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| The Novena Church in 2011 preparing of the actual day. |
I visited
the Novena Church, Singapore in September 2011. It was to attend their
annual procession held on the 1st Saturday of September.
I had
arrived a few days earlier before the procession just to visit friends, mooch around and
witness the preparation. It was a good plan to come early.
Singapore is always
a pleasure to visit because it’s so pleasant and is always tidy and clean.
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| Novena Church in 2011 |
Novena
Church is known as the Church of St Alphonsus, Thomson Road. I had been there over over 20 years ago but could only vaguely remember the place.
This time I took the MRT and was amazed at its transformation. Novena as i knew it was a church where i go to pray and at times pray for special intentions had become a suburb ie Novena suburb.
It had an MRT, Medical Centre even a Post Office. Just about everything in the near surroundings was called Novena. I was impressed.
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| Novena MRT .. |
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| "Welcome to NS20 Novena" |
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| Outside the station ...Map of the Suburb NOVENA |
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| All NOVENA ... |
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| NOVENA Post Office ... |
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| Early morning Singapore's signature cleanliness |
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| NOVENA Estate .... |
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| Bus guide to Novena .. |
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| On the actual day the congregation would overflow to across the road. |
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the overhead walkway to Novena Church
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| ...... lined with lavender Bougainvilla's ... |
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| walkway leads straight to church ... |
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| Arrived |
I hadn’t yet arrived at Novena Church but I was already impressed. Did the multitude of devotees each weekend convince the Government to give the Church the identity it deserves.
Whatever it was Novena Church certainly was central to their decision.
KK
I seem to remember a Novena Church with stained glass windows at the junction of Tambun Road and Golf Club Road which has been demolished years ago. The architecture was European.
ReplyDeleteApparently it was built by French Tekka