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The Risen Christ
Media Team
endeavours to update parishioners & visitors on selected events
that transpired in this Church. Click on any of the event titles below
to access the full coverage:
A leg up to the youth scene in Risen Christ
25th October 2008
Risen Christ gets a Youth Co-ordinator to ignite its youth scene Read more
Parish Recollection and Assembly 2008
1st October 2008
400 Risen Christ parishioners gained an understanding of being a church and discussed crucial
pastoral issues at the Parish Day of Recollection and Assembly on 1 October 2008
Read more
Feast of Our Lady of Velankanni 2008
3rd - 6th September 2008
“Christian Hope
– Eternal Life in Jesus, The Prince of
Peace� was the theme of this year’s
Feast of Our Lady of Velankanni. The celebrant for this
year’s Feast was Father Alexander Rawi from the Holy
Family Church, Ulu Tiram, Johor, Malaysia
Read more
Lay Apostolate Celebration 2008
16th August 2008
‘This year’s
Lay Apostolate Dinner was held on Saturday, 16 August at the Fortunate
Restaurant (Toa Payoh) with 80 tables filled to full capacity.
Read more
Have a nice day
20th June 2008
‘Have a Nice
Day’, an event for the youth of our parish, was
organized by the Youth Council, a newly formed ministry on the 20th of
June 2008.
Read more
Sec 2 Camp 2008
14th to 15th June 2008
The retreat for the Secondary 2 Confirmation
students of our parish was conducted by the Catechetical ministry from
the 14th to 15 June 2008 at the St Teresa’s Church
retreat center. The annual retreat which has been held annually since
2006, aims to give the confirmants an idea of what confirmation camp
next year would be like, to allow them to experience God and also to
get to know more of their fellow confirmants and youth from our parish,
many of whom served in various roles throughout the camp.
Read more
BISHAN EAST INTER-RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL
CONFIDENCE CIRCLE (IRCC)
Parishioners of Risen Christ played host to
120 visitors to the church
on 23 February 2008, who were on an educational heritage tour organised
by the Bishan East Inter-Religious and Racial Confidence Circle (IRCC).
Risen Christ was one of four destinations in the outing that aimed to
promote better understanding and harmony among Bishan East residents of
the different religions, races and languages. Read more
Events of 2007
Christmas
2007 at Risen Christ
24th December 2007
Risen Christ parishioners not only gathered
knowing that Christ is the reason for the season of Christmas, but also
experienced it for themselves. This was possible thanks to two choirs
which presented their own gifts to the infant Jesus, through a musical
and a concert. Read
more
Visit
of the Relic of St. Faustina
21st November 2007
The Divine Mercy Devotion Group of the
Church of
the Risen Christ has recently been honoured by the visit of the relic
of St. Faustina. She is known as the secretary of the Divine Mercy. The
relic was venerated after the evening mass last 6 November
2007. Read
more
Parish Assembly
2007
18th November 2007
The Parish Assembly is a once-a-year
gathering to
look into pastoral concerns of the Church of the Risen Christ. This
year's Parish Assembly was held on 18 November 2007 from 1.30pm to
5.00pm . It was attended by some 100 parishioners. Most of the
parishioners were representatives from the various ministries of the
Church. Read
more
Church
of the Risen Christ Confirmation Camp – My Experience
16-18th November 2007
The Divine Mercy Devotion Group of the
Church of
the Risen Christ has recently been honoured by the visit of the relic
of St. Faustina. She is known as the secretary of the Divine Mercy. The
relic was venerated after the evening mass last 6 November
2007. Read
more
Videos of the
Youth/Children's Day Mass
30th September 2007
Watch the video coverage of the Children's
Day Mass! Read
more
Feast of Our Lady
of Velankanni
5th - 8th September 2007
This year's feast of Our Lady of Velankanni,
held
from 5 - 8 September 2007 also marked its 35th Anniversary. Devotees,
young and old and from all walks of life came to join in the
celebration conducted in Tamil. Many in the crowd were from other
parishes in Singapore. Read
more
Lay
Apostolate’s Celebration 2007
18th August 2007
Fortunate Restaurant was packed to capacity
with
approximately 700 members from the different lay ministries gathered
together to celebrate the mission of the Lay Apostolate. The theme for
the Lay Apostolate celebration was in line with the parish mission of
‘We are One in the Lord’. Read more
Farewell
Fr Yeo, Hello Fr Val!
12th August 2007
In
the month of August 2007, parishioners of Church of the Risen Christ
saw new postings for the associate priests serving them. Read more
A Special "Double"
on Corpus Christi
10th June 2007
This year’s feast of Corpus
Christi on June
10 was made significant for 76 Primary 3 children at Church of the
Risen Christ.These children received their first Holy Communion at the
11am Mass that Sunday. Read
more
Church
of the Risen Christ Sets Up Its Very Own Medical Clinic
19th May 2007
Making
healthcare accessible to the low-income, especially the elderly. This
is the inspiration behind the Free Medical Clinic of Church of the
Risen Christ, which was commissioned on Sunday 19 August 2007 during
the 11am mass service. Read
more
A
Golden Evening by Sir Peter Low and Cathedral Choir of the Risen Christ
20th May 2007
Mention the Cathedral Choir of the Risen
Christ,
or the Peter Low Choir, as it is affectionately called by some, and a
choir with an illustrious history will come to mind. Read more
Day of Recollection
2007
1st May 2007
The keynote talks were given by Ms. Wendy
Louis,
Director of the Singapore Pastoral Institute, who had to stand in for
Msgr Eugene Vaz, as he had to fly to India to attend to his very ill
father. Read
more
Mass &
Rosary Procession 2007
1st May 2007
"Simple yet profound, (the Rosary
of the
Virgin Mary) still remains… a prayer of great significance,
destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness," Pope John
Paul II wrote in his Apostolic Letter on devotion to the Virgin Mary in
2002. Read
more
Risen Christ
Parish Feast Day 2007
This year's Easter Mass saw Archbishop
Nicholas
Chia speaking about the transformation of the human heart and spirit,
which is made possible by Jesus' death and resurrection. He called
about the congregation to open their hearts to God's Grace, just as the
British soldiers did in the movie "Bridge Over the River Kwai". Read more
Christmas
2006
24th December 2006
Increasingly, the
phrase "Jesus is
the Reason for the Season" is commonly used during the Christmas
season. And rightfully so. Christmas is a time for Christians to
commemorate the birth of Jesus, which signifies Hope, Love and
Forgiveness. Read
more
Parish Assembly
2006
3rd December 2006
The Church of the Risen Christ Parish
Assembly was
held on 3 December 2006. It was well attended by the various church
groups and lay parishioners. Read more
Rosary
Procession
13th October 2006
It was Friday the 13th. For the
superstitious,
it's a day to avoid. But for Marian devotees, it was a very special
day. Thousands gathered at the Risen Christ Church in Toa Payoh this
year in honour of our Lady. Read
more
Children/Youth
Mass
1st October 2006
For many children - including the children
in us -
1st October holds a very special meaning. This year, our Parish
celebrated an afternoon Mass for children and youth in celebration of
this special day, and of the many young lives who would receive the
Sacrament of Baptism and their First Holy Communion on that day. Read more
A Special Time with
Our Lady of Velankanni
9th September 2006
Church of the Risen Christ held its 34th
annual
Feast of Our Lady of Velankanni from 6 Sept 2006 to 9 Sept 2006. The
congregation consisted of people, both young and old, from all walks of
life. Father Victor Francis, from St. Francis Xavier Church in
Thanjavur, South India, was the main celebrant for the event. Read more
Commissioning
Mass (Life in the Spirit Seminar)
4th September 2006
"There are too many followers, and not
enough
disciples," said Archbishop Nicholas Chia in his homily during the
Commissioning Mass on 4 September, marking the successful conclusion of
the Life-in-the-Spirit Seminar (LISS) ... Read more
Fr
Louis Loiseau's 80th Birthday Celebrations
25th June 2006
"Compassionate. Good-hearted. Faithful.
Dedicated"
These are among the words used to describe Father Louis Loiseau, who
celebrated his 80th birthday on Sunday, 25 June. Read more
Procession
in Honour of Our Lady & St Joseph
1st May 2006
On Monday, 1st May 2006, the parish
community of
Church of the Risen Christ honoured the Marian month of May and the
revered Saint Joseph with a mass celebration at 7pm & a
candlelight
procession in the church compound. Read more
Risen
Christ Parish Feast Day Sunday
16th April 2006
Easter Sunday has always been especially
significant for the congregation at Church of the Risen Christ. On this
day, the parishioners celebrate both the resurrection of of Jesus
Christ ... Read
more
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