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Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs)

Basic Ecclesial Communities

Church of St Francis Xavier developed and encourage sense of belonging through Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs). Each parish maps smaller neighbourhood areas where all the Catholics are then given opportunities to get to know each other and form stronger community relationships. Every baptised Catholic belongs to their neighbourhood area (BEC) unless they choose not to.

BECs are giving me permission to say ‘hello’ to people. It helped me realise that the church is about reaching out to people. It’s given me a freedom to approach others and get to know them which is something Catholics don’t do very easily. It’s made me more confident to say ‘hello’ and as you hear more people’s stories and find out more about them, you can ask about how things are going in their lives.

The whole parish is subdivided into neighbourhood communities where Catholics can meet and get to know each other on their ‘own patch’. Each neighbourhood has a team of people who:

The whole parish is subdivided into neighbourhood communities where Catholics can meet and get to know each other on their ‘own patch’. Each neighbourhood has a team of people who:

BEC - Zone 1

BEC Section Chief Coordinator Mobile Contact
Sec 5 - St Francis of Assisi Robert Lazar 012-3915913
Sec 5 - St Therese of Lisieux Shoba Vias 012-9737376
Sec 5 - The Good Shepherd Angela Vincent 012-6509098

BEC - Zone 2

BEC Section Chief Coordinator Mobile Contact
Sec 12 - St Jude Anthony Narayanan 016-2212244
Sec 10 - St Peter & St Paul
Magdalene Simon 019-3388473
Sec 11 - St Francis of Assisi Jasseca Anthonysamy 019-3191086

BEC - Zone 3

BEC Section Chief Coordinator Mobile Contact
SS2 - St John
Ronnie Koh 012-6429862
SS2 - St Anne
Grace Ooi 012-6785542
SS2 - St Michael
David Lee 012-3089189
Sec 14 - Sacred Heart
Billy Teoh Guan Leng 016-2126769

BEC - Zone 4

BEC Section Chief Coordinator Mobile Contact
Sec 16/17B - St Ignatius
Irene Goh 016-9969823
Sec17A St Jude & St Luke
Flora George (St Jude); Brendan Pereira (St Luke) 012-274 7926 (Flora); 012-3290452 (Brendan)
Sec 17C/19 - St Patrick
Joyce Tan 012-3062512

BEC - Zone 5

BEC Section Chief Coordinator Mobile Contact
Sec 20A - St Ambrose
Heather Boudville 016-2021721
Sec 20C - All Saints Peter Wong 019-2311017
Sec 21A - St Peter Justin Dass 012-2015566
Sec 21B - St Philomena Justin Lim 019-3816799
Sec 21C - St Rita
Elizabeth Foo 012-2882605
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