Welcome to the CHIJ Singapore
sisters' website.
May you find inspiration, hope and courage in our history and our spirituality. in our mini- library of resources.
On this page, we introduce our Founder, Blessed Nicolas Barre. and our Foundress in Singapore, Mother Mathilde Raclot.
Our Founder in Singapore- Mother Mathilde Raclot
Responding to the call to start education for girls in the East, she left France with a few sisters on this mission.Her vision, faith, courage and endurance led her to set up a school for girls within ten days of her arrival in Singapore.
Our Founder - Blessed Nicolas Barre
A man of deep faith and contemplative vision, he founded the Infant Jesus Sisters to respond to the poor, in a spirit of abandonment and trusting in God's Providence.
Foundational Documents by Fr Barre
- General Introduction
- LifenDeathofNB
- FirstSrsLestocqNoEndowment
- ParticularMaximsSanctification
- StatutesRulesSecretArticles
- MemoirofInstruction(MI)
- FundamentalMaxims(FM)
- MaximsforSpDirection(MD)
- Maxims for All People (MAP)
- RefNRecommendations(RR)
- SpiritualCanticles(SC)
- Spiritual Letters
- NB Quotes by Themes
- Books on Fr Barre
- Better than Light
- Comic book
- Director inthe Darkness
- Video on Fr Barre
