Notice for Catholics in Singapore
on COVID-19 and its impact. Update: 27 March 2020
Holy Week updates from The Archdiocesan COVID-19 Taskforce
Encounter God through the spirit of prayer and the scripture
by reflecting and praying the Word of God daily.
Latest Notices & Messages
Updates on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) for The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore
Latest Guidelines for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore in Tackling the COVID 19
HOLY WEEK UPDATES
In view of our escalating Covid-19 situation this week and anticipating further escalation, the government has introduced further physical distancing measures for the community, and a specific directive on comprehensive measures to reduce transmission for religious gatherings.
Penitential Services in the Districts and Parishes
Given the serious situation of the COVID-19 contagion and with the rising number of infections both locally and in other countries, His Grace, Archbishop William Goh has instructed all parishes to suspend Penitential Services in the Archdiocese.
Latest Articles
Christianity: The Freedom To Love
Christ sets us free so that we may love other people as ourselves. If, according to St. Thomas Aquinas, “to love is to will the good of another,” then love is the ultimate purpose for the exercise of our free will. Sin is just the opposite. It is the abuse of free will, disregarding our neighbour’s good.
A Journey to Rediscovering Freedom: From Sin
Sin makes us feel free and happy, doesn’t it? When we sin – when we do what God doesn’t want us to do – aren’t we satisfying our “human nature”, asserting ourselves against the rules imposed on us by a tyrant God? That feels great!
The Key to Holiness: An Annoying Co-Worker?
Offering up the little annoyances in our life as penance does not eliminate the need for all other Lenten practices, but it is another way to grow closer to Christ. When we unite our sufferings to Christ, no matter how small, we take up our cross as Christ tells us, and we follow in his footsteps.