Catholic Family Life

CEP Couple : Shem and Melissa Melissa Heng (R) with husband Shem and children, Emma, 11, and Jonah, 9. Photos: Melissa Heng. We cannot fully understand the Good Friday event without considering it in the light of the Resurrection. Similarly, Lent cannot truly be lived out unless we see it as a time of preparation …

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CEP Couple : Clarence and Jocelyn The beauty of having kids Clarence and Jocelyn Cai (seated, left) with their six children and Clarence’s parents (seated, right) during the filming of CFL’s mission video. Photo: Catholic Family Life. Singapore’s fertility rate fell to an all-time low of 1.05 in 2022. This was highlighted during the Singapore Budget 2023 …

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Contributed by Bernard Thio.. Alone Again … Naturally I used to be married. To a beautiful woman named Ying. She was generous and loving, and a true gift from God. I loved her passionately, with all my being. And I know that our God loved her even more than I could ever possibly do. Now, …

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CEP Couple: Edwin and Maria A father’s heart By Catholic Family Life – Father’s Day special Edwin Koo and his family. Photo: Edwin Koo. Catholic American theologian Dr Edward Sri describes marriage as “the school of love”. Reflecting on his journey as a father of three, Edwin Koo from the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual …

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CEP Couple: Mark and Michelle Singapore Family Conference 2021 “The Joy of Love” by Catholic Family Life     Topic: Building Flourishing Families Marriage is a journey that allows us to work on our dreams and hopes, common goals and projects, and to experience the Joy of Love. Sharon from Couple Empowerment Programme and Worldwide …

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CEP Couple: Nicholas and Valerie Pinto Catholic200SG Talks and Fairs This talk addresses common marital issues faced by couples and incorporates life skills designed by modern day marriage sociologists, psychologists and psychiatrists. The Theology of the Body by St John Paul II reveals the original plan of God when He first made us male and …

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CEP Couple/s: Leo and Yunita, Jonathan and Marie   Love gives meaning to sacrifice. It gives a purpose to a seemingly mundane, simple, unnoticed task. Catherine Doherty, a Catholic social worker, and foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate, meditated on Christ’s hidden years, which we are called to imitate, just as surely as we are …

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CEP Couple/s: Winfrid and Kristina   We all dream and hope that we will find the right partner in life. Hollywood tells us that when we find our “perfect one” we then live “happily ever after”. The initial years of marriage are often termed the “honeymoon period”, where newly married couples revel in the love …

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