Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
As over-crowding and safety are major concerns for us, we have added capacity by upgrading the existing 12:30pm Filipino Mass on the 2nd and 3rd Sunday to every Sunday 12:30pm as an English Mass. Our Filipino brothers and sisters will continue to animate at this Mass each Sunday.
Two other events coming up will need major adjustment from us all.
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered at 5:00pm on 18th May for 38 candidates. Both Saints James and John seat about 450. Assuming that each Confirmand has a family of 6, that will work out to about 228 seats allocated to family members. Those who have children at Catechism will also attend this Mass and it will be massively crowded. This is not an appeal that is made lightly.
Our nearest neighbour, Immaculate Conception is set to renovate their main Church building. They too will face capacity constraints. I urge those without children to be confirmed or attending Catechism to join the 7 pm bilingual Mass on 18th May. If not, come on Sunday for the 7:45am, 12:30pm or 6:00pm English Masses.
In June, the other major event is Corpus Christi. The 5:00pm Mass on Saturday remains an English Mass. But note that the 7:00pm Mass will be bilingual to help ease the 5:00pm crowd. Thank you for your understanding and support.
God bless
Padre
亲爱的主内弟兄姊妹、 由于过度拥挤和安全性是主要关注的问题，我们必须增加弥撒的次数，即将现有的第2和第3主日中午12点30分的菲律宾语弥撒改为每个星期日中午12点30分的英语弥撒。我们的菲律宾弟兄姐妹将继续在每个主日的弥撒中服务。
另外即将进行的两项活动需要我们做出重大调整。坚振圣事将于 5 月 18 日下午 5点举行，共有 38位学生领受坚振圣事。圣雅各伯和圣若望礼堂共计有 450 个座位。假设每位领坚振的学生有六位家庭成员出席，那么分配给家庭成员的座位约为 228 个。那些有孩子上要理课的人也会参加这台弥撒，届时礼堂将非常拥挤。
这不是一个随意发出的呼吁。我们的近邻圣母无染原罪堂即将进行翻修。他们也将面临座位限制的问题。我呼吁那些没有孩子领受坚振圣事或上要理课的人来参加5月18日晚上7点的双语弥撒。不然就请参加星期日上午 7点45分、中午 12点30分 或下午 6点的英语弥撒。
六月的另一项重要活动是基督圣体圣血节。星期六下午 5点的弥撒仍然是英语弥撒。但请注意，为缓解下午 5点弥撒的人潮，晚上 7点将有一台双语弥撒。 感谢您的理解和支持。