St Peter and Paul in the midst of other early Catholic churches in Singapore

In the early days of Catholic roots in Singapore underscored in a prominent way by the Marist brothers and the Ladies of St Maur, churches that found its footprint on Singapore soil were named the following , at least the first three churches. First was the Cathedral of Good shepherd. ( following the influence of Christian brothers and Infant Jesus Sisters)  Second was St Peter and Paul. Third was St Joseph. Fourth was Lady of Lourdes. I will stop here as these form the names of our early churches if we were to date before 1900.  However by token of the first it will be Cathedral of Good shepherd. This is most likely linked to the martyrdom of St Laurent Imbert where the good shepherd lays his life down for his flock. We will discover more of St Laurent Imbert in another chapter. The second church is St Peter and Paul. How it took its name is probably because it has a roots in Rome where there is St Peter and Paul church. This closely resembles the direct roots that Singapore in early years has with the direct influence of Rome and even the naming of the church suggests that. The third church the St Joseph church found it's origin from Portugal and was early in influence in Singapore as it was the other jurisdiction having roots in Macau. Though the church was built in 1904 but before that it existed but was rebuilt. Finally in 1888, lady of Lourdes was built to house Indian worshippers. Due to expansion from Cathedral to St Peter and Paul which housed the expansion of worshippers to Lady of Lourdes, which catered more for Indian immigrants. Ethnicity also played an important role for two other churches in early 1900s namely the St Teresa Church in kampong  Bahru and Sacred Heart church. Evidently this represented devotions during the period of Singapore's history during the later part of 1800s to early 1900s. For this devotion there are roots which we will delve in five chapters in this magazine aiming to put it within historical time frame that matched Singapore early Catholic  church history. These form chapters that relate to the naming and they will brief on the devotions that relate to Rome church and the early apostles for St Peter and Paul church in a predominant way. The others will be on St Mary Alcoque on popular devotion to Sacred heart which resulted in naming of Sacred heart church in Tank Road. The third devotion which expressly is very important too is our  lady of Lourdes church in Ophir Road as this devotion spread by St Bernadette in 1850s evidently spread to Singapore showing it's true popularity during that time as church was named in 1888. Finally the St Teresa church was named after St Teresa of Avile as she was a doctor of the church. Surprisingly the Carmelite tradition of the church still resonates with the Carmelite monastery nearby. Not only that, today St Peter and Paul still has a beautiful statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague. And is run by the Carmelite priests with statues of St Peter and Paul, and Carmelite influential saints like St John of the Cross, and St Tersa of Avile statues within church of St Peter and Paul. One does not have to look far to realize that there are services dedicated to Infant Jesus of Prague. In year 2003 a publication of the Novena to the Infant Jesus of Prague was commemorated in a small Novena booklet.