Our Lady of Perpetual Succour is the Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary as represented in a Byzantine icon from the 15th Century.

It was then felt that the Church of the Holy Family, Singapore could not accommodate the growing number of worshippers living in Katong and the then rural Siglap where more people were making their homes.

Rene Ashness, Holy Family's parish priest launched the project by appealing for donations to have a church built in the Siglap area.

The OLPS Church was blessed and declared open for worship on 7 October 1961 by Michael Olcomendy, Archbishop of the Malacca-Singapore Archdiocese.

[1] In the following years the parish population increased to some 8,500, and it was desired to provide catechism and kindergarten education for a growing number of children; there was consequently the need for more classrooms and amenities.

In 1993 plans were made to build a 3+1⁄2-storey extension to the church, housing additional classrooms, AVA rooms, a library and a small auditorium.

The presbytery houses an Adoration Room, "The Sanctuary", opened to parishioners on 2 February 2000 on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.

The space on the ground floor was also expanded to provide better facilities, and a new kitchen, meeting rooms and a store-room for the SVDP Conference were built.