The Carmelite Monastery of Christ the King, Singapore, was founded in 1938, following a request by Msgr. Adrian Devals, MEP, for a Carmelite presence in the country.

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The Carmelite Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Bangkok, agreed to help; however, not having sufficient numbers for the planned foundation, they appealed to the Carmelite Monastery of Floreffe, Belgium. In response, Mother Thérèse des Anges travelled to Siam in 1935 and spent three years at Carmel of Bangkok before coming to Singapore with a Thai nun, Sr.  Theresita of the Child Jesus. They were soon joined by more nuns from Bangkok, and the first Mass was celebrated in the Singapore Monastery on 11 May 1938.

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When the Second World War broke out, the newly-built Carmel was partly destroyed, and the nuns took refuge with the Sisters of the Infant Jesus.

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After the war, the nuns returned to the monastery and were helped in the massive clean-up by Fr. Stephen Lee, parish priest of St. Teresa's Church, together with his assistant, and other volunteers. The monastery was subsequently repaired and enlarged. In 1953, further Carmelite missionaries arrived from Canada and France, and in the years that followed, new vocations entered the community, and, by the grace of God, the community continued to grow.

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Daily mass (Monday to Sunday): 6.30am (English)

For vocation enquiries, please email: carmel.singvoc@gmail.com 

 

Postal address: 

Carmelite Monastery 

98 Bukit Teresa Rd 

Singapore 099750