Encounter
City District Reconciliation Service
As we prepare our hearts to welcome Jesus this Christmas, let use reconcile our relationship with God our Loving Father.
The Reconciliation Service for the Church of St. Michael will start at 7.30pm at St Thomas and St. Michael Room
on 16 Dec 2024.
We will close with a Communal Prayer of Thanksgiving at Bethel.
You are invited to join us for fellowship after.
Please note that carpark is limited and reserved for priests
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Do note that the services will start at 8pm at all other churches in the city district.
Monday 16 Dec Church of St Michael
Tuesday 17 Dec Church of St Bernadette
Wednesday 18 Dec Church of St Teresa
P & W – 21 December 2024, 8pm at Bethel
Exodus 15:1-2
I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant;
horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
My strength and my refuge is the LORD,
and he has become my saviour.
This is my God, I praise him;
the God of my father, I extol him.
Thanksgiving ECs
Sunday, 22 December 2024; 9.30m and 11.30am
Fr Dexter and Fr Andre will be coming to CSM to celebrate the 9.30 am and 11.30 am ECs respectively in thanksgiving for their recent ordination.
There will be fellowship after each EC, all are welcome.
Christmas Eucharistic Celebrations
Christmas Eve: 24 Dec 2024
8pm – English
Christmas Day: 25 Dec 2024
12:00mn – English
7:45am – Mandarin
9:30am – English
5:30pm – English
John 3:16-17
Christmas Octave Celebrations
The Christmas Octave is a time that begins on Christmas Day, and ends 8 days after.
It is a time for use to celebrate the mystery of the Incarnation and immerse ourselves into Christ’s divinity and humanity by following in the footsteps of the Holy Family.
Come, experience the Love of God our Father!
Thanksgiving Eucharistic Celebrations
Let us give thanks for the bountiful blessings that we have received from God our Loving Father.
31 Dec 2024, Tues
8pm at Bethel
The Thanksgiving Eucharistic Celebration will be followed by fellowship after.
Do note that there will be no 6pm Eucharistic Celebration that day.
Formation
Registration for L1 Catechism for those born in 2018
Calling all Parents and guardians who wish to enrol your child in Level 1 Catechism next year (2025).
If you wish to register your child for 2025 (for those born in 2018), please reach out to our Catechist Coordinator at csm.admin@catholic.org.sg.
Ginosko Journey
Ginosko is a group that seeks to facilitate God-encounters for the non-baptized through knowledge of Jesus and the faith.
A new Ginosko journey will commence on November 14, 2024. Kindly contact CSM Secretariat if you know of someone who is interested in exploring the Catholic faith or keen on signing up for RCIA.
CSM Disciples Pathway
For CSM Parishioners Only
We may have on our own gone for several courses and retreats offered in the parish and in the Archdiocese. Do you know where all this is leading to? Would you like to take a pathway of faith and life?
Email for more information: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Community
Invitation to be a part of CSM’s Parish Finance Council
If you are a lawyer or architect, we invite you to help grow the parish by joining the Parish Finance Council.
Please email csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Monthly Prayer for the Departed – Resumed
Every 3rd Sunday of the Month
@ Elisha’s Spring
15 Dec 2024, 11.30am
Thank you for your patience.
Elisha’s Spring is Now Open!
Daily 7am to 7pm
Renovation Works
are currently being carried out.
Recruitment of Facilitators
Ginosko is in need of facilitators to support our pre-RCIA enquirers and non-baptized in
knowing more about Jesus.
If you are interested in helping others to know about Jesus and experience His love,
kindly contact CSM Secretariat @ csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg to sign up as a
Ginosko facilitator.
Reaching out to our Gardening Community
Join us as volunteers in our new initiative – Outdoor Gardening. Find out more by sending an email to our Parish Secretariat.
Line Dance
(for Seniors and Beginners Only)
Fridays 9.30 – 11.00am
Venue: St John Vianney
Teacher: Daisy Teo
Browse our selection of library books at CSM
with our NEW CSM Library App!
Here’s how to Get Started!
Step 1: Download the App –
Bookshelf-Your Virtual Library
(Available on both App Store and Google Play)
Step 2: Click on the link below
https://bookshelf.app.link/n176mH0sVzb
Step 3: Click to Explore the CSM Shared Shelf of over 700 books
Step 4: Interested to borrow a book?
Send an email to csmtrove@gmail.com
or come meet us at our mobile CSM Library
(by the religious stall) on Sundays after 9.30am EC.
Breakfast
@ St Michael’s Patio
Sundays after 9.30am EC
The word, “Xenizo” means “To be received hospitably as an honoured guest,” and that is the name our hospitality ministry has taken. Come and partake of breakfast made with loving hands, at St. Michael’s Patio every Sunday after the 9.30am Eucharistic Celebration. Mingle, fellowship, make a new friend, chat, welcome someone new.
Driving to Church?
If you are attending the Eucharistic Celebration and are driving, we urge you to turn into St. Francis Road and then turn left into Jalan Semerbak and then enter the Church. This is to facilitate a better traffic flow.
Ministry Recruitment
Infant Baptism Preparation Team
The Infant Baptism Team journeys with parents and Godparents to prepare for and celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism of their children.
We invite you to join our team!
Do register if this is the ministry for you at csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Befrienders – Special Needs Catechists Needed
We are currently in need of catechists for children with special needs!
Please drop an email to the Parish Admin Office at csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg if you’re keen on being one.
Intercessory Prayer Group
Recruitment
“Intercession is a Prayer of petition which leads us to pray as Jesus did” CCC2634
The Intercessory Prayer group is looking for members to come together to experience the power of collective prayer! We come to pray for others, extending God’s love, mercy and compassion for those who seek comfort, healing and joys before the throne of Grace.
In this season of Advent, what better way to give and show your love for God’s people.
Come join the Intercessory Prayer Group!
Audiovisual (AV) Ministry
JOIN US to create inspiring worship experiences!
Contact our Parish Office.
Comms Ministry And You!
Have you felt the stirring in your heart to bring the Good News to all through your creativity?
From photography to digital art, canva posters to Instagram reels, multimedia videos to podcasts, reflections to reviews, we need you! Come talk to us.
Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Join us as Wardens
When we extend hospitality to others, we’re not trying to impress people, we’re trying to reflect God to them. As we serve our Lord, we may meet someone who really needs a friend…and we can fill that need. Maybe we can make an eternal difference in the person’s life, just because we choose to be friendly and helpful.
We are Recruiting Catechists
Calling all Parents who have young children and those who are endowed in the teaching charism to come forward and serve the Lord.
We are in need of
Trained Special Needs Catechists
Pope Francis has called the Catholic Church to be a welcoming Church. As we welcome our students into our religious education classes, it’s important that we see each one as a child of God with special talents and special gifts; remember that you are seeing the face of Jesus. Teaching religious education is a splendid opportunity to share your love of God and the Catholic Church with your students.
Recruitment of Musicians
Ephrem Music Ministry
Calling all musicians with a willing heart to serve to come forward to join Ephrem Music Ministry.
Lectors Recruitment
Ministry of Lectors is recruiting new members to proclaim the Word of God. If you have a willing heart and a desire to serve the Lord, come join us to be instruments of God and proclaim your faith through HIS Word.
Recruitment
Ministry of Comfort
The Ministry of Comfort brings the Eucharist to the homebound.
Interested to learn more about this ministry and how you can help, Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Recruitment
csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Around Our Archdiocese
GIFT Programme
This weekend, being the 3rd weekend of the month, there will be a 2nd collection for Catholic Foundation’s GIFT (Giving in Faith & Thankfulness) programme. GIFT is a regular giving programme to rally support for and fund the Archdiocese’s organisations and initiatives for youth, evangelisation, catechesis, formation, and others.
Please drop your contributions or GIFT envelopes into the collection bags. Do consider signing up for a regular pledge, as it is the most reliable way of supporting the Church. Visit catholicfoundation.sg to contribute online or find out more.
Pieta Prayer Support for Bereaved Parents
Tue 17 December, 7:30pm to 9:15pm
@ Catholic Archdiocesan Education Centre, 2 Highland Road, unit LG-01, S. 549102. This is located next to the Church of Immaculate Heart of Mary.
We invite any parent who has lost a child (regardless of age and no matter how recent or long ago) to meet to pray and support each other.
Enquiries: pieta.singapore@gmail.com or https://pieta.familylife.sg/
Note: We will be on Zoom for the January 2025 session. Please email us for the Zoom details.
Ephesians 6: Armour of God Retreat (EPH6)
A 2D1N stay-in retreat that unpacks the spiritual and practical implications in St Paul’s letter to the Ephesians Chapter 6 and helps leaders to be equipped with the “whole armour of God, so as to withstand the wiles of the devil” (Eph 6:11).
The retreat includes talks by Fr Valerian Cheong, Fr Andrew Wong and Joseph Fernandez on being more aware of supernatural realms on social media and other openings which lead people away from God, what the first commandment entails and so on.
8 – 9 Feb 2025 at Punggol Retreat Centre. $320/- per pax inclusive of GST (en suite single-room & meals included)
To register or find out more, go to www.catholicleader.sg
Fully Alive in God Retreat (FAR)
An end-of-year retreat for Catholic educators to take stock of where God has been present in their lives in 2024, and to prepare for the year ahead. This retreat invites us to return to what is fundamental in assessing how we’ve lived out our calling – our relationship with God and our relationship with Self. Organised in partnership with the Archdiocese Commission for Catholic Schools.
26 December 2024 at CJC Training & Development Centre.
$30/- per pax including GST & lunch (after subsidy of $45 per pax by ACCS)
To register or find out more, go to www.catholicleader.sg
CHARIS’ Overseas Humanitarian Foundation Course
The Overseas Humanitarian Foundation Course is a face-to-face learning experience that allows
participants to explore their lives’ faith journeys and answer the call to be living missionary disciples.
The course features speakers like Fr. David Garcia, O.P., Khoo Peng Beng, and Christopher Chan. It
will be held on 18 th January 2025, from 9am to 4pm at Church of Divine Mercy.
For more information or to register, visit:
https://makehopehappen.charis-singapore.org/Activities/ohfc-5
1st half of 2025
ELISHA is a unique 6-month leadership journey that is developed by CLC to provide a strong spiritual and practical foundation for new and emerging leaders in the parishes and Archdiocesan Organisations. Typically, these are individuals in their 20s to their 40s who are either already in leadership or earmarked for leadership, and have the potential to take on higher leadership roles in the future to help build the kingdom of God.
Comprising 5 training workshops and 1 weekend stay-in retreat over the first-half of 2025, ELISHA seeks to equip leaders with the foundation that they will need in their leadership journey of service as servant leaders. These include cultivating a discipleship disposition, learning how to dialogue and relate with others in community, building capacity to discern God’s will when making decisions, and developing others in the way of delegating, facilitating participation and learning other practical organisational leadership skills.
To find out more, click here or contact the Executive Director and Head of Training, Rofina Tham at rofina.tham@catholic.org.sg
Archdiocesan Pastoral Council (APC)
has launched the Schema!
The Schema is a document containing the draft priorities and recommendations for our diocese for the next 10 years. It is the result of wide and deep consultation and discernment among the faithful lay, clergy and religious communities.
All are invited to read the Schema, engage in conversations within your parish and communities, and share with us your discernment on it.
The Schema is available on the APC website at https://www.catholic.sg/apc-schema/. There, you can also find a Schema Workbook which provides a guide on holding conversations on the Schema within your community. Scan this QR code to access the link:
Video of the overview of the Scheme:
Journey Together, with Christ
Build the Kingdom of God
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rVGBPOiSzUEPSCAoT_ihzR5yoZ6O5MX6/view?usp=drive_link
Pro-Bono Counsellors
Catholic Family Life
A Heart to Serve – Catholic Family Life (CFL) is calling out for volunteers!
If you have a desire/calling to make a difference and contribute your God-given gifts and talents. Join CFL in volunteering your time by empowering, enriching the lives of our fellow brothers and sisters.
“Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa
Get in touch with Catholic Family Life to find out more, contact us at 64880278 or email michelle@familylife.sg. If you are interested to volunteer with us, do fill up the volunteer form: https://bit.ly/CFL-volunteer-form and we will get in touch with you.
Special Retreat Package
Mondays to Thursdays
for Catholic parents
A great resource for parents preparing for their children’s baptism as well as parents of children attending catechism classes.
- Our website at https://catholicparents.
online/ - Free downloadable handbooks at https://catholicparents.
online/handbooks/ for Catholic parents to read, reflect, and share with their spouse and other parents within their own cell groups. - Our locally produced YouTube video and audio Podcast channels for Catholic parents. Instructional episodes are vetted by Fr David Garcia, OP to ensure there are no theological errors. Modules include
Foundations of Catholic Parenting
Bonding with Our Children
Sexuality Education
Managing Social Media and screen time
Forming our children in the faith and virtues, and more to come.
The Catholic Hub
Watch the video to learn more about the Catholic Hub
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3ygFCIpiIdTlY4IMd4H2aM5GvO3N9c7/view?usp=share_link
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Our Archdiocese has been working to build a more vibrant, evangelising and missionary Church. In sharing the Good News, we are bringing the hope and love of Christ to vast numbers of people.
Within our Church today, however, there are currently no premises large enough for our organisations and communities to hold their activities on a large scale. After much study, we concluded that the Church’s largest freehold site at 49 Upper Thomson Road could optimally be used to house major Archdiocesan organisations, a convention centre with overnight retreat facilities, a home for senior clergy – and more – for the long-term needs of the Church.
Beyond physical infrastructure, such a Catholic Hub can bring about a greater depth of communion. The facilities and organisations located there will enable collaboration for a more effective witnessing of the Gospel to the people of Singapore and reap economies of scale.
Read more…https://www.catholicfoundation.sg/the-catholic-hub/
Catholic Family Life: Volunteer Recruitment
(Administrative and Reception Support at Counselling Centre)
A Heart to Serve – Catholic Family Life (CFL) is calling out for volunteers!
If you have a desire/calling to make a difference and contribute your God-given gifts and talents. Join CFL in volunteering your time by empowering, enriching the lives of our fellow brothers and sisters. “Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa
Get in touch with Catholic Family Life to find out more, contact us at 64880278 or email michelle@catholicfamilylife.sg. If you are interested to volunteer with us, do fill up the volunteer form: https://bit.ly/CFL-volunteer-form and we will get in touch with you.
UGAT-ACMI Free Counseling Services
UGAT’s SGot Kita, Kabayan Helpline are available for (Filipino) migrants in Singapore.
SGot Kita, Kabayan is a designated free online helpline developed specifically for migrants in Singapore.
UGAT has counsellors who speak various languages and dialects in the Philippines, such as Tagalog, Cebuano, Bicolano, Bisaya, and Hiligaynon, for those clients who are more comfortable sharing in their own language.
The helpline service is open on Monday – Sunday, 9pm – 12am.
Counselling and Psychological Services
By Clarity Singapore
Learn more: https://www.clarity-singapore.org
Para-Counselling Service
By Catholic Family Life
Need someone to journey with you through the stages and challenges of life? Trained Para-Counsellors are available via Zoom.
Please call 66318963 (Mon – Fri 12pm to 4pm)
Email paracounselling-info@familylife.sg or
Visit https://cpc.familylife.sg/ to book your session.
