ST JOSEPH ’ S INSTITUTION • JOSEPHIAN ANNUAL 2014 DIARY OF EVENTS
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INAUGURAL MASS
20 JANUARY 2014
The inaugural Mass , a tradition of SJI , marks the beginning of another new year for the students , teachers and staff . The celebrations began with the blessings for the New Year and a reflection by school chaplain Friar Michael D ’ Cruz about having faith , service and community at the heart of all things we do at SJI .
As this is also our first year at our new holding campus in Bishan , the priests blessed the sacraments – the Crucifixes , and portraits of SJI Founder St . John Baptist de LaSalle , before these were placed in the classrooms . The priests – Rev Fr Simon Tan , Fr Peter Wee and Fr Clement Lee ( Novena Church ), Fr Andrew Wong , Fr Paul Goh , Fr Benedict Chng and Fr Jude David ( Church of Holy Spirit ), Fr Edward Seah ( St Anne ’ s Church ), and Friar John Derrick Yap ( Church of St Mary of the Angels ) also toured the new campus to bless the classrooms , labs and every corner of the school .
The school community then congregated at the Amphitheatre to welcome the new members into the SJI family – the Secondary Ones and the new staff . With the prayers and blessings , this Inaugural Assembly reminded us that it is not the building or place that matters but rather the people in it .