Encounter
Youth Night
Sat 22 Feb
7pm
Register: http://tinyurl.com/CSMYouthNightFeb2025
The Art of Silence
Wed 12 March
8pm
St Michael Room
Silence is more than the absence of sound—it is a doorway to God’s presence. In a world filled with distractions, we rarely take the time to pause, be still, and listen. What if the answers you’ve been searching for are waiting in the quiet?
Fr. Terence will share how to be still and silent in the presence of God our Father.
No experience needed. Just come as you are.
Register via QR Code or link: tinyurl.com/CSMParishLentenEvent
Fat Tuesday
4 March 2025
6.45pm
Bring your old palms and some pork chops. ‘Fat Tuesday’ or Mardi Gras is a tradition celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. On this night, people feast before undertaking 40 days of fasting during Lent and burn their old palms to be used on Ash Wednesday.
Come join us for a time of fellowship on 4th March anytime from 6:45 pm onwards. Along with your old palms, Parishioners are encouraged to bring your favourite dish for yourselves and for one other to share.
Ash Wednesday
5 March
EC Timings @ 6.30am, 11am & 8pm
@ Bethel
Please note there is no 6pm EC.
Way of the Cross
7 March – 11 April
Every Friday @ 7pm
There will be no Holy Hour.
Formation
Sunday 2 March
1.30pm
St Michael Room
Register: tinyurl.com/CSMEucharistExplained
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
Parish Outreach
Sat 22 Feb
10.30am
Come join us to Connect & Befriend the Catholic families in the area with varying needs, serving and loving them as the Lord commands.
Meet at St John Vianney
Register: http://tinyurl.com/CSMParishOutreach22Feb2025
Church of St Michael Family Camp 2025
Yes it is back! Please note the dates – the Family Camp will take place from 31 May to 4 June.
If you have school going children, and want to take a short break during the June holidays, do consider signing up for this camp!
We invite you to register your interest using the QR code shown on the screen, or use the link in Our Pilgrimage.
This is not a confirmed sign up, it’s a gauge for us to do the planning and look into the details.
We will contact you when it is time to confirm the registration.
So discuss with your family, save the dates and register your interest by next week, 26 January!
Register: tinyurl.com/CSMFamilyCampInterest
Workout cum Breakfast
in collaboration with KWSC @ St George’s
19 Feb, 12 & 26 Mar
9am
View above poster for details.
Collection of Old Palms
To prepare the ashes needed for Ash Wednesday, we need your help. Please bring your old palms back to church and place them at the collection points. Thank you.
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
@ 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
Petals Ministry
Use Your Creativity to Bless Others – Whether you’re a floral expert or a beginner, your hands can bring joy and encouragement to others.
Serve with Purpose – Every flower arrangement carries a message of hope, love, and God’s beauty, bringing life to our church and the souls it touches.
Be Part of a Community – Grow in faith and fellowship as we design floral arrangements that uplift hearts and glorify God.
Join us and let your gifts blossom in God’s presence.
Email your interest to
csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Coro di Velli Angeli Choir welcomes you!
Looking for singers and musicians
We serve on Saturdays at 5.30pm
Eucharistic Celebrations.
Email your interest to
csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
Join the Family Life Ministry
We are looking for parishioners who are not involved in any ministry to come forward to help us
care for the family life in the Church.
The ministry will look into the areas of providing information on marriage, couple health,
parenting, events to build family wellness and support for those in challenging situations like
divorce, dealing with teenagers and ageing parents.
Email: csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg
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
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.
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.
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
Catholic Foundation’s GIFT
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 boxes. 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.
Getting Married: The Bling Ain’t The Thing
19 Feb 2025 (Wed)
8pm-10pm
Catholic Centre, Level 3
$20 per pax, $35 for two
Calling all couples who are preparing to get married or are thinking about marriage together. Come, join us in this session as we explore the true meaning behind saying “I Do”—a commitment not just to your partner, but to God’s plan for your lives together!
It’s not about the bling of the ring, but about the faith that anchors your promise to one another, grounded in God’s love. Couples will reflect on how their “I Do” is a call to a lifelong journey of love, grounded in faith and the promise to build a life together which ultimately is an offering to God.
Register here via bit.ly/GMBAT_Reg
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
Combined Lent to Easter
Reflection Booklet 2025
Available for download from 22 Feb
This booklet will journey with you through the Lenten season of detachment and renewal, into the newness of life at Easter.
Our Lenten practices prepare us for the joy and renewal of Christ’s resurrection, which the Church celebrates throughout the 50 days of Eastertide. It’s essential, therefore, that our reflections do not end at Lent, but continue into the season of Easter.
Get your copy today by scanning the QR code in the above poster or visiting one.org.sg.
Pieta Prayer Support for
Bereaved Parents
Tues, 25 February
7.30pm to 9.15pm
Catholic Archdiocesan Education Centre
We invite any parent who has lost a child (regardless of age and no matter how recent or long ago) to meet every fourth Tuesday of the month to pray and support each other.
Catholic Archdiocesan Education Centre, 2 Highland Road, unit LG-01, S. 549102 (next to the Church of Immaculate Heart of Mary).
Enquiries: pieta.singapore@gmail.com
or https://pieta.familylife.sg/
Note: We will be on Zoom for March. Please email us for Zoom details.
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Join the ACMI Family
ACMI is looking for passionate individuals to fill the following roles:
- Executive, Pastoral & Formation
- Executive, Skills Development (Full-time & Part-time)
Looking for a meaningful career where you can make a difference to the lives of migrants in Singapore?
Join the ACMI family, and be part of a team that’s all about empowering our migrant brothers and sisters!
👀 View the full job descriptions here ➡️ rebrand.ly/acmijobs
📎 Interested applicants can email Shelley (shelley.tan@catholic.org.sg) with your resume/CV.
HIS SEVEN LAST WORDS ON THE CROSS
A Lenten Reflection
28 March 2025 (Friday)
8:00 pm – 10 pm
La Salle House, 490 East Coast Road, Singapore 429058
Speaker: Br Collin Wee, FSC
This Lent, take up your cross; listen to and reflect on Jesus’ words to you from the cross.
Love offering: $40 per person; OR $30 per person EARLY BIRD OFFER for registration before 12 March.
For more info/to register: https://forms.gle/c8rmsf1cpmBxAjBd8
Love without Limits
7-9 March 2025 (Stay-in Retreat)
Montfort Centre,
624 Upper Bukit Timah Rd
In order to draw closer to us and give us a more convincing proof of his love, eternal Wisdom went so far as to become one like us, even to become a little child, to embrace poverty and to die upon a cross for us. Will you let Jesus, friend of sinners, come to you and love you just as you are?
Brother Raphael of the Cross (Cheong Qing Fa)
from the Order of the Discalced Carmelite Friars OCD
will be called to the Order of Deacons on 1 May 2025
at Church of Saints Peter and Paul
by His Eminence William Cardinal Goh
The publication of these banns fulfils the canonical requirement, can. 1051 2°. Catholics are obliged to reveal any impediments or circumstances that would prevent him from receiving Sacred Orders and should contact the OCD General Delegate, Fr Anselm Phang OCD or William Cardinal Goh with such information as soon as possible.
Beginning Experience Weekend
21 – 23 Mar
Date: 21 Mar – 23 Mar 2025 (Friday night through Sunday afternoon)
At the Feet of the Good Shepherd (FGS)
22 & 23 Mar
Punggol Retreat Centre
A personalised, directed retreat for leaders to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to His voice, allowing our Good Shepherd to tend to our inner wounds and restore our soul.
$320/- per pax including accommodation, meals and spiritual direction session.
To register or find out more for both courses, go to www.catholicleader.sg
Building Trust (TRU)
First run on 8 March
Second run on 12 April 2025
Agape Village
Through conversations and interactive group activities, participants will develop a shared understanding of trust and take personal responsibility for how they can develop deeper levels of trust at an inter-personal and group level.
$100/- per pax including GST & lunch.
To register or find out more for both courses, go to www.catholicleader.sg
Job Opportunity: Pastoral Worker
St Gabriel’s Foundation is looking to employ a Pastoral Worker/Officer to help build and sustain the Catholic school culture within our schools. Relevant educational qualifications are required. Please view poster above.
Interested parties can contact us via email at enquiry@stgabrielsfoundation.sg or call us at 89111359.
46th Anniversary Mass
3rd May, Saturday
Welcome Home Catholics!
Thinking about starting your journey back to the Church in 2025?
Are you searching for a journey back to the heart of the church?
It’s time to answer the call.
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (OLPS)
Tuesday evenings, 8pm – 10pm beginning 4th March 2025
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd (CGS)
on Friday evenings 7.30pm – 9.30pm,
beginning 7th March 2025 – 30th May 2025
with a weekend Retreat.
Landings, a reconciliation ministry built for returning Catholics, is conducting a 10-week programme at the above two locations.
Recover the faith that never left you!
Register to find out more here: https://landings.typeform.com/
CREATING SAFE SPACES
in Communities and Religious Institutions
22-23 March 2025
(2 days, non-stay in at La Salle House)
Register : https://forms.gle/TKeRHkzrdqrswEpa9
This two-day workshop seminar introduces Safeguarding as Charism and Spirituality, starting with its theological and spiritual foundation. Abuse and all its forms will be defined. The dynamics of victimization and offending will also be explored. This workshop is highly recommended to all holding leadership positions in the Church.
As Pope Francis insists, “We are a sign that the ministry of safeguarding belongs to all of us as it is part of the Church’s ministry, indeed of evangelization itself,” and without safe spaces and interior freedom from the heart, our Church will never be safe where the Gospel is freely proclaimed.”
Lead Like Jesus (LLJ)
15 & 29 March
Effective leadership – whether on the job, in the community, at church or in the home – starts on the inside. Knowing who we are, and to whom we belong to. One deals with one’s relationship to Christ. The other with one’s life purpose.
A foundational module based on the servant leadership modelled by Jesus Christ, exploring the 4 domains of leading like Jesus: the heart, head, hands and habits.
Venue at Agape Village. $200/- per pax including GST & lunch and tea break for 2 sessions and personal workbook.
To register or find out more, go to www.catholicleader.sg
QUIETING THE SOUL
7-9 March 2025
@ St. Francis Xavier Retreat Centre
Take some time out with the Lord as He invites you to “come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” [Mark 6:31]
This is a 3-day silent retreat suitable for beginners and busy people. Register early using QR code in poster.
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.
