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Mr Ignitius Chan has lived at the home for about 15 years. At 87, he is still able to move around on his own although he is partially blind and uses a walking stick. "As you come through the gate, you walk straight up the path and when you see St Theresa ahead of you, you feel very happy, very glad. It's a peaceful place. I'm very lucky to be here," said Mr Chan who was baptised some 10 years ago at the Home. He was a free-thinker when he moved in, but was inspired by the Little Sisters to become Catholic. "You live here and see all these religious people so devoted to the Lord. I started thinking these people are so good, they have so much faith," he said.

Madam Maria Leong, 87, moved in a few years after her husband passed away. She had married late in life and has no children. A Catholic, she had been donating regularly to the Home and knew the sisters whom she felt "worked for God". In 1988, she finally agreed to the Sisters' suggestion that she move in rather than live alone with a maid. A great walker until she fell last year, Madam Leong has no regrets about moving into the Home. "I have visited everywhere, and in Singapore, this is the best home. We have a chapel, the service is good and we have a big compound." she said.

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