Bittersweet Lau?

Feb 24, 09 - Tomorrow is the beginning of lent, Ash Wednesday. It's the tradition of our St. Joseph School to have a combined mass with St. Teresa's school every year on this very day. SJS Catholics expected for a mass tomorrow until an announcement was made that there will be none. It was an order by our new school Principal (Thomas Lau). Reason given was because some students might use this opportunity to 'ponteng' school. How reasonable could that be? =/ Not everyone are like that.. Just like how some students wanted to learn and listen to the teacher when others kept distracting or disturbing them in class. It somewhat caused a commotion in the chapel this morning during catechism class. The mass was set up for us Josephian and Teresian together. There wouldn't be a mass without the Josephian joining as choir group and some as wardens.

What's worst was none of the teachers dared to stand up against the new principal's order. No offense but it's truly a disgrace for Catholic teachers who let this happen without doing anything. They would be just like Peter denying Jesus 3 times before He was put to trial and to death.. Everyone tried to remain cool. Pn. ? already consulted Bro Albinus, Mr. Darry (one of the school's PKM), etc who could not help much in anything yet. Thus, everyone of us came up with the idea of a petition or memorandom to file against the Principal. Though there were not enough time to prepare for mass tomorrow. However, more than 90% of Catholic students signed in the petition which was a good thing. We manage to get through Mr. Lau and the mass will be carried out as it always did annually. But there's a warning or condition to it...
1.Do not ever file a petition against him again ...
2.If the students don't behave in mass tomorrow or skip classes, there shall be no First Friday Masses anymore as long as he stays as Principal in St. Jo.

So everything was kinda shaky and stuffs. No preparations or practices for SJS choir and stuffs. Rest assure, everything should be okay with God's grace and power =)
SJS YCS committees would fully help out in the mass as wardens and stuffs. Helps might be needed ; )