Singapore choir practices for Pope Francis visit, church volunteers rehearse

SINGAPORE – Filipino hospital administrator Anna Galarrita and Filipino domestic helper Olga Reyes have been practicing for months to be part of the 1,500-strong choir during the Papal mass on Thursday, September 12, when Pope Francis visits Singapore.

The two women and Singaporean engineer Raphael Lau, who will serve as a communion minister during the mass, have taken time off work to serve as volunteers and to rehearse their roles for the first visit by a pope to the island republic in 38 years.