Happy Family Day

There is a story about a business man who lived a considerable distance from his elderly father. Months had passed since they had been together and when his father called to ask when he might visit, the son detailed a list of reasons that prevented him from taking the time to see his father, e.g., business meetings, new clients, planning, etc., etc. At the end of the recitation, the father asked, “When I die, do you intend to come to my funeral?” The son’s response was immediate, “Dad, I can’t believe you’d ask that! Of course, I’ll come!” To which the father replied, “Good. Forget the funeral and come; I need you more now than I will then.”Let us spend quality time with our family members.....God bless you and Happy Family Day!

Merry Christmas!

PDYN would like to wish everyone a blessed and joyous Christmas.

May you all live out the true spirit of Christmas. 

He born to this world with a great mission, 

which is to serve and not to be serve. 

Let us 'rebirth' once more with the same mission, 

put our selfishness aside and start to serve others 

as taught by Christ himself. 

Mandarin Leadership Camp II series I (It is good to have you)

Mandarin Leadership Camp II Series I was successfully concluded on the 5th of December 2010 at Church of St. Anne, Bukit Mertajam.

A total of 59 participants from
1. Church of Christ the King, Sungai Petani;
2. Church of Our Mother of Perpertual Help, Ipoh;
3. Church of St. Michael, Ipoh;
4. Church of Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary, Butterworth;
5. Church of St. Anthony, Teluk Intan;
6. Church of Holy Name of Mary, Permatang Tinggi;
7. Church of St. Anne, Bukit Mertajam;
8. Non-catholics
participated in this camp. They had been disciplined to study, play and pray accordingly. Many of them get to know about the significance and importance of friendship with other and with God as well.


As a continual communication channel after this training module, a blog is set up for the dissemination of information among the mandarin speaking youths. The new blog can be access from here and a hyperlink will be put at the side of this blog for ease of access.

We are grateful to have youths from Alor Setar and parishioners from Permatang Tinggi to help us in hosting  a praise and worship session during the camp.

Advent

Happy Advent! Let us prepare ourselves to receive Christ.....God Bless!

Invitation

We invite all the Youths and Youth Leaders in Diocese of Penang to be part of Youth Leaders' Congress by

1. Praying for this congress

2. Helping your fellow members by sponsoring their registration fee

3. Register and be a participant of this congress

4. Be an volunteer

5. Promote the congress at your parish level

Youth Leaders' Congress - Message

Today, we are so fond of facebook, twitter, blog & SMS. Life seems to be empty without all these tools. These new media of communication can be used for either positive or negative values. All these depend on the individual youth.

These latest form of communication is important and vital for all of us to network and to share our resources with one another. The facebook , blog and SMS connect us with others and distance is no longer an issue with this new style of communication. These tools are really useful means to network with your friends and others.

There are two core reasons to convene this Youth Congress. The first reason is to listen and get feedback from the youth leaders regarding the youth ministry in our diocese. The second core intention of the Youth Leaders’ Congress is to network with one another in order to create or form a new generation where we will be willing to share our resources and skills with each other to build God’s kingdom through our youthfulness.

Dear friends, humbly I invite you to use all the opportunities available during this Congress to share, meet and get to know one another. Hope this congress will help one another and PDYN to learn from one another and network with each other for the betterment of our youth ministry in the Diocese of Penang.  

Last but not least, I take this opportunity to congratulate the organizing team for their dedication and hard work in organizing this congress. I also would like thank the sponsors, the facilitators, youth leaders, priests and the bishop for their tremendous contribution towards the success of this event.

God bless you all!

May the Blessed Virgin Mary intercede for us!

Fr Dominic Santhiyagu

Director

Penang Diocesan Youth Network

We need your Prayer support

Dear friends, we invite you to be our partners by praying for the Youth Leaders' Congress. God Bless You!