St. Anne’s Church

In February 1961, a piece of land adjacent to the former Meng Tech School (currently St Joseph’s Convent) was acquired and late Fr Hippolyte Berthold was credited with building St Anne’s Church in Ponggol. It was intended to serve the growing number of Catholics in the area who were mainly engaged in farming and small scale fishing. The Church was completed in July 1963 and on 26 July, St Anne’s Feast day; the late Archbishop Michael Olcomendy blessed and declared the Church open for worship. Fr John Yu was the first Parish Priest and he served till 1968 when he was then posted back to the archdiocese of Malacca / Johore. In the 1970s, the entire area was cleared of farming and animal husbandry and the Church population dwindled to around 300. In the words of late Fr Berthold, “we have more pigs than men” and there were plans to even close down the Church. Thankfully, the blueprint for Sengkang and Ponggol new towns were released and St Anne’s Church sits right in the centre. In fact, even in 1998, St Anne’s Church had only one Mass on Sundays at 8 am compared to four Sunday Masses plus one Sunset Mass on Saturdays which commenced in the year 2004. Today, our Church population is around 7000 and St Anne is one of the fastest and youngest growing Parishes in the archdiocese. The Succession of the Priests Rev. Fr. John Yu (1963-1968) Rev. Fr. Moses Tay (1968-1975) Rev. Fr. Hippolyte Berthold (1975-1982) Rev. Fr. Cyril John Lee (1982-1991) Rev. Fr. Joseph Jeannequin (1991-1992) Rev. Fr. Nicholas Ho (Feb 1992) Rev. Fr. William Goh (1992-1993) Rev. Fr. John Lau (1993-2002) Rev. Fr. Richards Ambrose (2002-2005) Rev. Fr. Henry Siew (2005-2007) Rev. Fr. James Yeo (2007-2011) Rev. Fr. Francis Lee (2011-2020) Rev. Fr. Jovita Ho (2020-Till Date)

66, Sengkang East Way, Singapore 548593