days
- Be a beacon of hope to the children there
If you are a parent reading this, please encourage your child to go for this mission. Or if you wont let your child go, at least allow him or her to participate in our fund-raising and mission awareness activities.
If you are a confirmation-level teen, tell your parents you want to be a part of this mission trip.
Read on. be inspired. Go Out and tell.
