Fr Adrian Yeo comes from a family of 2 other siblings and parents. His father was an ex-cashier who worked in Crocodile Paradise prior to his retirement. His mother was a house wife.

Though he has a loving family, he was not very close with his siblings due to their age gap of 5 years. His elder sister is now happily married with 3 kids and his younger brother happens to be a priest as well, Fr Ignatius Yeo.

Fr Adrian earliest days was spent in Rambai Road until he was 8 years old. Thereafter, his family moved to Haig Road, within the vicinity of Katong. There, he went for catechism at the Church of our Lady Queen of Peace, and received the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1979.

2 years later, Fr Adrian’s joined the alter boys society that would mark the start of a life centered on the Church. He served mass daily, both in the morning and evenings. After mass, he would hang out with church friends before returning home for dinner. Whenever the elderly church sacristan fell sick, he stood in for her. On Saturdays, Fr Adrian’s routine ran like this; Legion of Mary meetings at 3pm, sell Catholic News afterwards, attend evening mass and then proceed with friends to dinner and fun.

After completing his O levels, Fr Adrian went on to do his A levels before doing national service. National service did not seem to deter his church activities much. Life in the army was generally uneventful. He would go for morning masses and have breakfast with the parish priest. Thereafter, he would travel to his army camp by bus, conveniently taken at the bus stop just outside the Church of our Lady Queen of Peace.
He worked from 8am to 5pm, Thereafter, he would return to church for evening mass.

Call to the Priesthood

The idea of joining the priesthood came about in 1990 when, on Vocations Sunday, Bro. Joseph Mc Nally came to his church to encourage the youth to go ahead and give religious life a try; they would not really know if they were suited for it unless they went ahead and try it out for themselves. There was nothing much to lose, but an experience and a definitive answer to gain.

After completing his national service, Fr Adrian then worked for 2 and half years (from 1989 to 1992) as a Clerical Officer (Finance) in the CAAS (Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore). Though he enjoyed his work, he was still not fulfilled. He realized that serving the Lord gave him a sense of joy no other activity or endeavor could give him.

In 1992, he entered the Major Seminary at Ponggol to undergo his priestly training that lasted 7 years. He was ordained as a deacon on 28th May 1999 at the Church of the Holy Spirit. On 6th June 1999, he was ordained to the priesthood at Church of our Lady Queen of Peace.

After ordination, Fr Adrian served briefly at Church of the Holy Spirit from November 1999 to Jan 2000. He later served at the Church of the Holy Family, from February 2000 to February 2002, before received his posting to Church of the Risen Christ.

Hopes & Aspirations for our Parish

Fr Adrian encourages all parishioners to participate and work together to help achieve the goals set forth by our Parish Priest.