Visita Iglesia is a Holy Week practice of Catholics in places where there are many churches, in countries like Malta, Poland, Ireland and the Philippines. Overseas Filipinos have brought it to places, like North America, that never had it before.
The custom goes back to the early Church when Christians would visit the seven great basilicas in Rome for adoration of the blessed sacrament after the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday.
Here in Singapore, Christians constitute approximately 14.6% of the country's population; 4.8% (32.9% of Christians) being Catholics and the remaining 9.8% (67.1% of Christians) being of other mostly Protestant denominations and traditions.
Start your Visita Iglesia in Singapore by visiting the following Catholic churches:
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
St. Joseph's Church (Victoria Street)
Church of St. Joseph (Bukit Timah)
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church of St. Teresa
Novena Church (Church of St. Alphonsus)
St. Joseph's Church (Victoria Street)Church of St. Joseph (Bukit Timah)Church of Saints Peter and PaulChurch of Our Lady of LourdesChurch of St. TeresaNovena Church (Church of St. Alphonsus)
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Interesting Blog!
It's a very fresh perspective, as I am seeing things about Singapore from a different perspective.
Keep it up!
ED
Wow, those are some beautiful pictures of churches.
Christians in Singapore??? It sounds me as much absurd as Christians in China or Japan. I do not like imported religions (even if it is true, that Christianity is imported religion everywhere...)
thats interesting. ive never heard of that before.
Those are some beautiful churches!
Interesting blog I must say it is. Nice pictures you put up in this article. I feel like visiting these places at least once in my lifetime.
Nice pics! I miss doing the Visita in the Philippines with my family and friends. I'll probably try that here in HK next holy week. Not so many grand old Catholic churches here though. I like Spanish period churches...makes the Visita a cultural experience as well.
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Keep spreading the Philippines Culture.
Very nice post. More please....
Thanks!
That's pretty interesting, I didn't know that there were that many Catholic churches in Singapore.
Peace.
I was born in Singapore and I had no idea that there were that many catholic churches. Makes you look at them in a different light.
The photos were beautiful…. I enjoyed the post. I am always writing about how to make money online and stumbled across this post…… It was very refreshing
Thank you,
Greg
Hi there, just doing my weekly round here. Have a great weekend!
Actually, there are a small percentage of Christians or Catholics here in Singapore. As I am living in Tampines, Singapore, it's glad to see some sizable crowd of Catholics going to the nearest church here - Church of the Holy Trinity. I was surprised with the development of religion here .
Next time, I'll be doing the rounds of bisita Iglesia here in Singapore.
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wow, nice blog here and very vice photos of the churches!!!
btw, would u like to xlinks! thanks
I love taking pics of old churches. It is an interesting study in architecture and culture.
You found a nice collection of beautiful churches with unique architecture. Very pretty to look at since I can't visit!
As a home based travel agent working from home in the travel agent business opportunity business, I am glad to hear people read, talk, and go about their travels. Working in the travel industry is great as many get to see such nice places as these. Thanks for the post for fellow travelers alike and abound!
Wow those are pretty pictures of nice places to travel to.
Its really beautiful pictures of old churches. So keep it up. Thanks
Great photos of the churches. THanks for sharing
Great pictures, thanks for sharing.
Its beautiful pictures. You have a great collection. Thanks for sharing.
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