impetus behind this project. New buildings were added to the Church in 1938, 1954 and 1956. In March 1947, the church published its first parish magazine, Rally, in English that sought to rally parishioners to the Catholic Young Men's Association, promote the Catholic faith and provide information on pastoral activities, recreation and sports. In 1948, Rally became a mission publication and served as an official organ of the Portuguese Mission in Malacca and Singapore until it ceased publication in 1990. On 1 July 1981, an agreement signed between Gregory Yong, the Archbishop of Singapore, and Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa, the Bishop of Macau, for the transfer of the Parish of St Joseph to the ordinary jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Singapore became effective. With this, the dual ecclesiastical jurisdiction ceased to exist in Singapore and the whole island of Singapore was brought under the single jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore. Saint Joseph's church ceased to be a parish church and became a church of devotion. The entire congregation of parishioners was incorporated into the Archdiocese of Singapore. To maintain the Portuguese character of the church, the Bishop of Macau continued to post priests to the church until 31 December 1999, when the rector of the church, Father Benito de Sousa, ended his term. The Bishop of Macau decided to stop sending missionaries to the church, making Father Benito de Sousa the last link between the church and the Portuguese Mission. Saint Joseph's Church was gazetted a national monument on 14 January 2005. From 4 September to 12 November 2006, the church was one of the exhibition venues for the Singapore Biennale, Singapore's inaugural international biennale of contemporary art. In 2007, during repainting of the church, painters discovered the original ornamental plasterwork from the 1900s underneath the paint. By August 2017, the church raised $25 million, inclusive $1.953 million from the National Heritage Board's National Monuments Fund to restore the church's main building and Parochial House, a conserved building, and started restoration work. On 30 June 2022, the 110th anniversary of the church's consecration, the church was reopened. Architecture and interior design Saint Joseph's Church was built to accommodate 1,500 worshippers, in a Gothic Revival style with a portico supported by four columns and decorated by large marble statues of Saint Joseph, Saint John of God and Saint John de Brito. There are also an outdoor shrine to