Church of the Sacred Heart, Singapore
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| Church of the Sacred Heart | |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Singapore |
| Priest(s) | Rev Fr Paul Tay(Parish Priest), Rev Fr Paul Tong |
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| Address | 111 Tank Road, Singapore 238069 |
| Country | Singapore |
| Phone | +65 67378502 |
| Website | NIL |
The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic Church in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore.
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[edit] History
The Church of the Sacred Heart was built in 1906 by the Society of Saint Vincent De Paul and completed in 1910. The name of this Church is given in Chinese (圣心堂)and the Church is mainly built for the Cantonese Congregation.
The Church was renovated in 1969 and a 3 story Parish Welfare Hall was established on 21 February 1971. The top level is now used for catechism and meeting rooms, the second level is a canteen and the ground level is a small carpark.
The Church was renovated again by Rev Fr Paul Tay a few years ago whom also started the columbarium in the Church of St Theresa and filled the church with parishioners which once had only a few parishioners. He also built the Church of the Holy Trinity, Singapore which is the largest parish in Singapore.
[edit] Present
The Church's current address is 111 Tank Road, Singapore 238069. Rev Fr Paul Tay is now building a 7½ story building which sits on a freehold land beside the Church. The land has been vacant for many years and they are now finally working on it. The Church is air-con and also has an excellent sound system equipped with Shure microphones. On first Sundays on every month, the Church's canteen will have free food and sometimes a band. They call that day 'agape day'. It will also have the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul which members must be registered, gives free foods and some money to the poor at the ground floor. The masses will have a second collection for the Society of St Vincent De Paul. On every Sundays, coffee and tea will also be free in the canteen and there will be a DOULOS which means 'slave' in Greek at the front of the Church which serves food to the poor and give them each a loaf of bread to bring home. Every third Sundays of the month they will also have a second collection for the Church Community Building fund which is the 7½ story building.
[edit] Community Building
With the newly proposed seven-and-a-half storey church community building to fulfil its parish needs the Church of the Sacred Heart at Tank Road will have the most-up-to-date state-of-the-art facilities. This community building is part of the general development program for the church.
Costing an estimated $4.5 million, the building with a total floor area of 3,100 square metrers, sited on freehold land is expected to be completed by middle 2008. It is so aptly designed to blend in with the facadeand structure of the parish existing two shop-houses. This is where the cafeteria will be.
The church community building will have a 800 capacity multipurpose hall, meeting, catechism and prayer rooms, a music studio, a canteen and refreshment area, priest office, a secretariat and a religious bookshop. It will also have a 200 capacity chapel, resident and retired priest quarters, a roof garden, three levels of carpark with a total of 60 lots and a 1,000-doble niche colubarium garden behind the church.
There will be a dining place which gives free meals to the poor. Facilities will also be provided for free medical services.
All these are to fulfil the needs of the parish community. The name Doulos which means 'slave' in Greek is given by Rev Fr Paul Tay to the building . The motto of the Building is 'Glory To God And Service To Mankind'.
[edit] Masses and services
There will be a Family Rosary Devotion to the Holy Family every Thursday at 8.00pm where the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed and a rosary will be said. They mainly pray for peace and harmony in families and around the World. You could also ask them to pray for your special intentions. There will be no Family Rosary Devotion on days such as Maundy Thursday. On every first Thursday on each month, they will have the Holy Hour instead of the Family Rosary Devotion.
There will also be a devotion to the Sacred Heart on Fridays at 5.30pm except on days such as Good Friday and Fridays during lent because there will be the Stations of the Cross.
The Divine Mercy devotion will be at 3.00pm on Fridays.
Before the Sunset Mass on Saturday, there will be a Novena devotion to our Blessed Lady at 5.15pm.
The masses are as following:
- Weekday: 7.00am(Eng), 5.30pm(Eng)
- Weekend, Sat: 7.00am(Eng), 6.00pm-Sunset Mass(Eng)
- Weekend, Sun: 8.00pm(Man), 9.00am(Eng), 10.30am(Eng), 12pm-Band Mass(Eng), 5.30pm(Eng)
[edit] Organisation
The Church currently has 2 priest administering the church of about 500 Parishioners.
- Rev Fr Paul Tay (Parish Priest)
- Rev Fr Paul Tong
Fr Joseph Chao was also an assistant priest there who died recently in January 2006.
