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18 Aug 2024 - September Highlights at St Mary’s
Is Pope Francis' visit to Singapore just an event to watch and to attend? Friar Mike gives us an overview of events at St Mary’s in September to help us prepare for our Holy Father’s Pastoral Visit and to continue Christ’s mission in the world:
Prayer for Unity & Hope in the world
Thu 5 & Fri 6 Sep @ 7.30pm
Let us come together as a parish community to prepare our hearts and pray for the intentions of the Pope and for the world.
Abilities Beyond Limitations and Expectations (ABLE)
Weekend of 14 & 15 Sep
Through the social service agency ABLE, let us learn more about journeying with those who are physically challenged and how to help those with disabilities.
Holy Mass with Anointing of the Sick
Tue 17 Sep @ 10am
At the 800th Anniversary of the Stigmata of St Francis, we celebrate the wounds of our brothers and sisters in their journey of life. Invite your family and neighbours who are sick or elderly to find comfort through the sacraments of the Church.
Migrant Sunday 2024
Sun 22 Sep @ 1pm
St Mary’s will host this year’s Archdiocesan World Day of Migrants and Refugees with Mass celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal William Goh. Come celebrate with the migrant brothers and sisters in our community.
14 July 2024 - St Mary’s Feast Day 2024 in the Year of Prayer
This year, being the Year of Prayer, our Parish Friars invite you and your family to come together and join us to pray and celebrate as a community from 1 to 4 Aug:
✝️ Thu 1 Aug, 7.30pm: Praying with our Wounds
🎉 Fri 2 Aug, 5pm: Opening Ceremony & Blessing of New Access Ramp & Side Gate
✝️ Fri 2 Aug, 6.30pm: Praying with Our Lady
✝️ Sat 3 & Sun 4 Aug: Praying as One Body in Christ
🎉 Sun 4 Aug, 8am to 2pm: Feast Day Fun Fair
6 July 2024 - Feast Day Teaser
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂!
St Mary’s Feast Day is less than a month away and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! Watch as our Parish Priest, together with some of the parish team, come together to give you a teaser of the activities planned.
Everyone’s waiting for you – join us and be part of the celebration!
19 May 2024 - Pentecost Message From St Mary’s
Called to Rekindle & Share our Faith at St Mary's
We look back on last year's Pentecost Campaign and are encouraged by the response of our community towards making St Mary's a more welcoming parish, thanks to the many volunteers who have come forward to serve through the many roles and ministries in the Ministry of Hospitality.
This year, we are CALLED to grow in faith and share the faith with someone in the community as a RCIA sponsor, Catechist for youth and special needs children. Learn more at stmary.sg/faith-and-evangelisation
Our Church building is over 20 years old. And maintaining it to be able to serve the community is costly. See how you can support and contribute to the Maintenance of the Church through our Fundraising events. Support our Feast Day Fundraising for our Maintenance Fund: stmary.sg/feastday
31 Mar 2024 - Happy Easter!
SEEING ANEW: Experiencing the Resurrection Through Art
The Parish Friars & team at St Mary’s wish all who a happy & blessed Easter! This Easter season, discover the Resurrection Through Art by exploring the beauty of Easter through various artistic mediums such as painting, drawing, and other art forms, all while fostering community and deepening your faith. Learn more at stmary.sg/art.
10 Feb 2024 - Happy Chinese New Year - Finding the Pearl of Great Price
The Parish Friars & team at St Mary’s wish all who are celebrating Chinese New Year joy, and God’s abundant blessings! May it be a time of reconnection and thanksgiving as families and friends come together to celebrate. And, as we enter into the season of Lent this coming Wednesday, may our faith and prayer life be deepened as we seek the Pearl of Great Price!
25 Dec 2023 - Christmas Greetings: Our Response to the Nativity
The Parish Friars and Team of St Mary's wish all parishioners and friends a very Happy & Blessed Christmas!🌲
As we celebrate with joy the gifts we have received this Christmas - the gift of St Francis & the crib, the gift of God’s only Son - let us share this joy, and in love of God and neighbour, open our hearts to those who need your help and hope this Christmas.
We invite you to consider the Child and the Lowly estate He comes, and collaborate with us - to lift up the Child and his/her estate. This Christmas, St Mary's is working with Canossaville for this cause: Your donations will help children from lower income neighbourhoods and disadvantaged backgrounds benefit from the support and care provided through Canossaville. Learn more at stmary.sg/nativity.
16 Dec 2023 - Invitation to the Christmas Lucernarium
Date: Wed 20 Dec 2023, 8pm (Rosary starts at 7.30pm)
Venue: Main Church & Piazza
Friar Mike invites all to the Christmas Lucernarium, celebrating 800 years from the first Nativity crib created by St Francis of Assisi at Greccio. Before the service, we will be praying the Franciscan Crown Rosary at 7.30pm for the victims of the unrest and war in the Holy Land. Come as we contemplate the Christ child and the image of peace that the crib represents.
Learn more at stmary.sg/nativity
3 Dec 2023 - Advent Message from our Parish Friars
In this video message, the Parish Friars of St Mary’s share the latest updates and exciting programmes that parishioners can look forward to in the coming weeks and months ahead. May we be a people waiting actively in hope this Advent season!
Visit our Advent 2023 page: stmary.sg/advent
Key Events in St Mary’s: stmary.sg/2024
5 Aug 2023 - Feast Day Celebrations Highlights & Thank You!
Here are some highlights of our Parish Feast Day celebrations, starting with the anointing & celebration with our Sick & Elderly parishioners on 27 Jul, and concluding with an outdoor candlelight rosary procession on 2 Aug.
The Parish Friars & Team would like to thank all our parishioners, volunteers and donors for your great support and generous contributions in our Feast Day celebrations and fundraising efforts. We have raised about $200k for our Maintenance Fund, from which we will be using to build the wheelchair access ramp.
30 Jul 2023 - Feast Day Greetings from Assisi
The Parish Friars and Team at St Mary's wish all parishioners and friends a Happy Feast Day as we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula! Our Friars with the Franciscan World Youth Day Contingent sends their greetings to everyone from the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels at Assisi to all of us back here at St Mary's here Bukit Batok 🥳!
22 Jul 2023 - Feast Day Celebrations Important Updates
Do take note of some important updates for our upcoming Feast Day Celebrations: 1) Timing and cancellations of certain Masses, 2) Rosary & Procession on 2 August, 3) Changes to our table games on 30 Jul, 4) Collection and Sale of Event tickets and Fundraising merchandise at the Piazza.
8 Jul 2023 - Feast Day Celebrations Update
A big thank you once again for your generous support as all tables at our Fundraising Dinner have been fully booked!
Please continue to support us in our fundraising efforts for the Maintenance Fund, which will be used to build our proposed wheelchair accessible ramp, through our fundraising activities, and have fun at the same time.
24 June 2023 - Feast Day Celebrations 2023
27 Jul - 30 Jul 2023
This year’s Feast Day Celebrations will not only be a time to remember the great gift of God's mercy, it's also a time to come together as a parish and be a part of a project to ease the lives of those who may be struggling every time they come to our church. To learn more about what’s happening for our Feast Day, visit stmary.sg/feastday.
28 May 2023 - Pentecost: Be a Part of the Welcome!
For years, we've had the same tireless people who keep St Mary's ticking. Will you step up to give St Mary's the "boom" it needs?
From a warm smile and a friendly greeting, helping families in the sacraments of Baptism, Weddings or even Funerals, or welcoming someone to the Catholic faith, we need you!
You can be a part of the welcome at St Mary’s. Simply sign up for our Welcome Workshop where you will learn more and discover how to share your presence & talents!
For more information and to register, visit: stmary.sg/welcome
9 Apr 2023 - Easter Greetings from our Parish Friars
Alleluia! The Lord is Risen!
The Parish Friars and Team at St Mary's wish all our parishioners, friends and viewers a Happy and Blessed Easter!
While we remember the challenges we faced over the past 3 years, we kept faith, believing that we will Rise again with Him. We can finally come together as a parish to celebrate and rejoice in the Lord's resurrection!
We hope our Gentle & Quiet Lent programmes have been meaningful in preparing your hearts for Easter. May our hearts be filled with the joy and peace that only the Lord can give.
19 Feb 2023 - A Gentle & Quiet Lent
An Invitation from St Mary's
Years of uncertainty and change have left many of us anxious, frustrated and overwhelmed. This Lent, we encourage you to be still, to be silent and listen to God as He speaks to us. To seek his gentleness in the quiet and find rest for our souls.
We invite you to our special programmes on Meditative Wednesdays, and Contemplative Thursdays during the coming weeks of Lent. This is where we can encounter God through art, music, prayer and contemplation.
We also celebrate the Stations of the Cross on Fridays followed by a simple meal & fellowship.
Learn more at www.stmary.sg/lent.
22 Jan 2023 - Happy Lunar New Year!
新年快乐，万事如意！
The Parish Friars and Team at St Mary's wish all our parishioners, friends and viewers who are celebrating Chinese New Year good health and God's abundant blessings! May it be a time of joy and thanksgiving as families and friends come together to celebrate.
1 Jan 2023 - Thanksgiving Message by Friar Mike
Friar Mike shares with us a quick review of 2022 with thanksgiving and offers a reflection of the roles we play in St Mary's.
Serving in St Mary's goes beyond simply turning up, we have a deep commitment to supporting each other through our presence, our continued giving as well as our offering of our time and talents to do what we can for our community.
Let us pray that we will have a blessed 2023 and we wish the Friars who are posted out all the best, as well as offer a warm welcome to the Friars who will be coming in to serve our community here.
25 December 2022 - A Special Christmas Message from our Friars
The Parish Friar and Team from St Mary’s wish all a Happy and Blessed Christmas! Tidings of comfort and joy!
November 2022 - Jubilee Solidarity Fund (JSF) Update
The St Mary's Jubilee Solidarity Fund that was initiated in 2020 during the pandemic has been fully disbursed and is officially closed. Parish Priest Friar Mike and Paul from the Outreach Office give updates on how the fund had been used to help families and persons in need to tide over the difficult period.
For information about JSF: https://stmary.sg/jsf
You can also read more about this in the November issue of the Outreach mini-bulletin: https://www.stmary.sg/outreach-bulletin/nov22
OCTOBER 2022 -
For a Church Open to Everyone
”We pray for the Church; ever faithful to, and courageous in preaching the Gospel, may the Church be a community of solidarity, fraternity and welcome, always living in an atmosphere of synodality.”
Did you know that some snippets of St Mary’s were used in Vatican’s “The Pope Video” for October’s prayer intentions? Check out the video and see if you can spot some of our parishioners in action! Also, read the write-up in Catholic News HERE.
The Pope Video is an official global initiative to disseminate the Holy Father’s monthly intentions. It is carried out by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer). More info HERE. Watch other videos for the other months in their YouTube channel.
24 July 2022 - Family Fiesta : An Invitation to the Table of Plenty
This year, instead of just having a Parish Feast Day, Triduum and Food & Fun Fair, we will celebrate our Feast Day over the entire month of August!
Family Fiesta: An Invitation to the Table of Plenty is a series of family-centred activities held over the four weeks in August, starting with our Parish Feast Day Mass & Procession on 2 August and ending with Kampung Night on 27 August! We have talks on Fridays, Fun Activities & Workshops on Saturdays, and Sunday Treats to encourage Community Fellowship.
For a list of activities and to sign up, please visit our Family Fiesta page at stmary.sg/familyfiesta. Come, join us and celebrate as a family at the Table of Plenty!
Let's Play • Let's Pray • Let's Learn • Let's Celebrate
18 June 2022 - Updates from Our Parish Team
It's going to be an exciting July and August with lots lined up, including the St Mary of the Angels Family Fiesta, a month-long Feast Day celebration, with activities held across all weekends throughout August!
Hear the latest updates too on our Franciscan community, strides made in our Jubilee Solidarity Fund, upcoming plans for St Mary's Online Mass Recordings and also Friar Mike's travel plans in July and August.
17 April 2022 - HAPPY EASTER from our Parish Friars!
The Parish Friars and Team at St Mary's wish everyone a very HAPPY EASTER! Christ is Risen! Alleluia!
We hope our Laudato Si' Lent has been meaningful to all of you! Do come down to level one beside Gubbio to see the plant you have returned being planted to be part of this beautiful Easter Garden!
Congratulations also to our 29 brothers and sisters who have become part of our family in last night's Easter Vigil!
Finally, we also hope you have taken time to reflect and share your thoughts about our Church in the Synodal process.
8 April 2022 - An Invitation to Holy Week
As we enter into the sacred days of Holy Week, let us come back together as a church community, with hearts renewed, to participate and celebrate in the liturgies of the Paschal festivities.
St Mary's will also be releasing a series of online reflections during Holy Week that will help you appreciate the liturgies of these sacred days before attending these services, as well as for those who are unable to come to Church.
For links to the Holy Week Online Reflections, updated daily during the Easter Triduum, visit stmary.sg/holyweek
26 March 2022 - Building Our Easter Garden
IT’S TIME to bring the plants you have nurtured throughout Lent back to church so that we can start preparing our Easter Garden at St Mary's!
Return your plants from 2 to 9 April at the piazza.
Let us prepare our hearts for Christ's resurrection as we approach Holy Week.
27 February 2022 - Laudato Si' Lent with St Mary's
Our Mother Earth is in peril and so save Her we must! This Lent, let us, together with our Franciscan Friars of St Mary's, join forces to make amends for our sins against God's Creation - by embarking on this Lenten journey of conversion from Cosmic Dust to an Easter Garden!
To find out how, watch this video you must! ;)
1 January 2022 - Thanksgiving Message
As we say goodbye to 2021, our parish priest Friar Mike shares with us why we must approach 2022 with gratitude and generosity for the graces God has shown us this past year, especially for the growth within our parish communities.
Friar Mike shares on the plans we put in place in 2021 and how the new Offices of St Mary will help us as we move ahead in 2022. Thanks be to God for His constant care and the support of all our parishioners and supporters at St Mary's.
Parish Messages 2021
20 November 2021 - Feast of Christ the King
Friar Mike rounds up the liturgical year thanking all who have supported the parish in one way or another, and gives an update on recent and upcoming happenings around the parish:
Changes in Weekend Mass Times
Round-up of the recent "Get Movin' with St Mary's" Event
Upcoming Advent & Christmas Preparations
Beary Franciscan Christmas Sale
19 September 2021 - Get Movin’ with St Mary’s!
To celebrate Catholic200SG, Friar Mike & the friars of St Mary’s invite all parishioners and friends of St Mary’s to participate with family and friends in this community event during the month of October.
24 July 2021 - Feast Day Triduum Invitation
Friar Mike invites all parishioners and friends of St Mary’s to participate in our parish's Feast Day Triduum from 29 July to 31 July in preparation of the Feast of St Mary of the Angels which we are celebrating on 1 August 2021.
23 June 2021 - Mini-Townhall Series
Mini-Townhall Series: An open invitation to meet and connect! Our Parish Friars would like the opportunity to hear from you - members of all the various ministries in St Mary’s. Join in for a casual catch-up session as well as spiritual refueling. We will be organising a series of Mini-Townhall sessions (via Zoom) for each of our Offices.
23 May 2021 - Pentecost
Update of what's happened in the 1 year since Pentecost 2020, and how St Mary's has risen up to the challenge and possibly even grown during the pandemic. We still have a lot to do and need YOU to come forward and join in our communities, to contribute and serve, and CONNECT to the mission of our parish to be an Evangelising Faith Community!
9 February 2021
1) Marking of 2021 as the Year of St Joseph and Catholic200SG.
2) Presentation and production of Stations of the Cross by the youth of our parish.
3) Outreach Office’s collaboration with The Social Kitchen, Ginger Pantry at Gubbio will be opening soon in support of disadvantaged individuals.
4) Parishioners coming together as The Body of Christ in St Mary's to respond to challenges ahead.