The Catholic Church is rich in tradition and history since its birth at the very first Pentecost more than 2000 years ago.
Many saints and martyrs have given witnessed to the gospel and sacrificed their lives since then. A relic is a piece of the body of a saint,
an item owned or used by the saint, or an object which has been touched to the tomb of a saint.

The Church considers sacred relics to be important and significant in the life of the Church.
The veneration of sacred relics started as early as 155 A.D and is a profession of belief in several doctrines of the Catholic faith including the truth
of everlasting life for those who have lived and died for Christ, and our communion with the saints as members of the Church.

The Church of the Transfiguration in Singapore has two direct connections to the actual episode of the Transfiguration of Jesus
in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke.

RELIC OF ST PETER
The first is the sacred relic of St Peter who was one of the three disciples who witnessed the Transfiguration scene.
It was the same Peter who later became the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

This first-class relic, believed to be a bone fragment of St Peter, was obtained from the Holy See of the Basilica of St Peter in Rome.
This was discovered in the 1950s and displayed publicly at the Vatican for the first time in 2012.

THE TRANSFIGURATION STONE
The scene of the transfiguration is on Mount Tabor, a hill above the Jezreel Valley in lower Galilee. Early Christians used to go up this mountain to worship.

During his official visit to the Holy Land, Father Joachim acquired 4 stones from the original Church of the Transfiguration that was built on Mount Tabor.
One of these stones is embedded in the basement of COTT exactly below the altar of the church. The other three stones are on display at….

These are two unique features that connect COTT to the original Church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor.

MARCH 2013

The Archdiocese of Singapore successfully tenders for a 2,999m² parcel of land in Punggol new town to build a new church. 
The tender price is $22 million for a term of 30 years.

That same month, Emeritus Archbishop Nicholas Chia, the preceding Archbishop, approaches Father Joachim Chang to begin the task of building a new church in Punggol.
Father Joachim immediately sets out to form a Church Building Committee.

JULY 2013

The Senate of Priests votes in favor of the name ‘The Church of the Transfiguration’. 

5 JUNE 2013

The Building Committee presents to His Grace, Archbishop William Goh and the Archdiocesan Finance Committee, recommending to appoint RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Pte Ltd for the project. This is approved and the planning work moved quickly.  The church is estimated to cost $60 million including land rental cost.

MAY 2014  

Monthly Holy Hour sessions are held at Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace to pray for the new church.

6 AUGUST 2014

The ground-breaking ceremony was conducted by His Grace Archbishop William Goh on 6th August 2014, attended by priests and well-wishers. 
Construction work commenced on 13 February 2015.

MARCH 2015

A Steering Committee is formed to coordinate administrative, financial, fundraising, volunteer recruitment and coordination, communications and pastoral formation activities.

6 AUGUST 2015

The Chancery announces the appointment of Father Joachim as Parish Priest of COTT, the feast day of the Transfiguration.

SEPTEMBER 2015

Fundraising activities like Walkathon, Gala Dinner, Golf Tournament, Movie Night etc., as well as weekly parish visits are organized to create awareness and raise funds for COTT.

20 MARCH 2016

COTT started its first monthly off-site mass on Palm Sunday. 

The Church is expected to be ready by the 1st quarter of 2017 when the first official mass will be celebrated on Holy Thursday, 13 April 2017,
followed by the Triduum leading up to Easter Sunday.

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