Our Lady of the Perpetual Relief of Siglap (Singapore)
On the hill of Siglap, east of Singapore, the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Relief (OLPS), parish of the Archdiocese of Singapore, rises. He was born of the growth of the Catholic community of Katong: the idea of building a temple of his own for Siglap was seriously studied since 1954, and the church was blessed and open to worship on October 7, 1961.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The project was a work of all the faithful people: since 1955 Father Rene Ashness, a priest of the Holy Family of Katong, asked for donations, and the members of the work committee went home in their free time to gather what was necessary to buy the land.
- The church was blessed and declared open to worship on 7 October 1961, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, by Monsignor Michael Olfijy, archbishop of the then Archdiocese of Malacha-Singapore; his first priest was Father Louis Amiotte.
- In the late 1980s, the first Marian Grotto of the Archdiocese of Singapore was built in this parish, a sign of the affection of its faithful for the Mother of Perpetual Relief.
- The parish grew up with the new neighborhoods of Bedok, Chai Chee and Opera Estate to bring together thousands of faithful; extended in the millennium change, today its temple hosts about 1,600 people sitting.
Virgen del Perpetuo Socorro
The parish of Our Lady of the Perpetual Relief of Siglap, open to worship in 1961, is the result of the patient generosity of the Catholics of eastern Singapore, who raised it to a donation. The first Marian Grotto of the archdiocese was born.
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