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| Fr. John Lau |
Ordination : 3 July 1981
Society : Diocesan Priests
Fr. John Lau hails from a family of 7, including his parents who have passed away. He was born in Singapore on August 3, 1950.
Priesthood was his dream since his primary school days and to realize it, he started as an altar server at the Church of Peter and Paul.
Fr. Lau did his primary and secondary schooling at St. Gabriel’s School. After school hours, he made time to help his father to deliver goods to the customers on his bicycle. While he was in secondary school, he joined the Minor Seminary. Although his secondary education was interrupted during the four years at the seminary, he successfully completed his A-Level as a private candidate. In 1972, he entered the Major Seminary in Penang and did a 2-year course in philosophy. He returned to Singapore to do his National Service, after which he was back at Major Seminary to complete a 3-year course in theology.
Fr. Lau was ordained on July 3, 1981 at the Church of the Risen Christ. Before being ordained as a deacon, he was the Assistant Parish Priest of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. He served as the Assistant Parish Priest of Church of St. Vincent de Paul for nine years and the Parish Priest of Church of St. Anne for eight years. He was appointed as our Parish Priest in February 2002.
When he was asked to relate a high point of his experiences, he recalled his successful intervention in a quarrel between a couple, resulting in their reconciliation. He is generally happy with his pastoral work and derives joy when he visits and talks with patients. He finds his knowledge of Clinical Pastoral Care useful in his work
Gone are the days of his indulgence in fishing, kite flying and playing marbles. He has switched to table tennis. Take him on to find out how he excels. A word of caution: he is not the ‘easily giving-up’ type!
Fr. Lau’s
favorite colors are red and green. This is a revelation of his genotype. He
does not carry the genes for red-green color blindness!