FamLife (Family Life Ministry) 

Vision:

To build and empower the community to care, love & serve one another. To foster closer family bonds, strengthen the faith amongst parishioners & build stronger communal relationships. 

Mission:

To support Catholic families and individuals, building a holistic community that promotes spiritual growth, family values, unity & service to the church.

Brief Description:

The FamLife Ministry of the Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea is dedicated to building and empowering a Christ-centered community where our direction is on care, love, reflection & serving one another. Guided by the Catholic Faith & Teachings, we aim to foster stronger family ties, increased spiritual growth, develop meaningful relations & lasting friendships amongst parishioners within the church & beyond their home.

Activities:

To support this mission, our Ministry organises a wide range of activities designed to meet the diverse needs of our parish community, including:
· Social events like Picnics, Movie Nights, Trips, Retreats & Workshops that offer bonding, fun, creativity, faith renewal & personal reflection.
· Parenting workshops to equip families with guidelines & faith-based insights.
· Formation of interest groups for parishioners to bond.
· Community Service Projects to extend love and care to those in need.
Through these initiatives, the Family Life Ministry Invites all parishioners to come for this incredible journey with us in faith, hope, charity & love to become a living witness of Christ & for Christ to our Family, Friends, Church & fellow community.

Meeting:

Once a Month in Church during the last week of the month. Followed by Formation & Bonding once a Fortnight.

The Tamil Apostolate

Vision:

To Be A Vibrant Christ-Centered Community

Mission:

We, the Tamil Apostolate of OLSS commit ourselves to building a Christ-centered Tamil speaking community by renewing family and community life by journeying together, strengthening the bonds of relationships with one another, living out the Word of God and the Eucharist as the center of our faith

Brief Description:

The Tamil Apostolate originated in 1992 to celebrate Masses and other spiritual activities in Tamil in OLSS for the Tamil community living in and around Yishun and Sembawang.

Objectives:

The aims and objectives of the Tamil Apostolate are:
1. To identify, plan and implement pastoral and missionary programs consistent with the needs of the Tamil speaking parishioners of OLSS and any other programs and / policies of benefit to the Tamil speaking parishioners of OLSS as whole.
2. To evaluate from time to time the effectiveness of the current programs and policies of the Tamil Apostolate with a view to improve, substitute or terminate the same.
3. To keep the parishioners of OLSS of Indian origin informed of the affairs, activities and programs of the Tamil Apostolate and OLSS in general.
4. To organise social gatherings for the purpose of celebrating important catholic religious and/or Indian cultural festivals.
5. To organise and conduct social and/or welfare activities in the spirit of the context of a caring society.

Activities:

• Tamil mass - Every 3rd Saturday of the month at 6.30 pm.
• Celebrate Infant Jesus feast with 3 days Triduum every year in January.
• Celebrate New year Mass (Jan 1), stations of the Cross and Good Friday services during lent in Tamil.
• Celebrate Home Rosary in the months of May and October (open to all families who wish to bring Mother Mary statue to their home, invite Parishioners and conduct rosary prayers with fellowship)
• Celebrate Tamil Apostolate Committee Anniversary in August.
• Organize family get together once a year.
• Provide support to ACTS (Archdiocesan Commission for Tamil speaking) in line with their mission and vision of the Archdiocesan level spiritual events.

Meeting:

Every 1st Tuesday of the month in our church.

Art & Deco Ministry

Mission: 

To glorify God and to help people raise their hearts and minds in thanksgiving to God for His beautiful Creation.

Brief Description:

Committed members arrange flowers weekly for the Sanctuary for weekend masses and Weddings and decorate the church according to the Liturgical calendar but most especially on Easter, Christmas, Lent, Advent, feast days and weddings.

Activities:

Meeting:

Every Friday from 3pm onwards to arrange flowers

Seasonal Meeting:

Before Christmas, Easter. Advent and Lent.

Pastoral Care for the Sick and Elderly Ministry

Mission: 

To visit the homebound Catholics

To visit the Catholic residents in the nursing homes

To minister the Catholics residents in the nursing homes through prayer and holy communion.

Brief Description:

The Pastoral Care for the Sick and Elderly Ministry aims to reach out homebound Catholics and nursing homes residents to personally pray for them at the same time provide them the Holy Communion.