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Reverend Father Jean-Marie Beurel (5 February 1813 – 3 October 1872) was a French Catholic priest and missionary who founded the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, the St Joseph’s Institution and the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus girls' schools in Singapore.
After Father Jean-Marie Beurel consecrated the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on 6 June 1847, he had an ambition to open a school for boys to be managed by the Brothers of the Christian Schools. In 1848, Father Beurel asked the Straits Settlements government for land to build a school, but was refused. He left Singapore on 28 October 1850 for ...
A stone sculpture artwork on display at the Singapore Art Museum. The former Saint Joseph's Institution (Chinese: 前圣约瑟书院) is a historic building in Singapore, located at Bras Basah Road in the Museum Planning Area, within the Central Area. The building previously housed the Lasallian school Saint Joseph's Institution. However, it ...
1833 – First permanent Catholic house of worship in Singapore blessed and opened. 1843 – Foundation stone laid by John Connolly on the Feast of Corpus Christi. 1847 – Church of the Good Shepherd blessed and opened by Father Jean-Marie Beurel. 1859 – Original Parochial House (now Archbishop's House) completed.
The house was one of the architecture designs of the Irish civil architect George Drumgoole Coleman in Singapore, it was built from 1840 to 1841 for H. C. Caldwell, a senior clerk to the Magistrates in Singapore. In August 1852, Father Jean-Marie Beurel purchased the house for the Sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus on his own expense of 4,000 ...
Acknowledged as the founder of the Catholic Church here, Father Jean-Marie Beurel was notable for initiating the building of several Catholic churches, such as the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and for establishing the first Missionary schools in Singapore.
It is located at Upper Bukit Timah Road along the boundary of the Bukit Panjang and Bukit Batok planning areas, within the Northern District of Singapore. Established in 1845, Saint Joseph's Church is the second oldest church in Singapore, after the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, and is also the last remaining Catholic church to feature a ...
The sisters landed in Penang in October 1852 and began work at an orphanage and school before traveling to Singapore in February 1854 under request of Father Jean-Marie Beurel. Mother Mathilde remained in Singapore and eventually establishing Christian girls' school the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus and opening an orphanage to care for ...