Encounter
“Turn up the praise, turn down the waste!”
In the spirit of caring for creation and our community, we’re collecting only preloved pants, jeans, shirts, children’s clothing, and books — all clean and in good working condition. We kindly ask that only the items listed be donated. We are unable to accept any other items.
This special collection is part of our journey towards a meaningful celebration later.
“Turn up the praise, turn down the waste!”
We’re also on the lookout for clean, short but wide glass jars – ready to give them a brand-new life and purpose! This special collection is part of our journey towards a meaningful celebration later.
Holy Hour
5 Sept
7pm
Bethel
Discipleship Retreat
5 – 7 September
Transport departs 3pm on 5 Sep
Registration closes on 22 August
Register: tinyurl.com/CSMDiscipleshipRetreat
Formation
Fratelli Tutti
Encyclical Letter of the Holy Father Francis on Fraternity and Social Friendship
Mondays, 18 & 25 August
8pm
Register:
tinyurl.com/CSM-Fratelli-Tutti
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
Church of St Michael in collaboration
with Kolam Ayer Residents’ Network
Secrets to Senior Wellness
Learn & Connect
Thursday, 11 September 2025
9.45am to 11.00am
St Michael Room
Talk by HPB – Healthy Grandchild, Happy Me!
Seniors will learn about healthy eating tips
to help support their family’s growth development
and develop a healthy diet!
Connect with Neighbours!
Enjoy Bites & Refreshments!
Please register: go.gov.sg/kyrn-wellnessday
Come and Listen
The Role of the Elderly
– Message by Cardinal William Goh
Treasures (Personages) from the Old Testament
Thereafter Fellowship
Wed 20 August
9.30am to 11.30am
St Michael Room
Register: tinyurl.com/CSMComeandListen
Infant Baptism
16 August, Sat, 3pm
Let us put our hands together in prayer as we welcome His little ones and their families to our Parish community through Baptism.
We need your helping hands
to clean the Church
Sat 13 Sept
Email your interest to
csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Check out our latest photos
on CSM Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/churchofstmichaelsg/albums
Photography & Videography Notice
A Kind Reminder
Please do not take pictures or video in the Worship Hall for the following reasons:
- PDPA Act does not allow us to take picture of other parishioners
- To protect the celebrants and parishioners themselves from terrorism
- Worship hall is a sacred place, to show reverence
Only officially appointed photographers and videographers from CSM may do so.
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
@ 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
Xenizo Ministry
Become a part of something special
Opportunities — Fellowship — Happy Parishioners
We are possibly best known for providing the Sunday Breakfast service after the 9.30am EC
Join the Xenizo Ministry.
Ministry of Comfort
We need you to bring JESUS to your neighbour.
Join the Ministry of Comfort (MOC) today.
Do contact the parish office.
Becoming RCIA facilitators
For it is in giving that we receive.
Around Our Archdiocese
As we enter the month of August, we join in prayer for the Holy Father’s intention: “For mutual coexistence.” May the Lord guide us in seeking His will with open hearts and attentive spirits.
Catholic News!
In the Latest issue:
Fr Timothy Soo’s ordination, Fr René Nicolas’ funeral, schools celebrate Jubilee of Youth.
PRAYER OF BLESSING FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATORS
Lord Jesus, you are our Good Shepherd.
Pour forth your Spirit on all Catholic educators,
whom you have called and chosen.
Give them a mind of wisdom and discernment,
a heart full of love and compassion,
a face of gentleness and patience,
a voice to teach and encourage,
and hands to comfort and lead.
Guide and empower them to be good role models,
to inspire and shepherd those entrusted to their care.
Strengthen them in adversity to be steadfast in the Gospel values.
Bless also those in leadership roles:
strengthen their faith and lead them in your footsteps
of servant leadership,
so that through their stewardship,
those in their charge may come to know your love and salvation.
May our Catholic schools be beacons for formation,
where men and women of integrity and talent are raised,
to further your loving purpose of redemption
by their contributions to the world.
Amen.
PIETA
Tues 26 August
7.30 to 9.15pm
Pieta is a support group for bereaved parents who have united in faith to seek God’s comfort, wisdom and hope. The monthly session, run by bereaved parents, is for prayer, reflection and the breaking open of the WORD OF GOD. Any parent who has lost a child (regardless of age and no matter how recent or long ago) is invited to the sessions to journey together in faith.
The next monthly session will be face-to-face from 7:30 to 9:15pm on Tues 26 August 2025. The venue will be at the Catholic Archdiocesan Education Centre, 2 Highland Road, unit LG-01, Singapore 549102 (next to the Church of Immaculate Heart of Mary). Please email PIETA for directions:
The contact details are
email: pieta.singapore@gmail.com
website: https://pieta.
Praying the Middle Years:
A Midlife Retreat
4-5 October 2025 @ La Salle House
Facilitated by Sr. Bubbles Bandojo, RC
Guitar Donation Drive (for Caroling Outreach)
Our youth members will be conducting caroling sessions this Christmas season as part of our outreach efforts. However, we are currently experiencing a shortage of guitars, and we are unable to purchase new ones.
We are reaching out to kindly ask if your parish may have unused guitars in working condition, or guitars that ae unwanted but can be easily repaired that could be donated to our youth.
End-of-Year Youth Camp Publicity (10–13 Dec 2025)
We would also like to share that our annual End-of-Year Camp will take place from 10 to 13 December 2025, gathering over 100 youths for spiritual growth, fellowship, and formation.
View the above poster for more details.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLwYEVURo-B/
18-20 Oct @ SFX Retreat Centre (Punggol)
Join Choice for a transformative weekend of self-reflection to uncover the richness or poverty of your relationships – with family and significant people God placed in your life. What is loving vulnerably? Receive authentic sharing from singles, couples and religious voices.
Experience how God wants you to deepen and transform your relationships.
Men’s FoRM II Conference
A Forum on the Richness of Manhood
Supported By Catholic Family Life
1 Nov 2025, Saturday | 10.00am – 5.00pm
Suntec Convention Centre
The Men’s FoRM II Conference is a gathering of men from diverse backgrounds to share, learn, and grow in their identity and mission as men. With parallel tracked sessions for young men, husbands and dads, and senior men, the conference offers meaningful formation for every stage of life.
This year’s forum invites men to rediscover their gifts and identity, and to grow in virtue for the good of self, family, and society.
Key Highlights:
Keynote Speaker: Alexandre Havard, Founder of the Virtuous Leadership Institute
Plenary Sessions Include:
• “Fatherhood – Are You Now Convinced?” by Bryan Tan
• “Man! You were NOT born for porn” by Nicholas Gabriel Lim
• “Give me the worst class!” Masculine Instincts in Education by Jerome Chong
Register here via the QR code in poster above or visit mensformconference.sg to sign up.
Mission to Fang, Chiang Mai, Thailand
10–14 September 2025
In Northern Thailand’s remote mountain villages, poverty is deepened by isolation. There are no hospitals, no roads, no light—only long, cold nights and aching silence. This September, we invite everyone to join us on a mission of compassion—not to where it is comfortable, but to where it is needed. We will journey to the forgotten villages of the Fang District in Chiang Mai Province, home to ethnic minorities such as the Karen, Hmong, and Lahu peoples—Catholic communities who have waited generations for help that never came. We will be that HELP.
Mission to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
10–14 October 2025
This is more than a mission—it is a call to love, to serve, and to be transformed. We will bring hope and tangible support to some of the most vulnerable: orphans, the poor, the sick, and the abandoned.
Empowered Parents and Helpers:
A Family Alignment Workshop
31 Aug 2025 (2pm-5pm)
Agape Village
$50/group (max 3 pax, includes helper)
When parents and helpers work as a team, children thrive. This experiential workshop equips both with practical tools to align caregiving approaches, manage behaviours calmly, and build a respectful, united home environment.
Learn the Positive Discipline approach and walk away with strategies you can apply immediately. Sign up as a team and support your child with clarity, consistency, and care.
Register via bit.ly/EPH_Reg or the QR code in the poster above.
A Father’s Mission @ Church of St Bernadette
By Catholic Family Life
5 Sep 2025, Friday
7.45pm-9.45pm
Church of St Bernadette, Parish Canteen
*Pre-ordered dinner will be available at 7.15pm
With the daily stresses and challenges of life today, fatherhood can be a daunting task. In our quest to become that father that God has called us to be, come and let us reclaim our mission as fathers – to be the link between heaven and earth, between God and His children.
Join us to learn:
- A father’s challenges and his greatest challenge
- A father’s mission and family mission
- What we can learn from a model father – St Joseph and the practical insights
- The resolution
- Launching into accountability
Register here via bit.ly/AFM_CSB or scan the QR code in the poster above.
Developing a Discerning Heart
Sat 30 Aug
9am to 5pm
Kingsmead Centre
$250 per pax
A workshop to help leaders listen to God and to themselves, making choices out of an interior freedom and desire to do God’s will. Learn how to recognise the movements of consolation and desolation, and develop greater intimacy with God through one’s daily conversations with Him.
To register or find out more for both, go to www.catholicleader.sg
Or scan the QR Code in the poster above.
Inner Healing Retreat:
At the Feet of the Good Shepherd
Sat to Sun, 1 – 2 Nov
Punggol Retreat Centre
$320 per pax.
A semi-silent retreat to allow Jesus, our Good Shepherd, to tend to you and heal and restore your soul. Includes inner healing prayers and 1-2-1 spiritual direction.
To register or find out more for both, go to www.catholicleader.sg
Or scan the QR Code in the poster above.
My Personal Compass:
Christian Morality by Fr David Garcia, OP
(In-Person at Agape Village)
28 Aug to 25 Sep
8pm to 9.30pm
$50
Does God exist? Why does evil exist? Does morality come from God? Do Christians have a separate ethical system? Why do we pray?
For enquiries, please email Caritas Singapore at formation.cst@caritas-
CJC Legion of Mary Reunion
Saturday, September 13, 2025
10am for mass, followed by lunch and fellowship
CJC Chapel
If you were part of the Legion of Mary at Catholic Junior College, come join in a reunion as the praesidia mark their 50th anniversary.
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025
Time: 10am for mass, followed by lunch and fellowship
Venue: CJC Chapel, 129 Whitley Road, Singapore 297822
Kindly RSVP at https://bit.ly/4kpBnsU. For enquiries, please email: CJC.LOM1975@gmail.com
Annual Novena Rally 2025
Friday, the 5th September 2025
6 pm – 10 pm
Novena Church
Mid-Life: A Crisis or An Opportunity
Speaker: Br. Collin Wee, FSC
13 Sep 2025 (Sat)
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
La Salle House
490 East Coast Road, Singapore 429058
Love offering: $50 per person
For more info/to register: https://forms.gle/
Scan QR Code in above poster.
Marriage Encounter Weekend
Oct, Nov and Dec Weekends are now open!
Please refer to the above poster for details.
We look forward to your parishioners’ registration for the upcoming Weekends.
Early registration to secure seats via www.wwmesg.org/Weekend_Reg is encouraged. on.
Walk with Caritas Family 2025
Saturday, 23 August
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
The Meadow, Gardens by the Bay
Join us for Walk with Caritas Family 2025, a meaningful 4km walkathon that brings together people of all ages and all walks of life to support those in need.
Organised by Caritas Singapore, together with Canossaville Children & Community Services and CHIJ Sanctuary for Children, this flagship community event unites over 12 Catholic charitable organisations walking in solidarity to support the most vulnerable in our community.
Each step you take supports the good work of our Catholic organisations, enabling them to provide vital programmes and services to help those in need. When you register, you choose a cause close to your heart, and your fee becomes a direct donation to that charitable organisation.
Participants will receive an event T-shirt and a pair of coloured socks representing the cause they’re walking for. After the walk, enjoy a vibrant community carnival and sustainability marketplace, a fun-filled morning of faith in action for everyone in the family!
Register today at: www.bit.ly/wwcf2025
Let’s come together as one Catholic family to walk in love and compassion.
Discover Sacred Spaces
a new video series from the
Office for the New Evangelisation (ONE)!
Learn how your home can become a holy place of hospitality, refuge, and formation. God is
present everywhere, not just in churches. All online videos and accompanying e-booklet
available from July 12, 2025 onwards,
bit.ly/SacredSpacesHomes
Retrouvaille Weekend
26 – 28 September 2025
If you are considering separation, divorce, or are already divorced and want
to get back together, Retrouvaille may just be what you need as a couple.
Retrouvaille is an international programme that came to Singapore in 1993.
The programme aims to help troubled couples mend their relationships.
The Retrouvaille Weekend starts on 26 September, Friday at 8pm and finishes
on 28 September, Sunday at 6pm. This is a Couple stay-in weekend.
If you have questions? Feel free to contact Joan at 9628 0188.
Register via bit.ly/RetroWE or the QR code in the above poster:
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
We are grateful for your continued prayers and support throughout our formation.
Please save the date – 22 to 24 Aug – for our Vocation Retreat, open to all young men discerning or exploring the call to the priesthood. It will be a time of prayer and reflection to listen to God’s voice.
We ask for your prayers for all who will attend. May the Lord bless you abundantly and guide us all in His service.
With gratitude,
The Seminarians
RENEW. REIGNITE. REDISCOVER! 4D3N
11-14 Sept @Bintan, Beach Resort
This retreat, guided by Sr. Kriz, RC and Fr. Jerome SJ, is designed to help participants deepen their relationship with the self, others and God. Through an arrangement of rest, simple leisure activities, prayer and reflection, we hope to provide a safe space for self-discovery, self-acceptance and emotional growth as we evaluate: Why do I do the things I do?
Due to peak season (school holidays), we need to confirm registrations early for accommodation and ferry arrangements.
Posted 2 May 2025
Rebuild Hope, Restore Lives:
Support Gaza Rebuilding Efforts
In Gaza, countless families have lost everything — their homes, their schools, their safe spaces. Yet, even in the midst of devastation, hope remains. Together, we can help rebuild not just buildings, but lives, dreams, and futures.
Caritas Humanitarian Aid & Relief Initiatives, Singapore (CHARIS), is appealing for donations to support the rebuilding efforts for those affected by the ongoing conflict. Your generosity can provide shelter, education, and a chance for these families to begin again.
Small Gifts, Miraculous Impact.
You can donate via credit card or PayNow through CHARIS website. Alternatively, you can send a crossed cheque payable to “Humanitarian Aid Fund”, indicate “Gaza Rebuilding Efforts” at the back of the cheque, send the cheque to: CHARIS, 55 Waterloo Street, #07-02 Catholic Centre, Singapore 187954.
Please contact CHARIS at 6337-4119 or scan the QR code in the poster above to visit their website for more information.
Together, let’s help Gaza rise again
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.
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.
