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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 ...
Religious services started at an old Japanese language school which was left over from World War II. The school was located in Jalan Kedai, off Canberra Road. Fr. Dominic Vendargon, (Aug 29, 1909–Aug 3, 2005) was appointed by the then Bishop of Malacca & Singapore, Bishop Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P., to formulate a self-sufficient parish. In ...
Tao Nan School was founded as a Chinese medium school in 1892, and is known as Holy Innocents’ High School today. [8] Holy Innocents’ English School was then established as a parish school in 1916 to the left of the church premises. [3] Later taken over by the Gabrielite Brothers and renamed Monfort's School in 1936. [3]
The school moved into the church compound in 1886 and changed its name. In 1893, separate boys' and girls' schools were formed. In 1886, the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa transferred the jurisdiction over the Portuguese Missions in Singapore and Malacca to the Portuguese Bishop of Macau.
With a growing Catholic community in the parish, a Parish Social Centre was built in 1977 to be a place where the youth of the parish could receive religious education, and adults could use to meet, bond and help each other. A Play School was added on within the Parish Social Centre and kindergarten classes began to run in 1978.
The Church of the Sacred Heart (Chinese: 圣心堂) is a Roman Catholic church in Singapore.It was founded in 1910 and is one of the oldest parishes in the archdiocese. The church's feast day is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, which falls 19 days after Pentecost Sunday.
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.