Encounter

October is the Month of the Rosary

Let us gather as a community to ask our loving Mother for her intercession.

Fridays in the month of October:
11, 18, 25 Oct
6.45pm
Our Lady’s Grotto

Do note :There is NO rosary session on 4 Oct.
please join us at Holy Hour 7pm at Bethel

Praise and Worship Night
19 Oct, Sat
8pm, Bethel

Ezra 3: 11

“They alternated in songs of praise and thanksgiving to the LORD, “for he is good, for his love for Israel endures forever”; and all the people raised a great shout of joy, praising the LORD because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.”

All Saints Day
Day of Obligation 

31 Oct 24, Thurs (Public Holiday): Vigil EC at 6pm.
Note: 7.30am EC (Weekday readings)
1 Nov 24, Fri: EC at 6.30am & 8pm.
Note: No 6pm EC. Join us for Holy Hour at 7pm.

All Souls Day

2 Nov 24, Sat: 7am EC only
Note: 5.30pm EC is for Sunday of the week

Live the Gospel in the World Retreat 2024

Part 1: 2-3 November, 9am-6pm and

Part 2: 9 November, 9am to 3pm

Register: tinyurl.com/CSMRetreatLivetheGospelNov

Cost: $70 (include lunch/ tea breaks)

at the Church of St. Michael

We are called to be missionary disciples of Jesus every day and not only on Sundays.
How does that look like? How can we be His disciples in the family, workplace and
society?
Come and join us as we hear and reflect how the Church’s social teachings can help us to
live our faith daily!

 

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.

Church History – series of talks Thursdays 3, 10, 17, 24 Oct, at 8 pm.

by Fr Jovita 

Register: tinyurl.com/CSMTalkonChurchHistory2024

The topics for Church History:

1) Understanding Church History as Life & Theology
2) Church History at Large
3) Church History in Singapore
4) Church History as a Reflection of Life & Mission

Rite of Acceptance

Our inquirers will having their Rite of Acceptance on the 19th Oct (Sat) at 5:30pm EC.

Family Session – 19 October at Bethel, 9am to 10am

Acts 10: 1-4
“Now in Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Cohort called the Italica
devout and God-fearing along with his whole household, who used to give alms generously to the Jewish people and pray to God constantly.
One afternoon about three o’clock, he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God come in to him and say to him, “Cornelius.”
He looked intently at him and, seized with fear, said, “What is it, sir?” He said to him, “Your prayers and almsgiving have ascended as a memorial offering before God.”
Let’s gather together to be the living Church in our own households.

Evening Brew – Friday, 25 October at Michael’s Patio, 8pm

1 Timothy 4: 7-13

“Avoid profane and silly myths. Train yourself for devotion, for, while physical training is of limited value, devotion is valuable in every respect, since it holds a promise of life both for the present and for the future. This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance. For this we toil and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the savior of all, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one have contempt for your youth, but set an example for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity. Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching.”
Why is it like this in the Church? Come and have your faith questions be answered.
Disciples Pathway

CSM Disciples Pathway
For CSM Parishioners Only

Register:
http://tinyurl.com/CSMDisciplesPathway2022

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?

If you are interested, please register to find out more.

Community

Closure of the Columbarium

Please note that the columbarium, Elisha’s Spring, will be closed until further notice due to renovations.

Renovation Work

Please note that Staircase 2 and 6 are closed for renovation work.

Infant Baptism

19 Oct 2024
3pm
Let us pray for the little ones and their family as they prepare for their baptism.

KWSC @ St George + CSM – Workout & Breakfast

9 & 23 Oct 2024
9-11am
Wear comfortable clothes for exercise.
Register at parish office with you name, contact no. and postal code.
Limited slots available! Registration closed once slots are full.

Mark your Calendar – 26 October 2024, 4pm

Limited to 20 participants (for safety considerations)
Route: Stay Tuned!
Terrain: Mostly flat
Suitable for regular cyclists (independent riding required). Bring your own bicycle, helmet, snacks and water!
Register: tinyurl.com/CSMCycling2gether

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.

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.

Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

Line Dance 2023

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

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!

Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

Audiovisual (AV) Ministry

JOIN US to create inspiring worship experiences!

Contact our Parish Office.

Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

Comms Ministry Recruitment

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

Wardens Recruitment

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.

Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

Recruit Catechists

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.

Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

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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.

Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

Recruitment of Musicians
Ephrem Music Ministry

Calling all musicians with a willing heart to serve to come forward to join Ephrem Music Ministry.

Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

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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.

Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

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

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Legion of Mary
Recruitment
The Legion of Mary invites youths below 18 years old who are interested in praying together and serving the church in its various spiritual activities.  Join the Legion of Mary to have an enriched spiritual and prayer life and discover what God has in store for you!
Email Parish Admin Office
csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

Around Our Archdiocese

GIFT-Logo

GIFT programme

Next 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 bring your contributions or GIFT envelopes to drop them into the collection bags. Visit catholicfoundation.sg to contribute online or find out more.

PIETA SINGAPORE OCTOBER MONTHLY SESSION

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 Tue 22 October 2024. The venue will be at 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
facebook: https://facebook.com/PietaSingapore
website: https://pieta.familylife.sg/

OYP Outreach for Secondary 4 & 5 Students

Graduating from secondary school this year? Or know someone who is?
OYP welcomes all who are graduating to join us for a time of prayer and getting to know fellow Sec 4/5 students! See you there (:

Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Office for Young People, 2 Lorong Low Koon, Singapore 536449
Cost: Free!

Registration: tinyurl.com/nov24outreach
For enquiries, please email to melissa.oyp@catholic.org.sg

Treasure #16: A Catholic encounter retreat for young working adults

Have you been feeling spiritually dry – lost, weary or searching for something more in your life? We’d like to share some good news — it doesn’t have to stay this way. For the Lord says, “I am about to do a new thing” (Is 43:19).

Come and see what the Lord has in store for you at Treasure #16, a stay-in Catholic Encounter Retreat organised for young working adults (age 21 to 35 years old) in Singapore.

Retreat dates:
21 Nov (Thur) 745pm to 24 Nov (Sun) 6pm
Requires 1 day of leave on 22 Nov, Friday
Location: OYP (2 Lorong Low Koon S536449)
Cost: $163.50 (incl. 9% of GST)

Sign up link: tinyurl.com/OYP-Treasure16
God’s goodness awaits you! If you have any queries, please write to treasure.oyp@catholic.org.sg

Appeal for CHARIS’ Humanitarian Month

Caritas Humanitarian Aid & Relief Initiatives, Singapore (CHARIS), is making its annual appeal for their Humanitarian Aid Fund which supports the Archdiocese’s overseas humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts. Your small gifts can transform into miraculous impact for our brothers and sisters in need. Donation envelopes are available in the parish. Alternatively, you can send a crossed cheque payable to “Humanitarian Aid Fund” with your name and contact information to: CHARIS, 55 Waterloo Street, #07-02 Catholic Centre, Singapore 187954. Please contact CHARIS at 6337-4119 or scan the QR code to visit their website for more information.

Come away to experience a fun and faith-filled adventure for the whole family in the upcoming March 2025 school holidays! Hear from fellow Catholic parents while kids have parallel programmes. Participate in a special campfire! Register early (via link below) on a first come, first served basis. Registration closes 11 November 2024.

For enquiries, please email: VDeifamilies@gmail.com
Mobile: 96830817/ 96890919

or visit https://bit.ly/wwcf-church.

ELISHA Emerging Leaders 2024
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

Welcome Home Catholics!
Rekindle your faith with Landings Singapore’s new 10-week programme designed for Catholics seeking a reconnection to their faith.
Scan the QR code in the poster to find out more.

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.

Chinese Marriage Preparation Course
Mandarin
Marriage Preparation Course 
10 & 17 Nov 2024 (9 am – 5 pm)
CANA 55 Waterloo St,
S. 187954
Details and registration in the poster above.
Montfort Centre Flyer

Special Retreat Package
Mondays to Thursdays

What better way to begin the new year than with a retreat with the Lord and his blessed Mother!
To make retreats more affordable for all, we are offering special weekday packages for individuals and groups.
Click the image above for more information.

Online resources
for Catholic parents

A great resource for parents preparing for their children’s baptism as well as parents of children attending catechism classes.

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.

Divine mercy courtyard

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

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.

Migrant Helpline

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.

Be Kind to your Mental Health

Counselling and Psychological Services
By Clarity Singapore

Clarity Singapore, a member organisation of Caritas Singapore, focuses on responding to mental health needs through community-based mental healthcare services and social integration programmes. We offer professional counselling and psychological services to help individuals in learning to cope with their situations in more adaptive ways.

Learn more: https://www.clarity-singapore.org

PARA-COUNSELLING

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.