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DECEMBER PARISH NEWS	11:42 AM, May 13 2008
23 December 2007 Thousands flock to SFX' s feast-day celebration (CP, Penang) Recollection Day for catechetics (Cathedral) Ipoh outing for Ozanam children (SMC Ipoh) Parish Aid Committee merges with PHDC (OMPH Ipoh) 16 December 2007 Children received the Eucharist for the first time (P.Tinggi) 9 December 2007 BECs main thrust for City Parish (Penang) Triple celebration at OLGH, Parit Buntar 2 December 2007 Blood donation drive at St Anne's, BM Children received Jesus for the first time (NBVM) Parish Assembly at Holy Spirit Cathedral
Recollection day for migrant workers	11:51 AM, Dec 28 2007
23 December 2007 Recollection day for migrant workers PENANG: The 61 migrant workers, some as young as 16 years old were at Domus St Anne for the annual Penang Diocese Recollection for migrant workers. Organised by the Penang Diocese Migrant Workers Support Centre (MWSC), it was conducted in Bahasa Malaysia and facilitated by Fr Robert Daniels. Read More
Formation for Penang PHDC leaders	4:22 PM, Dec 10 2007
2 December 2007 BUKIT MERTAJAM: The second Parish Human Development Committee (PHDC) leaders’ formation was held at Domus St Anne. Sixteen participants from nine parishes of the Penang Diocese came together for the formation organised by the Penang Office of Human Development (POHD). Eustace Nonis, the chairman of the Board of Management for POHD, thanked all participants for giving up their time to be at the formation. It shows, he said, that they were concerned for the poor and marginalised. He then introduced and thanked Dr Prema Devaraj the facilitator for the session who from the Women’s Centre for Change. Read More
NOVEMBER PARISH NEWS	11:43 AM, May 13 2008
25 November Fund-raising dinner for Taiping Church Parish Assembly of OMPH Belonging to BECs is Penang's 2008 target SMC Sunday school children receives excellence attendance certificates 18 November Retreat for OLL's 95 communicants Unity important to build community (OLL Silibin) Children prepare themselves to receive Christ (SMC Ipoh) Materials on Christ the King Church (S. Petani) 11 November SMC Evergreens communes with nature (Ipoh) Be open to God and pray always (BG Perak) Kampar parish have day camp for students Ground-breaking ceremony for Sg Ara Chapel (Cathedral) Preparation for communicants (Cathedral) Parishioners attend Parish Assembly (A. Setar) 4 November Be like St Francis, who had full trust in God (OLL Silibin) Blood donation drive at OLL Read More
JUMP formed for migrants and refugees in the North	4:20 PM, Dec 10 2007
25 November 2007 PENANG: The Penang Office of Human Development (POHD), together with six other local NGOs have come together to form the Northern Migration and Refugee Network Jaringan Utara Migrasi dan Pelarian, better known from its acronym, JUMP. These seven organisations who work with migrant workers and refugees realised that there is a need to come together and link up with each other to form a northern network that will extend a more comprehensive help and support to migrant workers and refugees in the Northern part of Malaysia. Read More
New cemetery for Penang Island blessed and opened	11:54 AM, Nov 28 2007
11 November PENANG: “Death is the beginning of new life. Death is just a part of a passage. When we die we begin a new way of life. That is what we believe in; that is our faith,” remarked Bishop Antony Selvanayagam at the Blessing of the new Catholic cemetery for the island of Penang. The 12-acre cemetery which is situated “in an idyllic hilly land at Titi Serong in Balik Pulau,” is the culmination of more than two decades of the “efforts, shuttle diplomacy, hopes and fervent prayers” by the Catholic community in Penang for a new burial site. Read More
Penang Diocese liturgy Commission go for MRR	11:54 AM, Nov 28 2007
11 November PENANG: This year the Penang Diocesan Liturgical Commission’s MRR (Meeting, Recollection & Relaxation) was held in Pangkor Island. There were 18 members including immediate families who went to Pulau Pangkor, Perak from Oct 20 - 22. It was led by the Penang Diocesan Liturgical Commission (PDLC) Director Fr Francis Xavier Selvarajoo. — By Johann Paul Gregory
OCTOBER PARISH NEWS	11:43 AM, May 13 2008
28 Oct Laity takes charge of Catechetical Sunday (IC, Penang) Feast of Our Lady of Good Health (RC, Penang) SMC holds novena to Padre Pio (Ipoh) Volunteers given recognition at St Anne's (Penang) Encountering Jesus important for discipleship (K. Baru) 21 Oct Migrant Ministry launched at Holy Spirit Cathedral Triple celebration at Alor Setar Blood donation exercise (K. Baru) 30 lectors commissioned at SMC (Ipoh) Using recyclable materials for floral decoration (SMC Ipoh) 14 Oct Feast of Sts Imbert & Chastan (NBVM, Penang) Celebrating the feast of St Michael (Ipoh) 7 Oct. City Parish supports Rohyingyas Birthday celebration for Fr. Alexender (IC PG) Gotong-royong mission accomplished despite rain (OLF, K. Baru) Thanksgiving dinner for all SMC volunteers (Ipoh) Read More
Fr Stanley Antoni ordained at Chapel of St Joseph, Bidor	4:17 PM, Oct 30 2007
28 October 20007 BIDOR, Perak: Deacon Stanley Antoni was ordained to the priesthood in the Chapel of St Joseph, in his hometown on Thursday Oct 4 on the feast of St Francis of Assisi by Antony Selvanayagam, the Bishop of Penang Diocese. The BECs and Tapah parishioners fully supported the sacerdotal ordination of one of their own parishioners with a full turnout of about 1,200 people comprising about 40 priests, three religious sisters, nine seminarians, parishioners of St Mary’s parish, with three busloads of Orang Asli parishioners. A bus load of Indonesian and Timor Leste Catholics who worked in the nearby estates also attended. About 100 parishioners from the Taiping Catholic Church, where Deacon Stanley did his pastoral training came in a bus and many vans and private cars. The week had been particularly taxing for Deacon Stanley, whose father S. Antonisamy had passed away just a week earlier at age 61 years, leaving his beloved mother Mdm. Chandrammal to witness their son’s ordination without the physical presence of his father in the chapel. Read More
NBVM Church a model parish for outstanding service to migrants	4:37 PM, Oct 30 2007
21 October 2007 PENANG: They were all there - from India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Langka, Africa, India, Nepal and of course Malaysia — gathered in solidarity at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (NBVM) on Sept 23 for the Migrant Sunday celebration. The celebration began with the Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Fr Jude Miranda. There were about 500 people present. Read More