By LiCAS.news
SINGAPORE – The Catholic Church in Singapore is preparing to welcome about 1,250 new Catholics this Easter, the largest cohort of converts in the archdiocese in 10 years, according to the Office for Catechesis (OFC).
On the weekend of Feb 21 and 22, some 978 catechumens and 155 candidates took part in the English-language Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Highland Road and the Church of Christ the King in Ang Mo Kio.
Another 111 catechumens and six candidates are expected to participate in a Mandarin Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion on Mar 1 at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.
The Rite of Election, typically held on the First Sunday of Lent, marks the final stage for non-Catholics preparing to enter the Church, Catholic News SG reported.
Catechumens are unbaptised persons preparing to receive baptism, while candidates are Christians already baptised in another tradition who seek full communion with the Catholic Church.
During the ceremonies, choirs led the congregation in the Litany of the Saints as Cardinal William Goh and priests representing parishes across the archdiocese processed into the churches.
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