Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (1905)
45 Jalan Silibin, 30100 Ipoh, Perak
T: 05-5279349
F: 05-5276671
Email: ololsilibin@catholic.org
Parish Priest : Rev. Bernard Paul
Assistant Parish Priest: Rev. Stanley Antoni
Sunday Masses : 7.00 am Tamil; 9.00 am English
Chapels (6.30pm Tamil):
Chapel of St. Sebastian, Buntong
Chapel of Christ the King, Buntong Tiga
Chapel of Our Lady of Velangkanni, Jelapang
Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi, Tasek
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| Lenten Campaign 2010 launched | 10:17 AM, Mar 22 2010 |
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IPOH: The 2010 Lenten Campaign in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes was launched on Feb 21 during the Tamil and English Masses. The theme for this year is Love Your Neighbour. The Love Squad consisting of 65 students is headed by the faith formators of the Form Five Confirmation class together with the strong support of the Parish Priest, Fr Bernard Paul, as well as the Parish Catechetical Team. In his homily, Fr Bernard Paul spoke about the saving experience of the people coming out of the Land of Egypt. Secondly, he spoke about the desert experience and the Promised Land. People are tested as they experience a deep absence of God. The Commissioning of the Love Squad was done after the Post Communion Prayer in both Masses. Read More |
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| Important to reach out to others | 10:52 AM, Oct 13 2009 |
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October 06 , 2009
IPOH : Migrant Sunday celebrations at Our Lady of Lourdes church in Silibin on Sept 27, attracted some 100 migrants from Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam and Africa.
The event, organised by the Migrant Ministry of the Penang Diocese, was enthusiastically carried out by 20 volunteers from OLOL’s youth and the parish migrant ministry. Read More |
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| Two hundred attend rally at OLOL, Ipoh | 10:50 AM, Oct 13 2009 |
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October 01 , 2009
IPOH : “I will go Lord, if you lead me, I will hold your people in my heart.” This was the message which attracted some 200 youths and adults to attend Youth Mass recently at the Church of Our Lord of Lourdes (OLOL).
“Speak Lord, your servant is listening” was the message stressed by Fr Stanley Antoni as he led the youths into a spirit-filled, enchanting and beautiful worship at this youth mass. Read More |
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| Silibin parish launches exhibition on St Paul | 3:24 PM, Jun 15 2009 |
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June 13 , 2009 By Molly Anne Benjamin IPOH: The exhibition on St Paul was launched on Saturday, May 30 after the Pentecost Vigil Mass by Parish Priest of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) Fr Bernard Paul. This exhibition was about St Paul, His Missions, His Journeys and His Messages. Edwin Gomez, the Chairperson of the Bible Ministry, explained that this exhibition marks the culmination of a series of programmes undertaken by OLOL Bible Ministry to commemorate the Jubilee Year of St Paul from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009 as declared by Pope Benedict XVI to mark the bimillenary of St Paul’s birth. St Paul was born in AD. 8. Read More |
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| Many Lenten activities organised at OLOL | 2:27 PM, May 27 2009 |
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April 17 , 2009 By Molly Anne IPOH: A Blood-Organ Donation & Free Medical Check-up organized by the Love Squad of the Church of Our Lady Of Lourdes with the cooperation of the Ministry of Health Malaysia was a great success. During the Lenten Season the Love Squad members helped to create awareness of the poor and the marginalized. The members were able to get their parishioners’ involvement in social welfare activities which can be done at different levels. One of the events was the blood — organ donation and free medical check-up which benefited numerous parishioners. Read More |
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| Confirmands form Love Squad | 11:33 AM, Apr 07 2009 |
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March 21 , 2009 By Molly Anne IPOH: Lenten Campaign 2009 in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes was launched on March 1 during the Tamil and English Masses. The theme for this year was Don’t Turn Your Back. The Love Squad consisting of over 60 Form 5 Confirmation students is headed by Peatrice Earthiam with the strong support of Parish Priest Fr Bernard Paul, the Parish Catechetical Team and the Parish Human Development Community (PHDC). In the Eucharistic celebration, Fr Bernard stressed that Lent is about is “sacrifice”. Therefore we are called to bring good news to the afflicted, the poor, the marginalized and the needy. He also advised the Love Squad members to have the desire to do God’s will. Read More |
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| Feastday celebration at OLOL, Silibin | 10:54 AM, Mar 16 2009 |
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Sunday, March 01, 2009 IPOH: Parishioners of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) celebrated the feast of Our Lady Of Lourdes from Feb 4-14. The main theme for this year’s celebration was Be With Us, Mary, Along The Way. The celebrations began on Feb 2 in the church grounds as parishioners prayed the Rosary followed by Mass. This day's theme was With Mary At The Grotto. Read More |
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| Learn from St Paul about grace, faith and the Spirit | 5:16 PM, Jan 19 2009 |
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December 28, 2008 IPOH: A visiting Bible scholar and educator, Fr Dr Peter A. Abir, gave Ipoh Catholics a brief session on the Spirituality of St Paul, at the Bernadette Centre of Our Lady of Lourdes Church OLOL). The event organized by the Bible Ministry of OLOL was held in conjunction with the Year of St Paul. Participants had the choice of attending the session in English or Tamil. The two-hour session outlined Paul’s background, his life, his duty consciousness as a Christian, and his personal spirituality. It especially focused on his acceptance of suffering for Christ. Read More |
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| Fill yourselves with the Word of God to survive in the world | 5:14 PM, Jan 19 2009 |
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December 07, 2008 IPOH: As 80 First Holy Communicants and parishioners gathered for Mass on Nov 16 at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Silibin, Fr Bernard Paul reminded everyone of the Nov 5, 2006 illegal protest rally held outside the compounds of the church. It was organised by a group of Muslims who had reacted to a SMS that alleged the church was about to baptize a group of Muslim Malays. Read More |
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| Migrant Sunday celebration at OLOL | 10:25 AM, Oct 31 2008 |
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19 October 2008 IPOH: Over 100 migrants from Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam gathered in solidarity with parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, in Silibin here, to celebrate Migrant Sunday on Sept 28 on a grand scale. The migrants, who are mostly factory and contract workers, made their way to OLOL church, to participate in the bilingual Eucharistic celebration and then for fellowship and a cultural mix of dances, songs and games at the parish hall, followed by lunch of delicious nasi kandar and cakes. Read More |
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| Parish exhibition is treasure trove of OLOL's history | 10:20 AM, Oct 31 2008 |
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19 October 2008 IPOH: The parish exhibition at the Bernadette Centre of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Silibin here is a treasure trove of information about the church’s history and its roots. The large exhibition area shows pictures of the church which started as a small wooden building and how it was built up. The exhibition also portrays the Lourdes’ experience, information about St Bernadette’s life, and the many sons and daughters of OLOL who have turned to the religious life. Read More |
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| BEC members learn more about the Mass | 4:22 PM, Oct 30 2008 |
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14 September 2008 SILIBIN: BEC members of Summer 2, of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes OLOL), participated in a Mass at the home of Mr and Mrs Henrey. Fr Andrew Manikam OFM Cap, pic, assistant parish priest of the Church of St Francis of Assisi, was the celebrant. As the clock struck 7.30pm, singing the opening hymn, everyone rose to wlecome the priest. Read More |
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| Colouring competition for OLOL students | 9:56 AM, Jun 11 2008 |
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18 May 2008 IPOH: The Catechetical event of Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL), for 2008 kicked off with a ‘Colouring Competition’ for the primary students age 6 to 9 years old. Immediately after the morning Mass, almost 260 students gathered in the parish hall. Annamal, the Standard 1 teacher, briefed the children on the rules. The main focus was for the children to interact with each other by sharing colour pencils, exchanging ideas, laughing at each other, teaching one another, etc. After an hour, all the children had finished colouring. The teachers collected the pictures and the event ended with a closing prayer. The results will be announced soon. Before leaving, some food and goody bags were given to all the children. The groundwork for the competition started in Feburary. Catechism teachers of Pre-School, Std 1, Std 2 and Std 3 from English and Tamil came together to organise the event. — By J. Larry  |
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| Perak State Level Police Day Celebrations | 9:27 AM, Sep 18 2008 |
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4 May 2008 IPOH: The Perak State Level Police Day celebration in commemoration of its 201 years in service was celebrated solemnly with a Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. The theme for the day, which also happened to be the 5th Sunday of Easter, was ‘We, the People of God.’ Read More |
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| Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Ipoh | 12:04 PM, Mar 17 2008 |
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24 February 2008 IPOH: With Our Lady Of Lourdes, Becoming a People of the Word. This is the theme at the Parish of Our Lady Of Lourdes, as the parish began its celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Lourdes with a special Mass for the Sick and Aged on 9 February 2008. Read More |
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| Retreat for OLOL's communicants | 11:53 AM, Nov 28 2007 |
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18 November 2007 IPOH : Ninety-five students attended their First Holy Communion Retreat recently in their journey to receive the Holy Communion for the first time. This one-day programme was jointly organised by the Catechetical Team, Children’s Liturgy Group and Parish Youth Ministry of the parish. Themed Little Disciple’s of Jesus it started at 10.30 am at the Parish Hall. Read More |
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| Unity important to build community | 10:52 AM, Nov 28 2007 |
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18 November 2007 IPOH: “Eat my flesh and drink my blood.” These were the words Jesus said to his disciples on the night of the Last Supper and truly indeed was the Word made flesh on Sunday, Nov 4 when a multitude of children accepted Jesus as their personal Saviour through the Sacrament of the Eucharist on the occasion of their First Holy Communion. As said by Fr Bernard Paul in his sermon that, “without placing the ‘I’ (representing all of us) in Community there will be no sense of Un‘i’ ty between us and our fellow Christians. Read More |
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| Be like St Francis who had full trust in God | 11:04 AM, Nov 28 2007 |
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4 November 2007 IPOH: “If your faith were the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree: Be uprooted and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.” Luke 17:5-10 This was the verse which Fr Victor Louis centred his homily for the Feast of St Francis of Assisi on Oct 6 at the Chapel of St Francis of Assisi in Tasek. “There was a woman,” said Fr Victor, who after reading this verse from the Bible went out of her house and said to a coconut tree “uproot yourself”. The next day she saw that nothing had happened at all to the tree at all. “Just like the woman in the story, we tend to not have complete trust and faith in God,” said Fr Victor after which he went on to highlight several points. Read More |
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| Blood donation drive at OLOL | 10:49 AM, Nov 28 2007 |
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4 November 2007 IPOH: Recently, a blood donation drive was held at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, in the parish hall. The campaign, organised by the PMMCC was held mainly to obtain blood for Hospital Besar, Ipoh to treat the injured or any casualties during the Hari Raya celebration period. The organisers also hoped that the campaign would encourage and motivate more parishioners to come forward and donate blood generously for the welfare of others. This charitable event, which took the better part of three hours, saw a fair crowd made up of parishioners and non-parishioners alike, coming to donate blood generously. The organisers were assisted by medical personnel from Hospital Besar, Ipoh who commented that they were happy with the turnout and would be more than happy to take part in such a programme again next year. — By David Pravin Read More |
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| Health camp organised at OLOL | 11:36 AM, Oct 05 2007 |
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23 September 2007 IPOH: A half-day health camp was organised and held on August 25 at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL), Silibin. This community service project was a collaborative effort between Fatimah Hospital and the Parish Human Development Committees (PHDC) of OLOL and St Michael’s Church, Ipoh. Activities held during the health camp included talks and medical consultations by Dr P. Moganaraju (an O & G specialist) on women gynaecological problems and Dr S. Shan Narayanan (a paediatrician) on child development. For the general public, there was health screening for blood pressure, random blood sugar, BMI and body fat assessment. The hospital staff also conducted demonstrations on self breast examination for women. In addition, free basic medicines and multi-vitamins were dispensed to participants. The PHDCs would like to express their deep appreciation to the doctors and staff of Fatimah Hospital for sacrificing their time and effort for this community service project. We hope to collaborate on more healthcare projects that will help the poor in the near future. — By Stephanie Yeap |
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| Nine months later,still waiting for action | 11:21 AM, Sep 26 2007 |
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9 September 2007 issue of the Herald IPOH: In a firm stand for justice, the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Silibin has asked Perak Chief Police Officer Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah why no action was taken over the usage of seditious words and unlawful assembly at the church last Nov 5. The letter is signed by OLOL parish priest Fr Bernard Paul, on behalf of the parishioners, who have endorsed the follow-up query. It follows a sense of deep unhappiness and dissatisfaction among the people over what they see as police “sweeping things under the carpet”. Read More |
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| Our Lady of Lourdes' fundraising food fair a moving success | 5:01 PM, Aug 06 2007 |
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22 July issue of The Herald IPOH: With a myriad of dishes ranging from one cuisine to another, great music and games and a large turnout, it was indeed a fun-filled day for all who came to the Food Fair held at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. Held after the 8.00am trilingual Mass on July 1, 2007, the church grounds were packed with people surveying and buying food stuff and other items that were on sale while stall owners rushed to meet the demands of the large crowd of approximately 1,000 people. The food fair was organised to raise funds for the new Parish Activity Centre, which is said to cost approximately RM1.5 million. Read More |
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| Ground-breaking ceremony at OLOL, Ipoh | 3:35 PM, Jul 23 2007 |
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10 June 2007 issue of The Herald POH: A ground breaking ceremony for the building of a new Parish Activity Centre was held on May 20 at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes Presided by His Lordship Rt Rev Anthony Selvanayagam, Bishop of Penang, the ceremony began with a Para-Liturgy. In his homily, Bishop Selva touched on the parable from the Gospel of St Luke of a man who laid the foundation of his house on rock, so when a flood came, it could not shake the house. Read More |
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| Zone Family Day celebrated with children from home | 3:28 PM, Jul 23 2007 |
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0 June 2007 issue of The Herald IPOH: The Taman Mas Zone BEC groups celebrated the Family Day with 240 children from four different homes. The zone which comes under the jurisdiction of the Church of Our lady of Lourdes, Silibin had the Family Day at the Taman Mas field. — By Francis a/l Valagamy Read More |
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| OLOL youths Do Something for others | 2:44 PM, Jul 24 2007 |
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25 March 2007 of The Herald IPOH: Recently, thirteen members from the Parish Youth Ministry of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes visited the Good Shepherd Orphanage Home located in First Garden. This visit was held in response to the challenge by the Parish Priest Fr Bernard Paul, to move out of their comfort zone and DO SOMETHING for there are many things to be done in the outside world. Read More |
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| Silibin parish launches Lenten Campaign | 2:48 PM, Jul 24 2007 |
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18 March 2007 of The Herald IPOH: The Lenten Campaign at our Lady of Lourdes was officially launched by Fr Bernard Paul on Feb 25, 2007. The campaign kicked off with the releasing of 40 purple balloons symbolising the forty days of Lent. The theme chosen for this year is aptly titled, “Do Something,” which is a call to all parishioners to be pro-active and to reach out to the needy. Read More |
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| OLOL's 2007 plans, consolidation and progress in faith | 9:45 AM, Mar 26 2007 |
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17 December 2006 issue of The Herald IPOH: The parish of Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) had its annual Parish Assembly on Dec 3. About 150 leaders representing the organisations and BECs of the parish which has about 8,000 parishioners met to review and plan for the year 2007. The theme for this year’s assembly was Living Stone, Living Church. Parish priest Fr Bernard Paul led the reviews and the planning session for the year 2007. Assistant Parish priest Fr Dominic Santhiyagu was also present. Read More |
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| Persons Are Gifts (Tamil) in OLOL | 2:49 PM, Jul 24 2007 |
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8 October issue of The Herald IPOH: The Penang Diocesan Youth Network recently organised a three-day stay-in programme called Persons Are Gifts which was held in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Silibin. A total of 31 Tamil -speaking youths from the ages of 13 to 17 years old took part in the programme. This programme introduced by Fr Ignatius Huan, was first initiated in English in the Melaka-Johor Diocese. After much research, the Tamil youth coordinator and a team of volunteers from the Penang Diocesan Youth Network studied the programme and translated it into Tamil. Read More |
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| Jogathon at Our Lady of Lourdes, Silibin | 2:53 PM, Jul 24 2007 |
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23 July 2006 issue of the Herald Jogathon at Our Lady of Lourdes, Silibin IPOH: Efforts to realise the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes’ dream of building a Parish Activities Centre went underway with the organising of an Open Parish Jogathon that took place on June 25. Way before dawn, the parish grounds were abuzz with enthusiastic people warming-up and also those making last minute preparations. Participants came from all walks of life, religions and ethnic groups. Read More |
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| Combined Corpus Christi celebration in Ipoh | 3:04 PM, Jul 24 2007 |
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9 July issue of the Herald Combined Corpus Christi celebration in Ipoh IPOH: The parishes in Ipoh had a combined celebration for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Held at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, this was the result of efforts made by the priests of the three parishes in Ipoh, namely, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, St Michael's Church and Our Lady of Lourdes. Read More |
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| Retreat is a time to quiet ourselves | 9:24 AM, Dec 20 2005 |
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27 November issue of The Herald SILIBIN: More than 170 leaders from various organisations and BECs from the Church of Our Lady Of Lourdes (OLOL) parish a two-day retreat at Infant Jesus convent in Tanan Rata Cameron Highlands. The theme for the retreat was Called To Ministry .In his sessions, parish priest Fr Bernard Paul invited the leaders to stop, look and go. “Retreat is the time to quiet ourselves and to allow God to speak and to reveal the plan he has for us. It is also a time for us as leaders to open our hearts and minds to grow in spirituality,” said Fr Bernard. |
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| Family Day celebrations at Silibin parish | 4:16 PM, Dec 16 2005 |
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6 November issue of The Herald. IPOH: The parishioners of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in SIlibin held the BEC Family Day at Taman Mas Padang recently. It was held at zone level and was celebrated in a grand way. Read More |
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| Indonesians Celebrate thier Independance Day | 10:12 AM, Nov 09 2005 |
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11 September 2005 issue of The Herald. SILIBIN: The parish of Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL), has once again played host to their fellow migrant Catholics from Indonesia when they remembered them on a very special occasion — Indonesia’s Inde-pendence Day. |
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| Women’s Group From Silibin Church Organises Medical Camp. | 10:12 AM, Nov 09 2005 |
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31 July 2005 issue of The Herald. SILIBIN: The Women’s Fellowship of the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes went a step further in their projects by providing free medical and legal guidance to the less fortunate around their parish. Together with the Perak Medical Practitioners Society (PMPS) and the Perak Information Network Service Organisation (PINSO), they embarked on this project entitled Health Awareness — Medical Camp. The objective of the programme was to reach out to the less fortunate in educating them on medical check-ups and giving them talks on health care. Read More |
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