Brought to you from St Francis of Assisi Friary, Kuching Sarawak.
Ikuti renungan online Musim Advent yang dipimpin oleh Friar Don Don dan David selama 4 minggu berturut-turut sebagai persiapan untuk menyambut Hari Natal. Renungan-renungan ini akan dilakukan dalam Bahasa Inggeris dan Bahasa Malaysia. Jom, marilah ikuti program ini utk merasai pengharapan, damai, sukacita dan cintakasih dlm Tuhan kita, Yesus Kristus!
Join the Advent Online reflections presented by Friars Don Don and David over the next 4 weeks, as preparation for Christmas Day. These reflections are conducted in English and BM. Be sure to join the friars as they delve the Scriptures for hope, peace, joy and love only found in Jesus Christ our Lord!
This beautiful 12-month calendar marries inspirational quotes from St Francis with the artwork of Friar Joseph Hoang OFM from Vietnam.
To help us cover the cost of printing and postage, and support our Franciscan life and mission, we suggest a minimum contribution of SGD 15 per calendar.
The young Fra John Paul Tan giving Holy Communion during the 1986 Papal Mass at the National Stadium. Photo: Marc Tan
Together with a group of youth who staged the musical “Poverello” in 1986, we stood in the rain as we welcomed Pope John Paul II into the National Stadium for a first-ever Papal visit to Singapore.
Many of us still alive have been privileged to witness the election of Karol Wojtyla to the Papacy and onto his canonisation. Having seen how he burst upon the world stage in his very unconventional choice of doing away with many papal accessories to his Dr Martens footwear, his time as Pope was marked by a deliberate evangelical effort to bring the faith to the far-flung corners of the globe.
Many have wondered if by any chance I was named after St John Paul II. Well, if truth be told, I was a convert in 1979 and chose the name after John Paul I. I was caught up with the gentle disposition of the new Pope and the smile he wore meant more than any volume of words. Karol Wojtyla, whose pontificate succeeded the short reign of John Paul I, also saw in him a special charisma, and so adopted the name of John Paul II.
Names in the Papacy are highly significant – both the Popes chose this double-barrelled name to denote the direction of their Papacy i.e. to fully implement the reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Both Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI straddled the Council and were instrumental in the beginning and conclusion of Vatican II respectively.
Mystic Font, a local Catholic band debuts its album entitled ‘From The Start’. Their album features our very own Friar Derrick Yap, OFM on vocals and was commissioned as part of ABLE Singapore’s 10th-anniversary celebration. Read the CatholicNews.SG interview below to find out more about the band and how to purchase them! You can also find some music videos below featuring some of the songs from the album.
