Day 3 at Down Under

We went for more sight seeing today. I have just found out that there is actually a Catholic church which is a few direct tram stops away from my apartment. It's called Saint Francis Church. Melbourne has lots of churches, you might be surprised that there are 10 St. Francis Church in Australia (of course I am exaggerating here), but what I really mean is that there are many other christian denomination sharing the same saint's name, so you gotta double check if you are entering the right church.

Before we went to St Francis Catholic Church, I actually did my homework as usual to find out about the history of the church. I am quite pleased to know that St Francis is one of the oldest catholic church in Melbourne. What's more, it has a very strong music ministry. It is a home to one of the finest Catholic church choir in melbourne, (I think should be of the same calibre or better than Peter Low's Choir from Singapore, considering that the choir has a very long history of 150 years). The St. Francis Choir usually sings for Sunday 11am mass and when I looked at the programme, they will be singing those traditional 5 movement mass, by composers such as Mozart, Haydn, etc. Wow. Guess, if there is a chance, I would join the St Francis Choir instead of the Melbourne University Choir. But you see, there is an audition required, and we are required to sing at sight. After that, we went to the catholic bookshop at St Francis. Got 2 hymn books called Spirit of Song 1 and Spirit of Song 2, to start my own collection of church liturgical music.

After that, we took a tram down to Collins Street and transfer to another tram to St Patrick's Cathedral. If you like old European Churches with stain glass and beautiful architecture, you will love St Patrick's Cathedral. I was really impressed by the structure of the church, not like those you see in Singapore. You will feel that you are entering a church if you visit those old European Church. Really loving it. It's the same for St Francis Church, filled with stain glass and beautiful traditional church architecture, with pipe organ. I am loving the church in Melbourne.

Having some problems uploading the picture friends, as my internet speed is no longer the usual 512Kpps but it's only 384 and it gets slower till 64 Kpps as the month passes by. Will try to look for ways to upload the pictures as much as possible.

On a side note, my body is adapting to the cold 10 degree celcius in average by being down with a flu. But no worries, it will get better. Off to St Francis's and maybe St Kilda's Beach tomorrow. Looking forward to it.

Take care, friends! :D