Welcoming Returning Catholics
“I left the Church when I started work. That was a stressful time and it was easy to choose enjoying my weekends over keeping a relationship with a God I didn’t connect with. 10 years went by, with just an occasional Christmas Mass attendance from me. But the next time I really prayed, God responded […]
Read More“I came to Landings shortly before I graduated and was to leave the Catholic Students’ Society. The attraction for this ministry’s mission came later. What first drew me in was what I got from the people in the community. Sincerity stood out. Every week I was approached with friendship and love, and I realised this […]
Read More“Eight years ago, I was at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco and chanced upon a Landings brochure. Immediately I was amazed at how something so obviously needed was missing in Singapore. So I brought it here. I understand the Landings mission because I had been away from Church before – when the world […]
Read More“I didn’t feel guilty at all when I eventually left the Church and stayed out for 10 years, because I really didn’t have any sense of God existing at all. To me, the whole faith thing was a fairytale people tell themselves to feel better. I accept that bad things happen – that’s life. I […]
Read More“When my friend first talked to me about joining Landings, I said no. It didn’t fit into my work schedule. A part of me missed the Latin Mass that I used to attend but I didn’t enjoy planning my weekends around Mass. But God had started calling. Eventually, I left my job to backpack. On […]
Read More“Seven years ago, I met my girlfriend who brought me to the Catholic Church. Two years ago, I got baptized but all along, I had never fully believed in God. I found no answers in what I had difficulty believing in. My priorities were: money, career and personal time. I worked really hard for them […]
Read More“Strangely, I have always prided myself as a Church-going Catholic and assured myself that so long as I’m in, I’m never out. It wasn’t until troubles hit home that I admitted I had long left the Church spiritually. My relationship with God took backstage since 2005 when I focused only on my career. While God […]
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