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St. Francis Xavier Church
Chinese Catholic Centre
431 Princess Avenue
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6A 3C9

Tel: (604) 254-2727
Fax: (604) 254-7557
Email: sfxavier@axionet.com

Parish Groups

Blessed Sacrament Sodality

Members of the Sodality strive to honour Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist and to live a prayerful life. Members also undertake to participate and support Church activities.

President: Mrs. Mary Waung

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Mandarin Bible Sharing Group

The main objective of the group is to encourage brothers and sisters in Christ to grow in their spiritual lives through a more systematic Bible-study program, personal sharing and interaction amongst members, thus enabling each member to be better equipped in spreading the Holy Words to the whole world.

Contact Person: Alice Cheng

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The Chinese Catholic Ladies' Club

The aims of our Club are:

  1. To honour, love and imitate the Blessed Virgin Mary.
  2. To encourage members to be good, practising Catholic wo-men.
  3. To assist the parish when called upon by the Pastor to do so; and
  4. To give mutual support to each other.

Chairperson: Mrs. Magdalene Lam

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St. Joseph Sodality

Purpose:

Adhering to the humbleness, sodality and persistence of St. Joseph, that we may stay affirm for our spiritual betterment. Each and every member would put forth his best effort, talent and time to participate in all Parish activities for the enhancement of other parishioners.

Chairperson: Stephen Lee

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5:30 Choir

The Choral Group comprises of brothers and sisters in Christ who have the vision, the music-minded desire and the commitment in serving the Lord. The group sings hymns in the Mandarin Mass.

Contact Person: Jerry Hsieh

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St. Cecilia Choir

To lead the congregation in singing to praise, glorify, and worship God in accordance with the Church's tradition and gui-dance. To unite parishioners who are interested in music and bring out the effectiveness of prayer through their singing, thus inte-grating music into the liturgy.

President: Koon Ming Lau

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Queen of China Choir

Adhering to the humbleness, so-dality and persistence of Queen of China, we use our singing to praise, glorify and worship God. We lead the congregation to sing during Sunday Mass reverently, and aim to promote a more fervent love for God and sincerity in praying.

President: Anthony Kwok

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11:00 English Choir

Purpose:

  1. To lead the congregation to sing during Mass.
  2. To sing to the best of the Choir's ability and to learn more about liturgy music.
  3. To collaborate with other so-dalities in the Parish to organ-ize activities and to develop a cooperative spirit.
  4. To develop friendships with other Catholics and learn about the Catholic faith.

President: Angela Tong

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Photography Club

Purpose:

  1. To exchange knowledge and share interest in photography.
  2. To serve the parish in picture taking and video taping in various activities and Mass.
  3. To participate in parish fund-raising events.

President: Jason Lam

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Tai Chi Class

Tai Chi Class offers Tai Chi Chuen, an ancient way to cultivate health, strength, flexibility, con- centration and meditation of the body and mind.

Contact person: Allen Lo

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Chinese Catholic Youth Organization

The CCYO aims at bringing together the Chinese Catholic youth in the parish, and other youths who are interested in the Catholic faith. Our Club has concerns for streng-thening the Catholic faith, fostering friendship and mutual co-operation through our regular spiritual and recreational activities. We also strive to improve members' rela-tionship with people and with God.

President: Eddie Ma & Simon Lai

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IMpaCT (I'm a Positively Active Catholic Teen)

IMpaCT's vision statement is: To develop in the teens of our parish an awareness of their Catholic faith through the love of God, personal growth, relationships with family and friends, and serving the community. Activities are offered every other week, where teens (13 - 17 years) can interact with each other. Spiritual growth is promoted at these activities through active methods of prayer which we hope appeal to the teens.

Contact Person: Marcus Siu & Michelle Siu

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Legion of Mary

Our Lady of China Praesidium was established on November 29, 1997 under the spiritual guidance of Rev. Fr, Louis Tchang. The objective of the Legion of Mary is to praise the glory of God through the sanctification by prayers and active cooperation of its members. Our work includes visiting hospitals, senior homes, elderly and sick parishioners as well as encouraging the praying of the Family Rosary and participating in church activities. Our weekly meetings are held at Happy Manor on Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m.

Contact Person: Goretti Chan (Cantonest)
Contact Person: Maria Yu (Mandairn)

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Last Updated: April 2002
Copyright 1998 St. Francis Xavier Parish, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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