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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Pentecost Sunday

Wishing everyone a blessed Pentecost Sunday. May the Holy Spirit be with you!

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

Acts 2: 1 - 4

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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Logo Showcase #2

For variety, I will be posting some of my more 'corporate' logo designs here. If you are interested to commission a professional logo for your organization, event or project, please email me at victorteh(a)yahoo.com

Second logo in my showcase is for the St. Francis Xavier Major Seminary's 25th anniversary celebrations in Singapore. The central figure in the logo is a priest proclaiming the Glory of the Lord. The red stole and the cross resemble the Major Seminary's iconic tower, symbolising the institution's central role in forming and training priests for the Archdiocese of Singapore.

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Logo Showcase #1

First in my logo showcase is for an International Youth Conference by Divine Retreat Centre in India. The logo literally adopts the theme ‘Ablaze in the Spirit’ by displaying a person wrapped in flames but yet not consumed by the fire. The person is stylized in the form of a burning bush, where the body is the trunk and the flames become leaves of the bush. It is a metaphor relating to the appearance of God to Moses where ‘there was the bush blazing, but the bush was not being burnt up’ (Exodus 3:2).

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Happy Feast Day to All Lasallians (St. John Baptist De La Salle)

Today is the Feast Day of St. John Baptist De La Salle for Lasallian schools and institutions.

St. John Baptist De La Salle (1651 – 1719)

St. John Baptist De La Salle came from a wealthy family in France. He became a priest at 26 and started schools for poor people. Finding the teachers lacking proper training, he gave away his wealth to found a community dedicated to education. With prayers, perseverance and hard work, St. John Baptist and the ‘Brothers of the Christian Schools’ helped brought Catholic education to the common people. There are De La Salle schools all over the world today. St. John Baptist is the patron saint of teachers. His feast day is on 7 April and 15 May (for LaSalle Institutions).

Learn more about St. John Baptist De La Salle here

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima (or Our Lady of the Rosary)

In 1917, Mother Mary appeared to three young children in Fatima, a small village in Portugal. Her first appearance was on May 13 and she asked them to pray the Rosary daily for the conversion of sinners. Her last appearance was on October 13 and she identified herself as ‘Our Lady of the Rosary’ and a great miracle happened when the sun danced before thousands of people!