Announcements for 23rd October 2022

1. We’re nearing the end of October, (the month of the Rosary) and All Souls’ Day is around the corner. From previous years’ experiences, our volunteers and staff get overwhelmed by the number of Mass intentions which they have to manually enter in exactly on the eve of that day. To prevent that from happening this year, if you plan to send in a Mass intention for All Souls’ Day, kindly send it to us, latest, by 31st October.
2. Nava Spoorthi Kendra (NSK), the Redemptorist retreat centre at Richards Town, Bangalore, is hosting an in-person course by Know Your Faith Ministry called “A Quick Journey Through the Bible” For 8 Saturdays in a row, starting from 5th November between 2.30 and 5.30 pm, registered participants will receive an excellent introduction and overview of the Sacred Scriptures from a catholic perspective. There is a registration fee of Rs 1,500/- Once you register, you will get a student workbook, a Bible timeline chart, and a bookmark. The course is interactive, including the use of audio-visual aids, group dynamics, Q&A sessions, fellowship and more. Contact these numbers to register: FR GERALD SOLOMON – 7899365162 or 7483136606/ KNOW YOUR FAITH MINISTRY – 9844446614
3. The 8th episode of THAT CATHOLIC COUPLE, RMC’s series to prepare young people remotely for marriage, is up on our YouTube channel. This episode deals with the topic: “What If My Parents Oppose My Choice of Spouse?” In this episode, Susanna and Joel Tuscano, share their practical experiences and spiritual wisdom on how to deal with situations when there are differencesof opinions between parents and their children over the suitability of a potential life partner. (https://youtu.be/l94oIti1mrU) 
4. The second episode of TEACH US TO PRAY went up on October 3rd. This time Fr Larry Kaufmann, CSsR guides us into Lectio Divina, the prayer method of St Benedict of Nursia. Drink from the spiritual riches of the Catholic Tradition with family and friends in this series and share it with others. (https://youtu.be/0pbgEinmnqE) 
5. The first episode of AGEING GRACEFULLY – A Talk Show for Evergreens went live on 8th Oct and it has gone viral! This episode on “How to Deal with Change and Loss” has very practical and useful teachings and sharing regarding ageing and its effects. We’ve already received great feedback from it, and are very positive that it will help you as well. So do watch it and share it with your friends. (https://youtu.be/VsFNfOthffI) 
6. Sometimes, we hear the young and not-so-young complain in these or similar words: “Why Is The Church So Boring?” RMC has started a brand new youth faith podcast to deal with such topics of interest to the youth. It’s called – HEART ROCK CAFE – It is a show where we have Heartfelt conversations, based on the solid Rock of faith over a cup of Coffee. So don’t forget to catch up with this first episode of Heart Rock Cafe our new programme on YouTube and all your audio podcast platforms and share it with others. The second episode goes up later this week on 28th October. So stay tuned! (https://youtu.be/Ofcu9gk5Zsc) 

7. We are delighted that a good number of exciting entries have been sent in for this year’s Music Festival in honour of St. Cecilia! There’s still one more week to go, as we have extended the last date for the submission of your original Music Videos to October 31st, 2022. St. Cecilia feast falls on 22nd November and in the run-up to the feast, all the music videos which you send in will be available on our YouTube Channel. Those music videos which are outstanding in their musical, lyrical and audio-visual quality will be awarded in a special ceremony on the Sunday following the feast of St. Cecilia, i.e. 27th November 2022. So hurry and team up with your prayer group, your choir, or your worship band, or do your own thing and turn it into your own Christian worship video to glorify the Lord! 

    

7. ST. CECILIA’S MUSIC FESTIVAL 2022 presented by RMC REGISTER YOUR PARTICIPATION BY FILLING UP THIS FORM (Necessary):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQeTukC-gNIr9IfOPq2genH7d_Kcuqlu21NszydAW9buYzig/viewform

There are two categories for this – solo and ensemble. Send your entries across to content@rmcbangalore.com on or before October 31st, 2021 with the following specifications. Only entries that meet the requirements will be accepted.

Here CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION: –

The music and lyrics must be your original composition retaining copyright. – The theological, musical and visual content of the music must lead to prayer, praise and worship of God

– Videos submitted must be recorded in 1080p resolution or more.

– They must be in MP4 or MOV format

– The videos should not exceed 5 minutes.

– Audio quality must be good without unnecessary background noise

NOTE: By submitting your videos to RMC, you are giving RMC the non-exclusive rights to your audio and video content.

All entries that meet our selection criteria will be featured on the RMC YouTube Channel

Outstanding original entries will receive an award of special recognition

– Join us in our celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 7 a.m. on Monday to Saturday and 9:15 a.m. on Sunday; and the Holy Rosary at 7 p.m. on Monday to Friday. And for the Novena to our Mother of Perpetual Help on Saturday at 6 p.m. All on our channel here

– Please send us your thanksgiving and petitions for the novena to our Mother of Perpetual Help before Saturday 12 p.m.