Every Thursday from 7:15 am till 12 noon and again from 6:30 pm till 9:00 pm, the Blessed Sacrament at the Sisters Chapel in St Magdalene's Community is exposed for the purpose of world peace.  Individual Sisters are present for half-hourly adoration and the whole community comes together for the final half hour.

Parents with children in the Canossian Convent Kindergarten (CCK) and friends are also invited to pray for world peace.  During the day, the children from CCK, are brought by their teachers to the Chapel for a short adoration where they participate with prayers and songs.

Every first Thursday of the month, the Sister-teachers at the CCK together with their colleagues and non-teaching staff, spend about some some time before the Blessed Sacrament.  During this period there are intercessions and peace prayers followed by the exchange of the sign of peace.  This has helped in bonding and reconciling the staff.

During the weekly Assembly in the Kindergarten, the teachers also talk to the children about peace.

This year the CCK graduation ceremony and concert also had "Peace" as its theme.  The songs that were chosen for the students' dances and recitals were related to peace.

On the first anniversary of the September 11 bombing of the World Trade Center, as a peace stance, the sisters had a memorial prayer service before the Blessed Sacrament.

The CCK also commemorated the anniversary with aboard decorated with newspaper cuttings of the incident at the assembly hall.  Candles prepared by teachers were lit during the prayer service.  The candles were then brought back to the respective classes where the teachers further explained the incident to the children and talked to them about the importance of peace.

Sr Doreen Soh