Encounter

Holy Hour
7 Feb, Friday
7pm
@ Bethel

Special Eucharistic Celebration for the sick and and elderly
We will be having a special EC for the sick and elderly on Sat, 8 Feb 2025 at 10:30am.
Registration QR Code and link: tinyurl.com/CSMSpecialEC-8Feb

Organisers requested to invite parishioners who are Doctor/s or Nurses to be on standby for the EC, estimated time: 10am – 12pm.
Drivers who can assist to fetch homebound/ elderly/ sick needing transportation.

Praise & Worship
15 Feb, Saturday
8pm
@ Bethel

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 – 12 April
Every Friday @ 7pm
There will be no Holy Hour.

Formation

Family Session
15 Feb, Saturday
9-10am
@ Bethel
The Book of Hosea
Mondays, 3 & 10 Feb, 3 & 10 March
8pm
To register: tinyurl.com/CSMBookofHosea

Ginosko Journey
Ginosko is a group that seeks to facilitate God-encounters for the non-baptized through knowledge of Jesus and the faith.
A new Ginosko journey has started, and we welcome all non-baptized persons who want to explore the Catholic faith or are looking to sign up for RCIA. Kindly contact CSM Secretariat if you have someone to refer.

Disciples Pathway

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 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

CSM Movie Night

8 Feb, Sat
7pm
Community Dinner @ Michael Patio before the movie!
Bring a basket of food to share with 3 to 5 friends!

“Ordinary Angels” is a 2024 drama inspired by true events. Sharon Stevens who struggles with alcoholism and family issues, is deeply moved by the plight of a family whose five-year-old daughter needs a liver transplant. The family is overwhelmed by mounting medical debts. What can Sharon do to help? Why should she help? Will anyone help her? Come find out how this amazing story ends.

Register via QR Code or Link: tinyurl.com/CSMMovieNight8Feb

Collection of Old Palms

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:

  1. PDPA Act does not allow us to take picture of other parishioners
  2. To  protect the celebrants and parishioners themselves from terrorism
  3. Worship hall is a sacred place, to show reverence

Only officially appointed photographers and videographers from CSM may do so.

Invitation to be a part of CSM’s Parish Finance Council

If you are a lawyer or architect, we invite you to help grow the parish by joining the Parish Finance Council.

Please email csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

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

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!

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

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

Coro di Velli Angeli Choir welcomes you!

We serve on Saturdays at 5.30pm
Eucharistic Celebrations.

Email your interest to
csm.secretariat@catholic.org.sg

Around Our Archdiocese

Banns of Ordination

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

Come and experience a weekend away for a lifetime of change. The 68th Beginning Experience (BE) Weekend is a live-in weekend for the permanently separated, divorced or widowed (for both males and females). The BE Weekend helps single-again individuals move on from the darkness of their grief into the light of a new beginning, to be healed and be free to love themselves, others and God.
Registration or any enquiries can be made at this link: https://www.besingapore.org/BE_Event

Date: 21 Mar – 23 Mar 2025 (Friday night through Sunday afternoon)

Cost: $230
For more information, please contact:
Rodney       9693 0785
Mary            9755 4310
Jean            9828 5162

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.

Inner Healing Retreat #05
Feb 13 to 16, 2025

SEMI-SILENT, stay-in retreat conducted by Juliana Koh & The CSC Retreat Team.

“Come and encounter Jesus who heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3

  • Talks & Prayers
  • Wounds & their Effects
  • Healing of past wounds
  • Healing of wounded emotions
  • Healing of relationships
  • Pray-over for healing & empowerment

Semi-Silent, Stay-In Retreat

Retreat Fee $348.80 (inclusive of 9% gst)

Participants MUST have attended Prayer Experience Retreat (PER)

https://bit.ly/CSCIHR5

46th Anniversary Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Singapore (WWMESG)
46th Anniversary Mass
3rd May, Saturday
Mass will commence at 10.30 am.
Registration of Milestone Couples at St Damien Hall: From 9.30 – 10 am.
All other participants to be seated in Church by 10.20 am.
Do register via the QR Code in above poster and see you there!
Landings Ad-2025

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/comehome

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.”

Building Trust (TRU)
First run on 8 March
Second run on 12 April 2025

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.

Venue at Agape Village. $100/- per pax including GST & lunch.

To register or find out more, go to www.catholicleader.sg

Lead Like Jesus (LLJ)
First run on 15 & 22 Feb
Second run on 15 & 29 Mar

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

My Personal Compass
by Fr David Garcia, OP (In-Person at CANA)
3 Feb – 14 April

My Personal Compass in 2025 returns as a set of 10 sessions!

Get introduced to the basics of morality, which are applicable to all and not just Christians. Come and build an ethical foundation so you can journey towards fulfilling your potential as a person made in the image of God.

Register now at https://bit.ly/CSTMPC 

For enquiries, please email Caritas Singapore at formation.cst@caritas-singapore.org

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.

FRIENDSGIVING:  Praying Our Friendships
21-23 Feb @ Bintan

Friendship is a sacrament of God’s love and a gift. In this uniquely crafted retreat, you are to bring a friend (could be a family member, a colleague, etc) and celebrate this gift together. You will also discover how Jesus continues to draw you into a deeper friendship with Him. Register early using QR code in poster.

Ephesians 6: Armour of God Retreat (EPH6)
8 – 9 Feb
Punggol Retreat Centre

A 2D1N stay-in retreat that unpacks the spiritual and practical implications in St Paul’s letter to the Ephesians Chapter 6 and helps leaders to be equipped with the “whole armour of God, so as to withstand the wiles of the devil” (Eph 6:11).

The retreat includes talks by Fr Valerian Cheong, Fr Andrew Wong and Joseph Fernandez on being more aware of supernatural realms on social media and other openings which lead people away from God, what the first commandment entails and so on.

$320/- per pax inclusive of GST (en suite single-room & meals included)

To register or find out more, go to www.catholicleader.sg

ELISHA Emerging Leaders
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.

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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.