From Joyful Witnessing to Many Parts, One Body
As we gently close the chapter of Joyful Witnessing, we give thanks for the grace of this past year — for the stories shared, the faith rekindled, and the courage to witness Christ with joy in daily life.
Now, the Lord leads us into this new season.
"For just as the body is one and has many members,
and all the members of the body,
though many, are one body, so it is with Christ."
1 Corinthians 12:12
About Our Parish Theme
Our Identity
The theme “Many Parts, One Body” reflects our desire to more deeply live out our identity as “a Catholic community of faith” as reflected in our Mission Statement.
Rich Diversity
St Bernadette’s is blessed with great richness and diversity within our community.
In terms of languages, we speak Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin, and English. We a community of many nationalities: Filipino, Indonesian, Chinese, Malaysian, Singaporean and many others besides.
Our Spiritual Home
We hail from different home and family backgrounds, but we all call St Bernadette “home”. St Berns is indeed our spiritual home where we come that our spirits and souls may find nourishment, rest and peace “in the warm embrace of [God’s] unconditional love.”
Everyone a Member of the Body
Some of us serve in Parish Ministries, some are part of devotional and prayer groups, others volunteer on an ad hoc basis and others are proud just to be regular worshippers here on weekdays and weekends.
One Body, One Spirit in Christ
Out of all this diversity, it is Our Lord Jesus Christ who binds us together. At every Mass we pray that by the power of Holy Spirit, we become “one body, one spirit in Christ.” (Eucharistic Prayer III)
Exhortation to Unity
Our theme, therefore, is an exhortation like that which Saint Paul made to the church in Corinth. That out of our many small groups – families, clans, prayer groups, devotional groups, volunteer groups, ministries – we rediscover and reorient ourselves back towards Christ as our centre and in so doing, forge anew the bonds of unity and peace we pray for at each Mass.
Begins at Home
This begins first in our families and homes with those nearest and dearest to us.
May our homes be place where Christ can be encountered in prayer, service,
and forgiveness.
Overflows into the Parish
Then it overflows in those groups we belong to in the Parish where we live out the reality of being brothers and sisters in Christ as we love, serve, heal and forgive one another. In loving one another as he loves us, may we create opportunities for others to encounter Him.
Culminates in Liturgy
Finally, it should find its culmination in the Liturgy itself. When we come together to celebrate the Eucharist, may it be truly a celebration of that unity we live out when we are sent on mission at the end of every Mass. Ite missa est.
A Lived Reality
May 2026 be the year where St Bernadette makes “Many Parts, One Body”
a lived reality for one and all. All for the greater glory of God and the building of
His Kingdom here on earth.
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Spend time in prayer
each day -
Listen to His voice in
Sacred Scripture -
Encounter Him in the Eucharist and Reconciliation
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Welcome everyone as Christ welcomes you
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Build meaningful relationships with others
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Engage in parish life as a
member of His Church
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Acknowledge your gifts, share it with others
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Care generously to those
in need -
Offer your daily work and responsibilities to God
One Body | One Sound
Turn up the volume and let the Spirit move within us.
This curated Spotify playlist gathers powerful hymns and worship songs that celebrate unity, belonging, mission, and life in Christ. As we step into Many Parts, One Body, let these songs shape our prayer and stir our hearts.
Whether you listen during your commute, in quiet prayer, or with your family at home, may these melodies help form in us what we desire to become — a parish rooted in Christ, woven together in faith, and sent forth as one.
Hear From Our Priests
Homilies from Feast Day Week
"...Together in this communion of love, we are perfect."
Friar John Derrick Yap, OFM
1st Triduum Night
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
"...It was someone who looked at her. Someone who knew her. Someone who loved her."
Rev Fr Peter Koh, CICM
2nd Triduum Night
Thursday, 16 April 2026
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Rev. Msgr. Marinko Antolovic, Counsellor of the Apostolic Nunciature
3rd Triduum Night
Friday, 17 April 2026
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Rev. Msgr. Marinko Antolovic, Counsellor of the Apostolic Nunciature
Feast Day Weekend
Saturday, 18 April 2026 6pm
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Friar Martin Low, OFM
Feast Day Weekend
Sunday, 19 April 2026 8.30am CH
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Rev Fr Aloysius Ong
Feast Day Weekend
Sunday, 19 April 2026 10am
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Friar Joseph Nasanathan, OFM
Feast Day Weekend
Sunday, 19 April 2026 11.45am
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Bishop Maksimus Regus,
Bishop of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
Feast Day Weekend
Sunday, 19 April 2026 3pm IN
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Rev Fr Dinil Abraham, CMI
Feast Day Weekend
Sunday, 19 April 2026 5.30pm
For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot were to say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body’, that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear were to say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body’, that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’, nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’
On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less honourable we clothe with greater honour, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect; whereas our more respectable members do not need this.
But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honour to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together with it.
1 Corinthians 12:12-26
