Did you know that the Chijmes complex used to house Singapore's oldest Catholic girls' school ?What is a National Monument? Who gazettes them? How many national monuments are there in Singapore? To date, the Preservation of Sites and Monuments, a division of National Heritage Board, has identified and gazetted 75 buildings, structures and sites of national significance as an integral part of Singapore's built heritage.
Under the instruction of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Boucho , Father Beurel visited France in 1851 to recruit teachers to set up new mission schools in the region. There, he successfully sought help from the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the Congregation of the Holy Infant Jesus. When they arrived in Singapore on Feb 5, 1854, the sisters moved into the Neo-Classical bungalow that is now known as Caldwell House. According to many accounts, Father Beurel had used his own money to buy the residence from its namesake, a clerk to the Registrar. This marked the founding of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus . The community of sisters also went on to found several other convent schools in Singapore.
Many died after being abandoned, with some already dead upon arrival. Those who survived, learned vocational and domestic skills and received a free education at the school. The orphanage or convent crèche closed when the convent schools moved out of Victoria Street in 1983.https://www.instagram.com/p/C30Q463P7wJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
As people began moving out of the town area into the suburbs, the convent school likewise shifted to its new premises in Toa Payoh in 1983 and was renamed the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus . The last Holy Mass was celebrated in the chapel on 3 Nov 1983 before it was deconsecrated. Among the stained-glass collection in the chapel are the windows at the apse showing the life events of Jesus: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity of Jesus, the Presentation of Jesus, and the Finding of Jesus in the Temple. Stained-glass panels above the windows on either side of the nave depict the Twelve Apostles.
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