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| DECEMBER 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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28 December BEC Area Group 4 celebrates its 24th year (IC, Pg) Legionaries bring cheer to orphans (SMC Ipoh) Learn from St Paul about grace, faith and the Spirit (OLL Ipoh) 21 December Alpha Weekend Away for Holy Spirit Cathedral's parishioners Training for migrant ministry members (IC, Pg) Bringing Christmas joy (CTK, Sg Petani) Fr Anthony Chong’s 40th sacredotal anniversary (SMC Ipoh) 14 December Preparing the Manger (Cathedral) BM's seniors meet the Evergreens of Ipoh (St Anne, BM) SMC, an activity-oriented parish with good leadership (Ipoh) 7 December Our talents are for us to serve others (CTK, Sg. Petani) Stress on a participative Church (Alor Setar) Using the Word of God to grow into a loving community (Taiping) Fill yourselves with the Word of God to survive in the world (OLL, Ipoh) Cooperation and awareness vital for growth as a community (Sitiawan) |
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| Inter-faith forum on combating AIDS through religion | |
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December 28, 2008 PENANG: The Community AIDS Service, Penang (CASP) organised an inter-faith forum on Combating AIDS through religion on Nov 22 at the Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang. YB Ravindram Subramaniam, MP for Batu Uban was very concerned with children infected by AIDS. He said that sometimes parents tend to alienate their children who have AIDS. No religion, he said, would want parents to alienate their children. Therefore, he said, religions should play a part in helping parents not to alienate their children. Read More |
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| Migrant workers not afforded natural justice | |
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December 21, 2008 PENANG: The Penang Office for Human Development has released a press statement on a foreign worker who is not protected by the laws of Malaysia. “Jivan Kumar is a Nepalese foreign worker who entered Malaysia legally in December 2008. He was placed by his agent in a nasi kandar restaurant in Jelutong, Penang,” explained Joachim Xavier from Penang Office for Human Development (POHD) in the statement. Read More |
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| NOVEMBER 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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30 November Spirituality, evangelism main concerns at Holy Spirit Cathedral Fr Mark Michael bids farewell to his mum (IC, Pg) Feastday celebration at the Church of St Michael (A. Setar) Be a source of encouragement to all (OMPH Ipoh) Children receive Jesus in the Eucharist (SMC Ipoh) 23 November IC parish SSVP helps flood victims (IC, Pg) Census for the graves at St Anne, BM (St Anne, BM) 16 November Coffee Mornings at NBVM Church (NBVM, B'worth) 9 November Family Carnival by the Church of Our Mother of Perpetual help (OMPH Ipoh) Batu Gajah parishioners welcome migrants 2 November St Michael's Church PHDC visits Lighthouse (SMC Ipoh) |
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| Being rooted in Vincentian spirituality | |
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November 09, 2008 PENANG: Forty-three Vincentians from Penang learnt the roots of their rules and spirituality when Fr Jojo Fung SJ gave a session to them on the theme Rooting in Vincentian Spirituality on Oct 4 and 5 at the island resort of Pulau Jerejak. What is the ‘Vincentian Roots’? According to Fr Fung, the Vincentian roots look at a certain vision and certain ways of deepening relationship with God and with the people on the margin of society. Faith is used as the starting point and God as the end point. This God is imaged in people Vincentians serve. Read More |
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| Huge crowd bid farewell to Fr Ki | |
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November 9, 2008 IPOH: The funeral Mass of Fr Matthias Ki, at St Michael’s Church on Oct 27 drew a huge crowd who wanted to pay their last respects to a simple but extraordinary man. He was qualitatively different, so much of a “father” figure to many, as SMC parish priest Fr Michael Cheah so aptly put it during the homily in Mandarin. Yet, he was firm when confronted with people who were errant in their lives, always urging them to return to God. The warmth and sparkling humour of Fr Ki was clearly evident. “As young seminarians, we often made mistakes. Instead of chiding us, he would call us sanpar low which means “jungle folk” in Cantonese,” Fr Cheah said. “His generosity knew no bounds, and he was fair and caring to all, irrespective of race or religion.” Read More |
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| Fr. Ki served till the end | |
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November 09, 2008 Fr Ki served till the end KUALA LUMPUR: Fr Matthias Ki Kia Lim, a diocesan priest for close to 55 years passed away on Oct 24 at 4.00pm in St Francis Xavier Home for the Elderly in Cheras at the age of 81 years. In the late 1940s, Ki — and a few Chinese priests — came to Malaya and studied at College-General in Penang. He was ordained a priest in on Dec 8, 1953. He served mainly in Perak, especially at St Michael’s Church in Ipoh before retiring, many years back. Read More |
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| OCTOBER 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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26 October St Anne, BM celebrates second parish event SSVP St Louis Taiping golden jubilee celebration Feast-day celebration at Kota Bahru 19 October Medical camp at St Anne, BM Preparation for Holy Communion candidates Feast of St Michael in Ipoh The first BEC Mass (P. Tinggi) St Anthony, T. Intan starts Migrant Ministry Migrant Sunday celebration at OLOL 12 October Mobile Clinic for refugees at BM (St Anne) Motivation for BEC leaders We need to submit to the will of God (City Parish) St Michael, Ipoh celebrates feast of Padre Pio Wallace House opens at OMPH, Ipoh |
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| Review & Planning for Penang PHDCs | |
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19 October 2008 PENANG: The Parish Human Development Committees (PHDC) of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Church of Immaculate Conception and City Parish came together for the annual Review & Planning. Susan Lim, Penang Office for Human Development (POHD) Coordinator for PHDC was on hand to facilitate the Review & Planning. Read More |
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| SEPTMEMBER 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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28 September City parishioners piligrimage to OLOL (City Parish) Coffee morning to raise fund for marginalised (IC, Pg) Rosary devotion at St Michael's Church (Ipoh) OMPH carnival on 19 October focus on Jesus' love 21 September Living the Word through a purpose driven life (Cathedral) 7 September Inter BEC games for St Anne 4 September Cathedral of the Holy Spirit BEC Merdeka games 2008 Read More |
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| Biblical retreat for laity | |
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28 September 2008 PENANG: In Jesus’ steps a biblical retreat for laity, conducted by Fr Jean L'Hour, MEP, pic,was held from Aug 29 -31 for the Diocese of Penang at Domus St. Anne, Bukit Mertajam. This three-day retreat, organised by the Peninsular Malaysia Pastoral Team (PMPT), aims to help the laity to have a deeper understanding of what it means to follow in the footsteps of Jesus through the Word of God. By His word and example, Jesus formed his disciples to be authentic disciples, thus this retreat will assist the laity to reflect on the word, allow the Holy Spirit to transform their lives, and put to practice the teachings of Jesus in their daily lives. Read More |
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| Migrant case-handling workshop by POHD | |
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21 September 2008 PENANG: A Migrant Case-Handling Workshop was organised by the Penang Office for Human Development (POHD), with the collaboration of JUMP (Jaringan Utara Migrasi dan Pelarian). Held at Catholic Diocesan Centre, 21 participants from various churches, NGOs and interested individuals who work with migrants attended. Read More |
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| Rotary District Governor visits Lighthouse | |
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21 September 2008 PENANG: The Rotary District Governor of District 3300, Dr Rajindar Singh accompanied by President, Dato Chet Singh and Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Penang, made a visit to Lighthouse Drop-in Centre on Sept 3. On hand to greet them were Eustace Nonis and Gerard Robless from the POHD Board of Management and Manager of Lighthouse, Belevendiran Li. Read More |
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| AUGUST 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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31 August 2008 Bishop Selva: Please pray for our nation Celebrating Women's Day at SMC Ipoh 17 August 2008 St Anne's feast, BM, draws thousand Procession with statues of St Anne, Mother Mary (St Anne) An afternoon tete-a-tete with Fr. Dicom (Cathedral) A church in transition (A. Setar) 10 August 2008 Bible Sunday cum Family day at Butterworth parish Gawai/Kaamatan celebration in Penang 3 August 2008 City Parish members participate in Street Walk Penang CM visit Church of the Assumption (City Parish) Read More |
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| Independence Day celebration for migrants | |
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31 August 2008 PENANG: As Malaysia celebrates its independence day on 31 Aug, an Independence Day Celebration for migrant workers was organised by the Penang Office for Human Development. About 200 people turned up for the celebration on August 10, which began with an Eucharistic Celebration. There were Indonesians, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Indians, Pakistanis and Sri Lankan. Read More |
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| College General receives ‘long lost’ Sacred Heart of Jesus statue | |
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24 August 2008 PENANG: On Aug 4 the statue of the Sacred Heart was returned to the seminary after an absence of about forty years. The statue originally used to be housed in the seminary Chapel, also so named. However, the statue went missing in the 1960s and found its way to the Church of the Sacred Heart, Kampar, where it stayed for the next few decades. Time passed quickly, and in the intervening years the seminary procured another statue of the same name to replace it. Read More |
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| Penang Island Alpha Course | |
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17 August 2008 PENANG: July 5 and 6 was the weekend away for the Island level Alpha course. The whole weekend was devoted to the Holy Spirit. The climax for the course, which started in May. Read More |
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| Grave Maintenance Programme (GMP) | |
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17 August 2008 PENANG: Come Nov 2, everyone will flock to the cemeteries to offer prayers for their loved ones. You will see them bringing flowers and candles . Many would then try cleaning the graves and the surrounding area to make sure that the final resting places of their loved ones are clean. Read More |
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| JULY 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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27 July 2008 Help others in their time of need (Cathedral) LSS at Butterworth parish Centenary celebration at SHC Kampar 22 June 2008 Spend RM5 to win a car! (Cathedral) A day of fun for those in Sg. Petani Monthly Mass in Korean at City Parish SMC Family day with a difference 20 July 2008 City Parish leaders attend 'stop, look, go' retreat 13 July 2008 OMPH Feast celebration Sense of missioning become clear 6 July 2008 Apostolic delegate main celebrant for St Anne, BM Feastday Mass Fun filled formation for RCIA facilitators (Cathedral) Review of Lenten Campaign (Sg. Petani) |
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| Training session on how to help refugees | |
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27 July 2008 BUKIT MERTAJAM: ‘A Refugee Aid Training’ session organised by the Penang Office for Human Development (POHD) was held for the Parish Human Development Committee (PHDC) members. Held on June 27, Joachim Xavier, Human Development Officer of POHD started by thanking the PHDC for agreeing to take up the project. He said that offering the much needed services to our foreign brothers and sisters is a fundamental act of love which Jesus calls every Catholic to participate in, adding that it is ultimately a spiritual act. He pledged POHD's full support to the PHDC in their effort to reach out to the refugees in the area. Read More |
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| Burmese celebrate World Refugee Day | |
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20 July 2008 SEBERANG PRAI: Burmese refugees from different ethnic groups celebrated World Refugees Day on June 22 at the Sts Chastan & Imbert Chapel. The celebration was made possible through the effort of the JUMP committee (Jaringan Utara Migrasi & Pelarian — Northern Network of Migrants & Refugees), of which the Penang Office for Human Development (POHD) is a member. JUMP, which was formed in Nov 2007 comprises of NGOs like Suaram and Women's Centre for Change (WCC) and individuals who are interested to participate in migration efforts. Read More |
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| College General celebrates feast of its martyrs | |
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6 July 2008 PENANG: June 18 was a significant day for the community of College General and priests in Malaysia who celebrated the feast of the college martyrs — St Philip Minh and companions, and the launching of the celebration for the 200 years of the establishment of College General in Penang. Read More |
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| JUNE 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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29 June 2008 Parents' day celebration at OMPH 15 June 2008 OMPH Feast will begin 20 June 8 June 2008 Christian unity - the basis of the Eucharist (SMC Ipoh) Corpus Christi - God's kindness to humankind (OMPH Ipoh) Families need to affirm one another (City Parish, Pg) 1 June 2008 Feast-day of the Holy Spirit Cathedral Listen and obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit (Cathedral) Special event at St Anne Read More |
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| Family Day Food Fair at Kg Simee | |
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22 June 2008 IPOH: With the safety of the residents uppermost in their minds, the management of the Simee Old Folks Home (CWS) has embarked on another project at the Home for this year. The management has proceeded to build an overhead covered bridge to connect Block A to Block B so that the residents do not have to risk crossing the busy stretch of road to get from one block to the other. Read More |
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| Refugee registration | |
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2 June 2008 PENANG: There are a large number of refugees in Malaysia, and many of them are undocumented. Refugees who are undocumented and not registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) face hordes of problems. Recently, a registration exercise was conducted in Penang by the UNHCR with the help of the Penang Office for Human Development (POHD). Read More |
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| MAY 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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25 May 2008 Two books launched at St Michael's church (Ipoh) God's plan, to reconcile us to each other (SMC Ipoh) Pentecost - a child in the womb (OMPH Ipoh) Chemor's children visits Old Folks Home (Sg Siput) 18 May 2008 Alor Setar parish celebrates special event Colouring competition for OLOL children (Ipoh) 4 May 2008 Perak state level Police Day celebration (OLL Ipoh) Orang Asli children receive the Eucharist (Tapah) |
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| Penang Chinese Apostolate's dialogue with Bishop Selva | |
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25 May 2008 The Penang Diocesan Chinese Language Apostolate Commission held their triennial assembly at the Holy Spirit Hall of St Louis Church, Taiping on Sunday, April 27, 2008. Bishop Antony Selvanayagam of Penang diocese attended the assembly accompanied by the vicar-general Msgr Stephen Liew, who is also the ecclesiastical assistant of the commission. Read More |
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| SSVP Diocesan Council AGM | |
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8 May 2008 PENANG: “In your charity works, be careful of the devil lurking over you,” warned Fr Maiccal Sinnappan, pic, in his address to the members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, Diocesan Council of Penang. He made this address during the Society’s 36th AGM held on May 1 at the Pusat Keuskupan Katolik. More than 50 members from Kedah, Perak and Penang were present. Read More |
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| Mt Miriam Hospital Food Fair raises RM280,000 | |
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18 May 2008 PENANG: It was a sunny Sunday, April 27, when Mount Miriam Hospital (MMH) held its Food & Fun Fair in the hospital grounds. MMH prides itself to be the only hospital in Penang with a green lung. This bi-annual Food Fair is in aid of the hospital’s Needy Patient Fund. A hundred and seventeen stalls housed under nine large white canopies offered local and international food. Read More |
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| Fundraising dinner by Yayasan Ozanam (SSVP) | |
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4 May 2008 IPOH: SSVP members must pay attention to the formation in spirituality of each member, Bishop Antony Selvanayagam said at the SSVP charity dinner here. The Bishop of Penang who was guest of honour at the dinner themed “Friends of the Poor Nite 2008” on April 20, said the Catholic Church was always open towards helping the poor. However, whilst the SSVP was trying to update itself in helping people in need, and venturing into caring for single mothers and those in delinquent homes, they should also understand the need to be in touch with God. Read More |
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| APRIL 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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6 April 2008 Forty-three received into church at Penang Cathedral Easter, a declaration of God lives (SMC Ipoh) 13 April 2008 Children learn to put their faith into action (Cathedral) Taiping parishioners bid farewell to Fr Stanley Antoni 27 April 2008 Cathedral catechists learn how to teach Fr Francis Andrew leaves NBVM for St Anthony Butterworth church organised 9 weeks LSS Installation of parish priest at Teluk Intan |
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| MARCH 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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30 March 2008 Lenten activities at St Anne, BM Chief Minister joins Cathedral parishioners for Good Friday services Children do their bit for Lent (SMC, Ipoh) 23 March 2008 Gathering for migrant workers in Penang (City Parish, Pg) Love Squad members visits home (City Parish, Pg) Priests, messengers of hope, encouragement, comfort, to the the people (Christ the King, SP) Formation for leaders from St Anne, BM 16 March 2008 Issues to ponder when voting for a new government (Cathedral) 9 March 2008 Mass for Vietnamese in Penang Diocese (City Parish, Penang) AsIPA Course for BEC and Service Team leader in Kedah (AS, Kedah) Read More |
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| AGM for Penang's Vincentiens | |
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30 March 2008 PENANG: The Society of St Vincent de Paul State Council of Penang held its Annual General Meeting on March 9 at the Pusat Keuskupan Katolik. In his address, Bishop Antony Selvanayagam called on the SSVP members to discover Jesus in their lives. Read More |
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| Training for Election Observers | |
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9 March 2008 PENANG: Malaysia for Free and Fair Election (MAFREL), a recognised election watchdog, held a training workshop for Election Observers on Feb 24 at the Pusat Keuskupan Katolik. About 100 people attended, including 12 seminarians, Fr Edwin Paul, director of the Seminary and Archbishop Emeritus Soter Fernandez. The workshop was open to all and saw people of all races and religions attending. Read More |
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| FEBRUARY 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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3 February 2008 Forum on Islamisation in Malaysia (Cathedral) 24 February 2008 SMC lends a helping hand (SMC Ipoh) Chinese New Year celebration at OMPH (Ipoh) Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (Ipoh) Lenten Campaign launched in City Parish (Penang) |
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| JANUARY 2008 PARISH NEWS | |
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27 January 2008 Celebrating Fr. Charles Chin's birthday (St Mary, Tapah) 20 January 2008 Xmas gathering for migrants (Cathedral) SSVP Christmas party (Risen Christ, Penang) 13 January 2008 Christians must transmit God's love (SMC Ipoh) Crib by SMC's Hospitality Ministers Christmas do for Vietnamese (City Parish) Follow in the footsteps of Mary and trust in God (IC Penang) Party for the migrants at IC parish 6 January 2008 29 for the Rite of Acceptance in NBVM Church 3 parishes go on pilgramage (Bagan Serai) |
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| Formation for 2008 Love Squad members | |
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27 January 2008 PENANG: Once again, as the Lenten season approaches, the Penang Office for Human Development organised a formation-cum-training session for Love Squad members from all parishes in the Diocese. The session was held simultaneously on Jan 5 and 6 at all districts. Joachim Xavier covered the north and Island district while Susan Lim covered the Perak districts. M. Belevendiran took the three churches in Nibong Tebal, Parit Buntar and Bagan Serai, where the session was in Tamil. Read More |
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| Penang Diocesan Lenten Campaign | |
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27 January 2008 Penang Diocesan Lenten Campaign Do you know what it is like to be hungry and have nothing to eat? What it is like to long for shelter and sleep only in the open? What it is like to need help but have no one to turn to? The Lenten Campaign is aimed at touching the lives of the less fortunate with gifts from the heart in the form of donations, contributions and even service, thus you are called to be part of the Campaign and LEND A HAND to do something. Read More |
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