Good Friday at the Church of St Joseph at Victoria Street is a special occasion. The church's commemoration of the solemn occasion is when the church’s Portuguese influences are best seen, especially in its elaborate re-enactment of the events that followed the crucifixion of Christ that is accompanied by the visual spectacle of a candlelight…
Three siblings, Sr Mariazinha Carvalho, Fr Anil Kumar and Fr Alarico Carvalho are celebrating 50 years of their final vows as a nun and ordination as priests. In these 50 years, they have founded schools, been educators, worked in rural mission stations and stated many organizations to help the downtrodden in Zambia, Andhra Pradesh and NCR
26 04 2021
Street names, especially ones in common use, often tell an interesting tale. Such is the case with Middle Road. Constructed late in the first decade that followed British Singapore’s 1819 founding by Sir Stamford Raffles, parts of Middle Road have become known by a mix of names in the various vernaculars. Each provide a glimpse into the streets fascinating past, the communities it played host to and the trades and institutions that marked it. It is its official name, Middle Road, that seems to have less to reveal and what Middle Road the middle, is a question that has not been quite as adequately answered.