our mission

What do we do? We make a difference.


We focus on forming our members to be better Catholics. We deepen our faith through deeper learning, meaningful service, challenging projects and have a rocking good time while serving and experiencing God!


Past projects (does not include everything we've done)
Confirmation Camps since 2006 - Planning, Logistics, Facilitation and Session Presenters.
Sec 1 Games day - Logistics, Facilitation.
Sec 2 camp (2007 to 2010) - Logistics, Facilitation.
Primary 6 Camp - Planning, Logistics, Facilitation and Session Presenters.
St Gabriel's Primary School Open House - House of Horrors (2008 & 2010).
Catholic Short Play Festival 2010.
Whacking Day (cleaning and washing of retreat house and church hall).
Parish Feast Day (Annual event)
Youth Alive Festival - (2007 to 2011) - With the rest of YM.


We also support other ministries in our parish and take part in many YM activities.


Some other nuggets of interesting information:


3-year plan
1. Year A Programme / Service
2. Year B Programme / Service
3. Service Year


Benefits
1. Testimonials
2. References
3. Resume building
4. Friendship
5. Memories
6. Grow in faith together
7. Experience and skills
8. Find your limits
9. Structure and purpose to your life
10. Hands on Experience
11. Exposure




Programme for Year 1s, 2s & 3s in 2011
Seniors will come at 3.30pm
Year 1s will join us at 4.30pm
Year One Understudies (2011)


Profile + Desired outcomes:
Decision making, commitment, planning, leadership and ability to work under pressure
Senior’s program will rotate among a variety of topics.


Year 1 Course Outline 
[Semi Permanent Year One programme, from Jan to Apr.]
- Professionalism and Servant Leadership
- Teaching
- Facilitation
- Holy Spirit
- Apologetics
- Conflict Resolution
- Ethics and Morality
- Prayer
- Study Skills
- Love Languages
- Scripture
- Stereotyping, Prejudices and Discrimination
- What is Love?
- Church History – By the seniors
- Scripture and Church Tradition
- New Media/Social Media
- Media Literacy


Seniors, Year 2 and above
[Course Outline Year Two programme, Jan to Aug.]
- Who Is The Living God To Me?
- Saints & Sinners
- Astronomy 101 - Basic Cosmology
- CCC
- I believe…
- St Paul
- Deepening your prayer life, spicing up your spiritual existence
- Folklore and Religion
- The Authority of Church Documents
- Deus Caritas Est
- Christifideles Laici
- Bloom's Taxonomy
- Missionary Work
- Introduction to Theology
- Christology
- Mariology
- Canon Law
- Knowing Catholicism’s Jewish Roots
- Comparative Religion - Hinduism
- Comparative Religion – Buddhism
- Comparative Religion - Islam
- Multiple Intelligence
- Addiction
- Salvation History
- Who was Luke?
- Who was Matthew?
- Who was Mark?
- Who was John?
- Apocalypse
- Theology of the Body
- Abnormal psychology – External psychologist to conduct
- Apologetics for seniors
- “Break glass in case of Emergency”
- Basic Photography
- Basic Videography
- Facilitation for seniors
- The Vampire in folklore and popular culture
- Dating 101


Our own camps (conducted by external and internal presenters):
Year 1 camp (Some time in march)
Seniors Retreat
End of year retreat & Planning camp.

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