About Us
The Christian Family and Social Movement (Singapore), CFSM(S) is a Catholic Lay Apostolate organization.
In the early 1960s, inspired by the then nascent movement of “Christian Groups with a social orientation” in Europe, some self-help family groups were started in the new housing estates in Singapore.
In 1963, the Movement was registered with the “Registrar of Societies” in Singapore, and began operating.
The early groups addressed the challenges of the fast pace of social and economic changes facing all families living an in the new housing estates in Singapore 1960s. Members were taught the process of “social enquiry” and learned to discern the reasons, the value, and the consequences of societal changes on the person and in particular on families.
Pursuing their line of sensitizing themselves to the changes around them, questioning to root causes, re-examining, reflecting and discerning with guidance from Christian values, members became thinking, mature Christian Citizens participating and contributing to the life of the Nation.
Today the CFSM continues this formation of its members into all round Christian adults, mainly parents, workers, citizens, etc. able to participate fully in the building of the nation. Its members still share and learn from one another in small family groups gathering meeting mainly in the homes of its members. New members, younger married couples with children, found this method of grouping and sharing to be educational, development of the whole person, for character building and a better sense of self-worth. In the process they also become better parents, spouses, family members, workers, Christians, and citizens.
Direction and organization on a national scale are provided by an Ex-Co of volunteers elected from among its members, annually at an Annual General meeting.
The Movement is self financing, organizes faith and person formation sessions, and regularly circulates articles on current issues as “food for thought and formation”. Participation and circulation are restricted only to its members.
The CFSM is affiliated to the International Council of Christian Family Movement (ICCFM) and the World Movement of Christian Workers. (WMCW).