tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post4938962619343787386..comments2024-03-04T17:32:08.378+08:00Comments on Princess Elizabeth Estate, Hillview: The French ConnectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post-89478760626318394462013-09-18T07:14:30.982+08:002013-09-18T07:14:30.982+08:00Hi Jason,
Perhaps the best people to answer your q...Hi Jason,<br />Perhaps the best people to answer your question would be the parish staff at St Joseph Church itself?<br />I moved away from St Joseph parish long before the new estates of Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang were established so the demographics may have changed significantly since. James Tannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543278061861378044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post-54701401587516508812012-12-24T13:34:50.454+08:002012-12-24T13:34:50.454+08:00Hello Eugene,
I am happy to hear that parishioners...Hello Eugene,<br />I am happy to hear that parishioners in M'sia too have not forgotten the contributions of the MEP priests!<br />The best people who may help you with CJ Saleilles would be from the Nativity Church at Serangoon being built by Fr Saleilles himself. I do have some pictures of the past MEP fathers which I will forward to you once I retrieve them from somewhere in my archives ha ha!<br /><br />Here is what it says about Fr Saleilles in the MEParchive record:- (Google translate from French)<br />SALEILLES Casimir (1852 - 1916) [1302] <br />SALEILLES Casimir, John, was born March 29, 1852 at Cruéjouls, in the diocese of Rodez (Aveyron). <br />He entered the Seminary of Foreign Missions, September 23, 1873. <br />Ordained priest on 23 September 1876, he moved to the Mission of Malacca on 2 November. <br />He began first to study Chinese, speaking it with ease which became practical all his life in missionary Chinese environment. <br />Spent 4 years at Bukit Timah from 1877 to 1881, and while there he also took care of the Johore ministry. <br />He was named pastor of Serangoon in 1881. The ministry had a lot of school children, boys and girls, and Christians population increasingly in numbers.<br />He built a great church that was blessed by Mgr. Fairy, December 8, 1901. <br />In 1908, he added a floor to the old disused church and it became the rectory. <br /><br />At Johore, which he never ceased to care, as he built a small church, which opened May 29, 1883, and a modest parsonage. <br />In 1904, he went to Ponggol from Serangoon which already had 3000 Christians, there he built a house chapel. <br />In 1909, Father Saleilles felt his strength decline and he gets a vicar in the person of Father Lawrence. <br />In 1911, he had to return to France for treatment. <br />Returning to the mission in 1913, he retired to Ponggol. <br />This is where he died June 15, 1916. <br />His mortal remains were transported Serangoon and buried in the beautiful church he had built.James Tannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543278061861378044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post-12191779186572812112012-12-24T09:45:32.321+08:002012-12-24T09:45:32.321+08:00Dear Mr James,
God bless you for having documented...Dear Mr James,<br />God bless you for having documented the MEP Priests journey in Asia.<br />I am parishioners of church of the immaculate conception, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.<br />We are sourcing for fr. C j Saleilles photo or even any of the MEP priest photos.<br />Would appreciate very much if you could send us a copy via email eugenepk@gmail.com for our church records.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />Have a Blessed Chirstmas.<br /><br />Regards <br />Eugene P. K<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11354950522048786878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291749928176751452.post-90613005686601891232012-08-24T23:17:03.884+08:002012-08-24T23:17:03.884+08:00James. Thank you very much for this lesson in hist...James. Thank you very much for this lesson in history.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com