Holy Family Church has online camp for First Holy Communicants

Nov 13, 2021

KAJANG: Fifty young parishioners of the Holy Family Church attended the First Holy Communion (FHC) online camp 2021 recently.

The camp was organised to help them realise the importance of the Sacraments they were to receive and the encounter with the Living God so that they would be inspired to become life-long Catholics. The theme was Let the children come to Me (Mark 10: 14).

The camp began with introductions, followed by the opening prayer led by Serena Kiong, the English Catechetical Coordinator.

Besides action songs, there was a church tour with an explanation about the liturgical items found in the church by Shaun Thomas.

There was also a video presentation, The Weight of the Mass, written by Josephine Nobisso that depicts the significance of the Mass. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICDdm-NqtoQ&t=90s)

Parish priest Fr Andrew Kooi, spoke about how the children should prepare themselves in the right manner to celebrate Mass in church or online.

The three best designs for their project “Jesus in the Eucharist”, inspired by ‘The Catholic Toolbox’ were also announced.

Jeremy Pan prepared an online quiz, “Quizziz” where participants competed against one another.

The camp concluded at 4.20pm with a prayer led by the children, followed by the final blessing by Fr Andrew. The participants were awarded a Certificate of Attendance which will be given to them when they meet face to face.