Church of St Mary of the Angels


The Church of St. Mary of the Angels is a Roman Catholic church in Singapore completed in 2004. It is located in the Bukit Batok Planning Area, within the West Region of Singapore. The church is home to both a parish community and Franciscan monastery. Currently, the parish is home to some 8,500 parishioners. The parish caters to parishioners who come from the different parts of Singapore, mainly from Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak, Hillview, Jurong East and Choa Chu Kang.
It grew out of the work of a group of Franciscan friars in the 1950s. The building was awarded the Singapore Institute of Architects Religious Building category award in 2004, and Design of the Year award at the first President's Design Award in 2006.
With effect from 2020, the newly appointed Parish Priest is Friar Michael D’Cruz OFM, with the assistance of two other priests, Friar Esmond Chua OFM, and Friar Gerard Victor OFM, with Friar John-Paul Tan, OFM, JCL, being the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Singapore, and Friar Derrick Yap, OFM, being appointed as Custos, or Regional Superior of the Franciscans in Malaysia Singapore and Brunei.

The "Last Chance" Mass

Over the years, the parish had rapid growth in the number of parishioners, which resulted in most of the weekend Masses being very crowded. The final straw came in 2011 when the 5.30pm Mass on Sunday became just as crowded as the Sunday Morning Masses. The parish saw the need to add in a new Mass timing to cater to the crowd. With that, the Sunday 7.15pm Mass started, with the initial aim to cater to the crowd. It now caters to many parishioners, as well as people who are on shift work and are unable to attend Mass at any other timing on Sundays. The mass timing has since changed to 7.00pm.
The Sunday 7.00pm Mass is the latest timing for any English Mass among all Catholic Churches in Singapore. It is known as the "Last Chance" Mass for people who are unable to attend Mass earlier in the day due to their hectic schedules.

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