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Franciscan deacon feels call to serve poor, work for justice

Franciscan Friar Aiden Peter at his diaconal ordination Mass. Photo: VITA Images

Bernadette Lee

“You are here not to be served, but to serve.”

This was the message Archbishop William Goh gave to Franciscan Friar Aiden Peter at his diaconal ordination Mass.

The Feb 3 ceremony at the Church of St Mary of the Angels marked the final stage of Deacon Aiden’s preparations for priestly ordination.

Archbishop Goh reminded the friar that as a “minister of the Gospel, he has to show himself “chaste and beyond reproach in his actions” and to bring the message of hope to those who need to hear the voice of God.

Empowering ministries in their service of families, marriages

“We have all been called to be the alternative voice; the counter-culture. We need to bring God’s healing love to hurting marriages and families,” said Ms Cyrine Gregory, Marriage Encounter co-ordinator.She was commenting on the Archdiocesan Commission for the Family (ACF) Family Partners’ Empowerment event at the Catholic Spirituality Centre on April 16.The event, attend [...]

Pray for the ‘mother of all vocations’

The priesthood is the “mother of all vocations” because the priesthood generates other vocations for the Church, said Archbishop William Goh.“Without the priest, who is going to give you the bread of life? Without the priest, who is going to heal you in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and empower you?” he asked during a Mass [...]

Prayer booklet a gift to Catholics for his 25 years as a priest

Inspired by his 25 years of priestly service to the Church, Fr Henry Siew says he will be releasing a prayer booklet called Encountering the Lord in Daily Life.The booklet contains three different prayers – Consciousness Examen, Lectio Divina and Imaginative Contemplation.Consciousness Examen is becoming aware of God’s presence in one’s daily activities. Lectio Divina [...]

Priests tell of God’s call in their lives in vocation booklet

At least a dozen diocesan and Religious priests serving in Singapore will share how they came to recognise God’s call to the priesthood in a series of vocation booklets being published by CatholicNews. The first in the series, called Man of God, Man for Others, will be released on Good Shepherd Sunday, the same day [...]

Letter: Rotate priests regularly

I was happy to read the Chancery Notice dated Dec 8, 2014, published in CatholicNews, Dec 28, informing that some priests have been assigned to certain parishes.The notice specifically stated a term of six years for three parish priests, perhaps indicating that such term is optimal, or is a marker for future appointments. If so, [...]

Archbishop And Priests Celebrate Together

The Church of the Risen Christ hosted a joint celebration at the Toa Payoh Swatow Restaurant for Archbishop William Goh and several priests who marked important milestones in their lives recently. The June 25 celebration was to celebrate the parish’s assistant priest Fr Louis Loiseau’s 88th birthday (second from left), fellow Paris Foreign Missions (MEP) [...]

Chrism Mass: Anointed With The Oil Of Gladness

Vatican City, 17 April 2014 (VIS) – At 9.30 this morning, in the Vatican Basilica, Pope Francis presided over the Holy Chrism Mass which is celebrated today, Holy Thursday, in all Cathedral Churches throughout the world. The Holy Father concelebrated with the Cardinals, Bishops and priests (diocesan and religious) present in Rome. During the Eucharistic [...]

Prayer for Vocations to the Priestly and Religious Life

Bl. John Paul II on Priestly Vocations

“I am often asked, especially by young people, why I became a priest. Maybe some of you would like to ask the same question. Let me try briefly to reply. I must begin by saying that it is impossible to explain entirely. For it remains a mystery, even to myself. How does one explain the [...]

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