BEC St Andrew celebrates its feastday with Mass

Dec 15, 2017

By Patrick Lan
BEC St Andrew under the jurisdiction of the Church of St Francis of Assisi (SFA) celebrated its feastday on November 30, 2017 in the home of one of its members with Mass.

It is the norm for the BECs in this parish to have the Eucharistic Celebration in the BEC to celebrate its feast day.

The BEC members were truly blessed with the presence of three priests, Fr Andrew Andrew Manickan OFM Cap, Fr Michael Raymond OFM Cap and Fr Sebastian OFM Cap.

There were also two brothers, Bro Joseph and Bro Christie, present. The area Mass was well attended with 20 BEC families, BECCOT Chairperson Christine Danker, guests from Australia and faithful friends from BEC St John the Baptist.

As it was also his feastday, Fr Andrew was the main celebrant for the Mass.

In his sermon, Fr Sebastian shared that St Andrew was a fisherman, brother of Peter, a disciple of John the Baptist who later followed Christ. He posed a question to all of us asking if we were ready to follow Christ like St Andrew.

The feastday celebration ended with cake cutting by Fr Andrew followed by fellowship. We praise God for the active participation of our BEC members and the cohesive community.