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Prayer Binds Community Together

Register: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg Prayer Binds Community Together Mon to Sat - 8am, 12.30pm, (NO 6pm) Sun - 8am only We invite you to join us. We will be praying the prayers of the Church, namely, Lauds and Midday. This is one way we can stay connected with each other. The prayers are invariably 15 to 20 minutes long.

By |2022-06-22T13:04:44+08:00May 16th, 2021|All year round|Comments Off on Prayer Binds Community Together

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross

I was in pain and they asked me to paint. To help re-direct my attention away from the severe pain I was experiencing, they put a paint brush in my hand, propped up a canvas on a small easel, and gave me a box of paints. The pain was from the latest round of radiation treatment for cancer and the [...]

By |2020-09-11T01:44:14+08:00September 11th, 2020|Artwork, Stories & Testmonies|Comments Off on On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross

Christianity vs New Age Spirituality

Walk into any bookstore and you will find a section on Self-Improvement. Or just google search Self-Improvement and there are many websites offering advice. One of the first books I read was Dale Carnegie’s ‘How to make friends and influence people’. The tips were innocuous. I still recall to this day the tip on the importance of not only remembering [...]

By |2020-07-16T08:28:11+08:00July 16th, 2020|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on Christianity vs New Age Spirituality

AC/DC: Let There be Rock

If you think I am referring to the rock band AC/DC and their megahit ‘Let there be Rock’, you are partly right. The lyrics which plays on Genesis is the creative license they’ve taken (Let there be light, Let there be sound, Let there be drums, Let there be guitar, and of course Let there be Rock) and there is [...]

By |2020-07-12T03:30:09+08:00July 9th, 2020|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on AC/DC: Let There be Rock

Get Real! Are We the Real Church?

I always feel blessed that I have Christian friends of different denominations who will pray for my family’s well-being, and of course, I do likewise. They are often just a text message away. But occasionally I would feel uneasy when it turns out they don’t always share the same beliefs. Sometimes I am hit by brickbats. Your Church is evil! [...]

By |2020-07-02T07:43:22+08:00July 2nd, 2020|Faith Formation|Comments Off on Get Real! Are We the Real Church?

My Brush with COVID-19

This is my short personal story which I thought to share with my Brothers and Sisters in Christ. As many may be aware, I am fighting my fifth Cancer with Lung Cancer being the latest. I currently go for weekly Blood test and Chemo treatment; every few months I also need to have a number of CT Scans with a [...]

By |2020-06-20T08:08:20+08:00June 18th, 2020|Faith Formation, Featured story, Stories & Testmonies|Comments Off on My Brush with COVID-19