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The Church of Saint Alphonsus, or Novena Church as it is more popularly known, is a Catholic church in Singapore located at 300 Thomson Road. It is not a parish church and is under the care of the Redemptorists. [5] The name Novena Church refers to the novena prayer devotion, [6] [7] for which this church is famous.
Life Bible-Presbyterian Church (Abbreviation: LBPC; Chinese: 笃信圣经长老会生命堂) is a reformed, fundamental, and separatist Bible-Presbyterian church located at Gilstead Road, under the Novena Planning Area, within the Central Region of Singapore. It is the first and oldest Bible-Presbyterian church in Singapore and Southeast Asia ...
Church of Saint Alphonsus (Novena Church) Church of the Holy Family; Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace [20] Church of St. Stephen [21] Church of the Holy Trinity; Blessed Sacrament Church [22] Church of St. Francis of Assisi [23] Church of St. Mary of the Angels; Church of the Holy Cross [24] Church of St. Anthony [25] Church of Christ the King ...
Teng finally completed the new Saint Joseph's Church in the early 1960s. Saint Joseph's Church was blessed on 30 August 1964 by then-Archbishop Michel Olçomendy. [12] In 1991, the parish installed life-sized Stations of the Cross around the church's boundary – these have since become an important part to the church's devotional traditions.
It continued to serve as the mission's headquarters until 1981, and then as the residence of the Bishop of Macau until 1999, when the mission left Singapore. [4] It was then converted from a parish church to a church of devotion. [2] The building was gazetted for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority on 30 June 2016.
One notable incident involving the church was a burglary on 17 May 1999 that resulted in the theft of $50,000 from the church's safe. [3] This money consisted of the church's weekend collection, money for additional church expenses, and donations from a special religious celebration held on the Thursday prior to the burglary.
The OLPS Church was blessed and declared open for worship on 7 October 1961 by Michael Olcomendy, Archbishop of the Malacca-Singapore Archdiocese. [1] In the following years the parish population increased to some 8,500, and it was desired to provide catechism and kindergarten education for a growing number of children; there was consequently ...
Novena Church in the evening. Novena and its associated roads, buildings and Mass Rapid Transit station are named after Novena Church (canonically the Church of Saint Alphonsus Liguori) located in the area. [5] Balestier Road was named after Joseph Balestier, an American diplomat who served in Singapore in the 1800s. [6]