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CATHOLIC CHURCHES AT THE EAST & CENTRAL AREA OF SINGAPORE FOR LENT VISITA IGLESIA

April 14, 2017 by Little Miss Honey 1,587 Comments

catholic churches for lent

I was raised Catholic by my parents. I have studied in Catholic schools and at one point of my life, I even wanted to be a nun. The teachings  and traditions of my Catholic faith has been deeply ingrained in my system. This week is Holy Week for Christians. It is the last week of 40 days of Lent.  The Holy Week starts with Palm Sunday then Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday then  ends with celebration of Easter Sunday.

On Good Friday, it is the highest point of Lenten season. It is the solemn comemoration of the passion and death of Jesus Christ and His suffering in Calvary.

On Good Friday, our family often do the Visita Iglesia which is to visit 7 churches and praying the Stations of the Cross in those 7 churches. And on the afternoon, we go for a procession with beautifully decorated floats depicting the passion of Christ and the Station of the Cross. During Lent, we dont meat though we are allowed to eat fish or any seafoods during Fridays.

catholic churches for lent
The Holy Week traditions like Visita Iglesia and processions are often forgotten when you live in another country. Though I would hope to try to do the 7 Churches Visits when my kids would be older. It would be challenging here because we dont own a car compared to when we are in the Philippines. Driving around the city to the 7 churches is more feasible.

I have been living in the East of Singapore for 5 years now. I love being an Eastie. Though we are contemplating a move this year, we may probably still find a place in the East. So for the planned Visita Iglesia, I plotted and search for 7 churches in the East and a few in the Central area.

If you are an Eastie too, here are my list of 7 churches which you can do your Visita Iglesia.

1.  Church of Divine Mercy

 19 Pasir Ris St 72 Singapore 518771 |

 +65 6583 3378

Nearest MRT: Pasir Ris

2. Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity

Copyright © 2013 – 2016

Church of the Holy Trinity

20 Tampines St 11 Singapore 529455

Tel : 6784 2332 / Fax : 6786 5042

Nearest MRT: Tampines

3. Church of St. Stephen

30 Sallim Road Singapore 387639

Nearest MRT: Aljunied

4. Church of the Holy Family

CHURCH OF THE HOLY FAMILY

6 Chapel Road
Singapore 429509

Tel: 6344 0046

Fax: 6348 0552

Email: secretariat@holyfamily.org.sg

Nearest MRT: Eunos

5. Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1259 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore 534795

Nearest MRT: Hougang

6. Saint Joseph’s Church

 143 Victoria Street Singapore 188020

Nearest MRT: City Hall/Bugis

7. Our Lady of Lourdes Church

50 Ophir Road,

Singapore 188690

Tel: 6294-0624

Fax: 62942686

Email:ololsec@gmail.com

Nearest MRT: Bugis

For my fellow Catholics, may you all have a blessed Holy Week and we should never forget why we value the importance of Lent and the beautiful meaning and sacrifice of our beloved saviour, Jesus Christ.

Happy advance Easter to all of you! May we repent, rise and be better versions of ourselves.

Filed Under: Expat Diaries Tagged With: Catholic, East Singapore, Good Friday, Holy Week, Lent, singapore churches, visit iglesia

THINGS THAT INSPIRED ME THIS WEEK

February 21, 2016 by Little Miss Honey 690 Comments

things that inspired me

things that inspired me

I am currently back here in the Philippines, in my hometown, Iloilo City. This explains why I haven’t been updating my blog consistently. I am currently in my 35 weeks of pregnancy and I will turn 36 weeks by next week Tuesday. I am waiting for my 38 weeks mark to deliver baby #2. We can’t wait to see you soon, Howell Fynn! I spent most of my days resting, looking after my 1 year & 8 months old son and occasionally visit the mall with my mom.

It is such a joy to see my dad and mom enjoy the company of their grandkids. They now have 3: an 11 years old, a 1 year & 8 months old and a 3 months old. They will soon have 4 grandchildren and they are all boys! They are having a blast just seeing their antics, their growing up and just being adorably cute.

grandmother with grandkids

It is also the start of the Lenten Season last week. It is a perfect time for us to repent, convert and renew our relationship and faithfulness with God. What are you giving up this Lent?

godliness

Here are a round-up of links I found online that inspired me this week:

Taylor Swift’s Romance Detox

What to do when you married the wrong person

John Krasinski’s love for wife Emily Blunt is adorable

Why you shouldn’t get upset when you are being unfollowed in instagram

Prenatal home work-out

Waiting to have sex before marriage is not bad at all

What children hope from their divorcing parents to know

Fitness diary for busy people

A letter for  a princess

I hope you all have a great Sunday. It is going to be the last week of February next week. I am excited to meet Howell Fynn soon and hug & kiss him. Please keep praying for our health and safety.

Filed Under: Inspirations Tagged With: grandparents, Lent

5 GOOD FRIDAY TRADITIONS IN OUR FAMILY

April 18, 2014 by Little Miss Honey 935 Comments

Way of the Cross

Good Friday is a religious holiday for us Catholics where we remember Jesus Christ crucifixion on the cross and how much He love His people. It is a day of atonement and solemnity for Christian believers everywhere.

While growing up in the Philippines, our parents has instilled in us a strong Catholic faith and we have traditions that we normally do during a Good Friday.

1. VISITA IGLESIA / WAY OF THE CROSS IN 7 CHURCHES

We would usually visit 7 churches in Iloilo City and pray the way of the cross. The kids (us) would take turns in reading one of the 15th stations of the cross while we meditate and contemplate on Jesus Christ’s Passion and Love for His people.

Way of the Cross

2.RELIGIOUS MOVIE WATCHING

After visita iglesia, we normally go straight home but we are not allowed to play around, make too much noise and laugh boisterously. So our mother would make us watch religious movie which we all enjoyed. The movie every Holy Week would either be THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BEN-HUR and BARABBAS. These are very old movies but well-directed, well-made and with really good actors. You will see the younger, sexier Charlston Heston and Yul Brenner in the THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. The movie of Mel Gibson, THE PASSION OF CHRIST, can be included in this batch of good religious movie for Lent as well.

from movie "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"

from movie “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”

3. STREET PROCESSION 

In the afternoon, we would join the street procession officiated by our parish. There will be several carrozas (carriages of holy images) in the street and we will choose which carroza to follow. We would be praying the rosary while lightening a candle. We would walk the streets from the church circling around the neighbourhood  and back to the church where we came from. We have a relative who owns one of the statue in the carroza and we would normally follow her carroza during these processions.

taken from www.asiafinest.com

taken from www.asiafinest.com

4. KISSING OF CRUCIFIED JESUS

After the procession, most churches would have a life-sized statue of Jesus Christ lying near the altar. Most of all the sacred images and statues inside the church are covered by  purple cloths. People would queue up to kiss the feet of the statue of Jesus Christ. Church organizers would wipe a sweet-smelling alcohol after every penitent kiss for hygienic purposes. We would visit 7 churches on that evening to get a chance to kiss the statue that depicts our crucified Christ.

5. MEDITATING ON THE JESUS SEVEN LAST WORDS  & ACT OF CONTRITION

 Upon the cross, Jesus uttered 7 last phrases and sentences, all of which have a deep meaning and is good for the penitent to reflect upon.

(1) Matthew 27:46 tells us that about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 

(2) “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34).

(3) “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43).

(4) “Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46).

(5) “Dear Woman, here is your son!” and “Here is your mother!” 

(6) “I am thirsty” (John 19:28).

(7) “It is finished!” (John 19:30).

taken from: http://www.gotquestions.org

It is also a perfect time to be mindful of all the sins we have committed against our loving God and do an act of contrition. It is also good to have a renewed fervour to be better as the resurrection of Christ approaches. In three days, our Lord will rise up on a lovely Easter Sunday.

Have a blessed Good Friday, everyone!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Catholic, Christians, Good Friday, Holy Week, Iloilo, Jesus Christ, Lent, philippines


Hi I'm Honey! I am a Filipina who has studied & lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years, worked in Singapore and is currently based in Oman with my husband & our three little boys. I am a medical doctor, a lifestyle blogger, travel junkie, a foodie and a bookworm. I hope I can drizzle a bit of sunshine and inspirations whenever you drop by my blog. Thanks for dropping by! See ya soon.. :)
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