St Joseph’s Church stabbing a major test of our response as individuals and as a community

Despite a stabbing incident during the evening mass on Nov 9, the church announced that masses and events on Nov 10 would proceed as normal. How did we, individually and collectively, respond to the horrific news on Nov 9 of the knife attack on the Reverend Christopher Lee while he was celebrating mass at St Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah)? I won’t be surprised if many of us initially thought of the stabbing as an act of violent extremism inspired by a misguided understanding of religion. It didn’t help that the online sphere was abuzz with salacious chatter, endless speculation, and riveting rumours of what happened and why.

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