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Check out the Latest Happenings In Our Community – 25 October 2026

Formation RCIA: All are Welcome Missed out on catechism? Want to know more about the faith as taught in RCIA? Here’s an open invitation to any Catholic who wants to rediscover the faith. Feel free to drop by St Michael’s Room in CSM at 8 pm for the session on Thursdays. 29/10/2026 Thu - The Death and [...]

By |2026-10-22T17:37:36+08:00October 22nd, 2026|In Our Community|Comments Off on Check out the Latest Happenings In Our Community – 25 October 2026

Check out the Latest Happenings In Our Community – 18 October 2026

Formation Creed Mondays 5, 12, 19 & 26 Oct 2026 8pm What do you believe in? Why do we recite this every week? Why is it important to know why we believe in what the Creed professes? Infant Baptism 14 Nov 2026, Sat, 3pm Preparatory Sessions: 17 October, 24 October, 31 October, 7 November at [...]

By |2026-10-20T21:40:06+08:00October 15th, 2026|In Our Community|Comments Off on Check out the Latest Happenings In Our Community – 18 October 2026

Check out the Latest Happenings In Our Community – 11 October 2026

Formation Creed Mondays 5, 12, 19 & 26 Oct 2026 8pm What do you believe in? Why do we recite this every week? Why is it important to know why we believe in what the Creed professes? Infant Baptism 14 Nov 2026, Sat, 3pm Preparatory Sessions: 17 October, 24 October, 31 October, 7 November at [...]

By |2026-10-12T17:55:30+08:00October 9th, 2026|In Our Community|Comments Off on Check out the Latest Happenings In Our Community – 11 October 2026

Walking the Way of Intentional Discipleship

The sacred season of Lent is an invitation for Catholics to walk closer to Jesus as we reflect on the areas of our lives that have become routine, to recalibrate and reorientate our lives to His ways. More than 120 of our brothers and sisters from the Church of St Michael undertook not one, but two Caminamos walks over two [...]

By |2026-05-06T10:25:02+08:00April 11th, 2026|Building Koinonia, Building Koinonia, Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on Walking the Way of Intentional Discipleship

Serviam – “I will serve”

In Matthew 9:35-38, “Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest [...]

By |2025-01-26T10:41:48+08:00January 26th, 2025|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on Serviam – “I will serve”

Wither Herod

Much of what we understand from the past, stems from the fragments and the bits and pieces of the puzzle that are unearthed every now and then. Biblical antiquities are especially rare and contentious, as the sites of importance tend to be completely destroyed, altered beyond recognition, or damaged due to the continuous cycles of war and occupation, development, and [...]

By |2025-01-19T01:13:31+08:00January 19th, 2025|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on Wither Herod

They saw a star and they followed

The Gospels that recount the infancy narratives are the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Luke’s Gospel speaks of the events leading up to Jesus’ birth, where Mary and Joseph found no room in the inn. We are also told that an angel appeared to shepherds tending their flock to bring them the joyous tidings of Jesus’ birth. The shepherds then [...]

By |2025-01-03T23:03:35+08:00January 3rd, 2025|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on They saw a star and they followed

The Communion of Saints

This year, at the meeting of the Ordinary Consistory of Cardinals, Pope Francis approved the canonisation of 15 people, including the millennial Blessed Carlo Acutis. On 20 October 2024, 14 of these were canonised as saints. They were: The Martyrs of Damascus, a group of 11 men who were executed in 1860 for refusing to renounce their Christian faith and [...]

By |2024-11-02T13:14:46+08:00November 2nd, 2024|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on The Communion of Saints

We Fly to Your Patronage O Holy Mother of God

We have just celebrated the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and as we continue with our journey in Ordinary Time, we discover also the invitation to journey together with Our Blessed Mother. The Sub Tuum Praesidium is the oldest documented prayer to Our Lady. It was first discovered on papyrus scrolls. While the actual dating is [...]

By |2024-09-06T10:21:14+08:00August 17th, 2024|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on We Fly to Your Patronage O Holy Mother of God

Liturgical reflection for 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The second reading clearly invites us to be cautious of the ways of the world. It is easy to drug oneself with the wine of the world that says ‘We live today and for tomorrow we die.’ The only way out of these distractions is to be rooted in the Word of God. We are remind to be focused and [...]

By |2024-08-17T16:18:28+08:00August 17th, 2024|Faith Formation, Featured story, Liturgical Reflection|Comments Off on Liturgical reflection for 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time