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The Church of Saints Peter and Paul was gazetted a national monument on 10 February 2003. [1] From 4 September to 12 November 2006, the church was one of the exhibition venues for the Singapore Biennale, Singapore's inaugural international biennale of contemporary art. Currently, the church is under the care of the Discalced Carmelite Friars.
Saint Joseph's Church is noted for its Portuguese-inspired religious traditions, such as the annual Good Friday celebrations. [1] The church is a rectoral church of devotion and not a parish church, hence, the church does not have specific territorial boundaries. [1] Mass in the Latin Extraordinary Form is celebrated here every Sunday at 2 pm. [2]
The first mass was celebrated in the function hall on 6 April 1969. In June 1969, religious bodies in Singapore were invited by the Singapore Government to tender for a piece of land of 40,000 square feet (3,700 m 2). A month later, the government announced that a Roman Catholic church would be built at the junction of Toa Payoh Central and ...
The church serves approximately 6000 parishioners today. Another 1200 parishioners attend Korean Mass ever since the Korean Catholic community has permanently shifted and been based here in 2012. [15] Besides religious services, the church also began running the Nativity Church Kindergarten for Pre-Nursery, Nursery, K1 and K2 children in 2003.
In 2005, Singapore held an exhibition, dubbed Journey of Faith, on artefacts from Vatican City in the Asian Civilisations Museum at Empress Building, Catholic-oriented artifacts, focusing on art and history, were put on display from June to October 2005. The Catholic Church in Singapore was under dual jurisdiction for most of its history, one ...
The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd before its restoration in 2006. The Roman Catholic Church in Singapore was initially under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malacca, [2] [3] [4] established by the papal bull pro excellenti praeeminentia issued by Pope Paul IV on 4 February 1558 as one of two new suffragan dioceses (the other being Diocese of Cochin) to the Archdiocese of Goa.
In Singapore, he will hold a mass for 50,000 attendees. He will also meet Singapore's leadership, visit an elderly home and hold an inter-religious dialogue with local youth.
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.