Q: Can a Catholic partake of food offered:1) during the Qing Ming festival?2) during the seventh month Hungry Ghost festival? A: Whenever a question of this nature is asked of us, it is always good to obtain guidance and direction from sacred scripture. 1 Cor 10:27-30 gives us sound Christian advice, but we should [...]
Our Lord came into the world to call us back into our Father’s embrace. And He lovingly told Mary, “Did you not know I must be in my Father’s house?” This Christmas, the Church of St Bernadette has planned a carnival for you to rediscover your place in the church, where Jesus said He would [...]
While Singapore celebrated the nation’s 50th anniversary on Jubilee Weekend, a group of Catholics came together to commemorate the occasion with the migrant community in Singapore.On Aug 8, 300 Catholics visited the WestLite Dormitory at Mandai to bring food packets to some 5,300 resident migrant workers. The packets comprised essential items such as rice, noodles, [...]
When was the last time you had fun? When I had to don the garb and act the role of an old, “drunken” woman for a community play. On certain occasions, such as our Prioress’ feast day on our jubilees, we amuse ourselves with homely fun. Name an occasion you felt embarrassed.I was in a [...]
Nine chartered buses ferried more than 600 aid recipients of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SSVP) Church of Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) for a special Mass on April 25.Several SSVP members, or Vincentians, used their own cars to shuttle wheelchair-bound FINs while a mini bus was also deployed to bring St Joseph’s [...]
Name an occasion you felt embarrassed. On my first Lent in Kenya, I gave a religious education session to the girls at the boarding school on the three spiritual exercises recommended for Lent – almsgiving, prayer and fasting. I was going on and on about fasting and abstinence, when one of the girls told me [...]
When was the last time you had fun? Name the occasion.I had fun when we played Pinoy Henyo (Filipino Genius) as a community for our Christmas party in December. (Pinoy Henyo is a word-guessing game on noon-time television in the Philippines).Name an occasion you felt embarrassed/humbled.I was looking down at my purse while exiting the [...]
When was the last time you had fun? Name the occasion.At the 2014 year-end dinner and dance for Mt Alvernia Hospital staff. One of the items we had to do was something like Zumba! I found my hands and legs going in the opposite direction of everyone else’s. Name an occasion you felt embarrassed/humiliated.One of [...]
When was the last time you had fun? At the recent Conversion Experience Retreat, we did the “Hokey-Pokey”. It brought back fond childhood memories.Prior to that, it was watching my nieces and nephews enjoy the sights and sounds of fireworks at the National Day Parade in August.Name an occasion you felt embarrassed or humbled.The solemn [...]
When was the last time you had fun? Just last week! I went on a treasure hunt with my classmates as part of our class assignment. In two hours, we had to find and photograph ourselves with the “treasures” we found in central Milan, which included a historic opera house, a library which houses the [...]