JU Retreat 2023 Reflections: Fight the Good Fight

It’s been over two months, friends, since our amazing JU2023 Retreat. It’s also been two years since this blog has been updated. Thanks to our caring members who called us out to revamp this website, the UTCCC exec team have decided to carry out the responsibility to promote and share publicly the life of UTCCC…

Reflections on JU Retreat 2021: Made for Love

It’s officially March 2021… and it’s still Covidtide… but not even that can prevent the CCCs from getting together. Thus, a little over two weeks ago, the annual Joint University Chinese Catholic Community (JUCCC) Retreat was held online! We were privileged to have Fr. Hansoo Parks as our speaker and to hear beautiful testimonies from…

JU January 2021: UTCCC

Last Thursday, UTCCC had the honour of hosting the first meeting of the first-ever JU Month. It was such a joy to gather with our friends from WCCC, MCCC and LCCC—about 40 people attended! The night felt almost like a mini JU retreat. At this meeting we discussed the spiritual practice of receiving a Word…

Reflections on JUCCC Retreat 2020: Spiritual Deception

The Joint University Chinese Catholic Community (JUCCC) holds an annual 3-day retreat over the Family Day long weekend. This year, we were lucky enough to spend the weekend at the beautiful Valley of the Mother of God in Orangeville, ON.

As per UTCCC tradition, our first-time retreatants have been generous enough to share with us how JU has impacted them. We hope these that reflections will bless you.

Personal Reflections from JU Retreat 2019: Fiat

This year we head to Braeside Camp for JU retreat, with the theme being Fiat, no not the car, but in Latin meaning “let there be” or “let it happen/exist.”

Year-end dinner and social 2017-2018

Our year comes to an end as we celebrate the end of the 2017-2018 year. Truly an eventful year, we look forward to a summer filled with socials and more bonding 🙂

A Personal Reflection from JUCCC 2018 Retreat: Surrender

Hello, I’m Leon and it is my first year of being part of UTCCC as well as first time at JUCCC. Aside from the obvious, I have been hiding a MAJOR SECRET from many people about my life because I have a fear of them knowing.

Walking on Water into the New Year

Greetings all ya wonderful UTCCC-ers! The 2017-18 Committee approached me recently and asked me to give a little word to you all to kick off the new year. I’m not exactly sure what to say, but here’s a little something……