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WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?

Read a book … Gather in Prayer … Encounter the Lord!
This series of 12 evening sessions is an invitation to those who desire a deeper intellectual and interior knowledge of the Lord Jesus and who are willing to invest time and effort in reading, praying, and sharing their experiences and insights while reading Pope Benedict XVI's book, Jesus of Nazareth, Vol. 1.

 

Facilitated by Fr Christopher Soh, SJ
Location : CISC Kingsmead Hall, 8 Victoria Park Road, Singapore 266492
Dates: Wednesday evenings, 4, 11, 18, 25 Jan, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Feb, 7, 14, 21 March
Time: 8pm to 10pm
Contribution: $60 (12 sessions), ($40, early bird rate, before 15 December)
Closing date: 1 January
To register: contact CISC tel: 6467-6072 or email cisc2664@gmail.com

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Inflamed by the Spirit to Proclaim

Come and be enlighten by Fr Philip Circop SJ
Talk at Wednesday CPG, 20 July 2011, 8 pm. @ St Ignatius Hall


Fr. Philip Chircop, S.J. is a Jesuit priest born on the Mediterranean Island of Malta. He has worked in high school, university and parish settings in various capacities. But more recently he has been heavily involved in retreat work.


He is a seeker always looking for fresh ways to proclaim the Good News hopefully helping people to embrace real and radical changes that lead to transformation in Christ Jesus.

SOLEMN PROFESSION OF VOWS


Fr Christopher Soh, SJ and Fr Ravi Michael, SJ will be professing their Jesuit Solemn Vows on Monday 4th July 6.00 pm Mass @ Church of St Ignatius, Singapore.

 

Click HERE for photos taken at Solemn Vow Mass on July 4, 2011

 

Click HERE for Fr Christopher Soh's Thanksgiving sharing and the 'Prayer to God of My Vocation' as posted on his blog.

DEAR GOD, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

A Discernment Retreat for single male Catholics 20-40 years of age


Are you keen on developing a discerning heart? Come and learn from Our Lord how to listen deep into the desires that animate your heart and the inspirations that motivate your world. See what no eye has seen and hear what no ear can hear and glimpse what no heart is capable of imagining – the thread that the Lord has already been weaving in your personal history!

 

Retreat Director: Fr Ravi Michael Louis, SJ
Dates: Fri 5 Aug (6 pm) to Sun 7 Aug (6 pm)                       

Closing date: 27 July
Contribution: No charge

Website: http://www.catholic.org.sg/cisc   

Please register via email cisc2664@gmail.com or call: 6467-6072  

Diaconate Ordination of:

Francis Lim Chin Choy, SJ Gerard John Ryan, SJ Agustinus Tanudjaja, SJ


Officiated by The Most Reverend Vincent Nguyen, Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto on Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes,Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Deacons Francis Lim, S.J. (Malaysian) and Agustinus Tanudjaja, SJ (Singaporean) started their Jesuit Formation at the Loyola Novitiate in Singapore with their Novice Master Fr Philip Heng, S.J.

 

Click HERE for photos on the Singapore Jesuit Website www.jesuit.org.sg)

Click HERE for more Diaconate Ordination photos (courtesy of Marc de Asis, SJ)


Profession of Jesuit Final Vows by Fr Emanuel Lim, S.J.

on Saturday 12 Feb 2011, 6pm Mass @ Church of St Ignatius, Singapore


Fr Emanuel Lim, S.J. will be invited to pronounce Final Vows to the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) before a Jesuit Superior. These vows include a renewal of his vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, as well as a special vow of obedience to the Pope regarding availability for missions.

 

Fr Emanuel Lim, S.J., a Singaporean. was ordained a Jesuit Priest at the Church of St Ignatius, Singapore. During his priestly ordination, he touched many hearts and brought a tear to many (including his mother) when he asked for a chair to seat his mother at the foot of the altar, knelt before her and bowed down to her in the tradition of a Chinese kow-tow (to express filial piety) to thank his mother and then proceeded to give his first priestly blessings to his mother.

 

Fr Emanuel Lim, S.J. is currently the Moderator of Chinese Programmes Broadcast at Vatican Radio (the voice of the Pope and the Church in dialogue with the world), Rome.

JESUIT CONFERENCE OF ASIA PACIFIC COUNTRIES (JCAP) MEETING

 

23 – 28 JANUARY 2011

WELCOME to VERY REV FR ADOLFO NICHOLÁS, S.J.
SUPERIOR GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS (JESUITS),
PROVINCIALS, SUPERIORS and ALL JESUITS

 

Mass on Sunday 23 January 2011, 6pm @ Church of St Ignatius
Main Celebrant: Fr Adolfo Nicholás, S.J.

FUND RAISING for CENTRE FOR IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY AND COUNSELLING (CISC)

For the past 20 years, CISC has been promoting the Ignatian Spirituality and offering spiritual direction, retreats, seminars and counselling/psychotherapy, psychological assessment to help the Parish and many others to find peace and holistic growth.

 

Your generous support to help them to continue to provide us with the needed services is deeply appreciated.

 

Make cheques payable to:
Jesuit Spirituality Centre.
(please write your name, telephone contact and address for a return acknowledgement).

 

Thank you for your kind support

Tel : 6467 6072 Fax : 6468 7584
Email : cisc2664@gmail.com

SUNDAY REFLECTIONS BY FR GERRY KEANE, S.J.

Fr Gerry Keane's reflections can be found in the weekly CHURCH BULLETIN


31st August 2010 - From "The girl with apple blossom in her hair"
Click HERE to read a letter written in response to Fr Keane's write-ups.

Priestly Ordination of Deacon James Boey, SJ

Sunday 1st August 2010, 5.30pm
@ Church of St Ignatius, Singapore

by his Grace Archbishop Nicholas Chia


All are welcome

Deacon James Boey, S.J., a Singaporean, spent his initial formative years as a novice with Fr Philip Heng, S.J (his Novice Master) and Fr Colin Tan, S.J. (his Socius) at the Loyola Novitiate in Singapore.

He continued his formation in the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore and Taiwan where he was recently ordained Deacon by his Eminence Cardinal Paul Shan, S.J. on 15 August 2009, 2.30pm at the Holy Family Church in Taipei, Taiwan.

Click HERE to see pictures of Deacon James Boey, S.J. Diaconate Ordination in Taipei

 

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COME PRAY WITH THE JESUITS


IGNATIAN HOLY HOUR –
Friday, 1st October 2010

Mass at 8 pm till midnight

 

Each session begins with a 1/2 hour of lead Reflection followed by silent adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.

Kingsmead Hall (behind Church of St Ignatius)
Organised by Fr Colin Tan, S.J. and the novices

 

VOCATION CAMP: TAKING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED

Friday 6 August (2 pm) to Sunday 8 August (5 pm), Stay-in

 

Open to all males from 17 to 45 years who are discerning God's call in life.

Closing date: 28 July 2010. No charge

 

Contact

Fr. Colin Tan, S.J.
6467 2790
Email: c.tansj@gmail.com

SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT: A DIRECTED RETREAT
Sunday 8 August (8pm) to Friday 13 August (6pm)

 

Live-in retreat for those who wish to discern God’s will through mental prayer using the Bible, examination of consciousness, spiritual direction.


Retreat Director: Fr Paul Goh, SJ

Closing date: 30 July. Contribution: $175.00 (non-aircon), $300.00 (aircon)

 

Registration: Centre for Ignatian Spirituality and Counselling

 

Tel: 6467-6072; fax: 6468-7584; email: cisc2664@gmail.com

 

website: http://www.catholic.org.sg/cisc

 
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