City Parish, Penang
Our Lady of Sorrows (OLS), Assumption (AC), St. Francis Xavier (SFX), St.John Britto (SJB)
Parish house and Secretariat is at Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. The address is as follows:
33 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Pulau Pinang
T: 04-2261502, 2293431
F: 04-2284519
Email: cityppg@gmail.com
Parish Priest : Rev. Dominic Santhiyagu
Assistant priest: Rev. Michael Thoo
Secretariat Opening Hours
Mon - Fri:
9.30 am - 11.30 am (Christine Choong)
3.00 pm - 5.30 pm (Margaret Sim)
9.00am - 5.00pm (Jacinta Joseph, Roger Primus, Yhumi Galza)
Satiurday:
10.00 am - 5.30 pm (Yhumi)
1.00 pm - 5.30 pm (Margaret Sim)
Sunday:
10.00am - 5.00 pm (Margaret Sim)
1. (Main Church) Our Lady of Sorrows (1888)
33 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Pulau Pinang
T: 04-2261502, 2293431
F: 04-2284519
cityppg@gmail.com
Tue/Wed : 7.30 am
Thu/Fri : 6.00 pm
Sat. Novena: 6.00pm
Sat. Sunset Mass: 6.45 pm (English)
Sunday Masses :
8.30 am (English); 10.00 am (Mandarin)
Filipino Mass : 11.15 am (1st & 3rd Sunday)
2. (Mass Centre) Assumption (1786)
3 Lebuh Farquhar, 10200 Pulau Pinang
T: 04-2610088
Sat. Novena: 6.00pm
Sat. Sunset Mass: 6.30 pm
Sunday Mass : 10.00 am (English)
3. (Mass Centre) St. Francis Xavier (1957)
52-K, Penang Road, 10000 Pulau Pinang
Sunday Mass : 6.00 pm (English)
4. (Mass Centre) St. John Britto (1969)
139 Sungai Pinang Road, 10150 Pulau Pinang
Sunday Mass : 8.00 am (Tamil)
Parish bulletin (pdf)
Parish bulletin (word)
| January 2012 News | 9:43 AM, Jan 17 2012 |
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15 JANUARY 2012 |
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| Deceber 2011 News | 10:12 AM, Dec 27 2011 |
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City Parsih to be rooted in Christ, drven by faith |
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| November 2011 News | 9:44 AM, Dec 12 2011 |
| October 2011 News | 10:45 AM, Oct 12 2011 |
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Migrant Sunday |
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| September 2011 News | 10:52 AM, Oct 12 2011 |
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Formation Centre in Penang opens |
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| August 2011 News | 10:06 AM, Aug 12 2011 |
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The Herald, 11 August 2011 The Herald, 21 August 2011 |
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| July 2011 News | 9:16 AM, Aug 09 2011 |
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Taize Prayer - a celebration of silence
A time to pause… a place to be… a moment with God.
This was the theme of the first Taize Prayer that was organized by the Penang Diocesan Youth Network on Friday, July 22 from 7:30-8:30 in the evening. It was an evening of meditative prayer through songs and short moments of silence. The Media Room of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows was converted into a place of prayer where a crucifix was placed at the altar adorned with lighted candles and yellow flowers.
Young people and parishioners from the City Parish, Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Church of the Holy Spirit came together for an hour of prayer and a simple fellowship at the school canteen adjacent to the Media Room. Ashley, from the City Parish, facilitated the prayer and gave a short introduction about the Taize community in France and the dynamics of the prayer. His team of musicians led the congregation in the singing of Psalms while Cherine Benedict and Michael Peter Foo read the Gospel and the intercessory prayers, respectively.
The prayer ended with a blessing and words of gratitude from Rev. Fr. Dominic Santhiyagu, parish priest of the City parish and PDYN director.
The next Taize Prayer will be in October at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. Come and pray with us! |
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| May 2011 News | 10:04 AM, Aug 12 2011 |
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Penang Police Day celebration at Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
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| April 201 News | 11:59 AM, Apr 20 2011 |
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17 April, Herald Fr Clement Pereira, promoter of BEC 24 April, Herald |
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| Holy Week Programem | 2:55 PM, Apr 12 2011 |
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For the Holy Week Programme, please click on this link. |
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| Families work together for Lent | 9:28 AM, Mar 29 2011 |
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28 March 2011 |
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| The gift of Jesus must be shared by all | 9:39 AM, Jan 14 2011 |
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16 January 2011 issue of the Herald PENANG: “A saviour has been born to us,” said Fr Dominic Santhiyagu, “he’s a gift from God to all of you.” Fr Dominic was addressing to more than 1,000 people who gathered at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows on Christmas eve for the midnight Mass, which was in English and Mandarin. Read More |
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| Welcoming and sharing Jesus with everyone | 10:54 AM, Jan 07 2011 |
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9 Jan. 2011
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| City Parish 1st Holy Communion | 11:53 AM, Dec 28 2009 |
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6 December 2009 Nov 15th was a much awaited day for the 10 children's who made their First Holy Communion in Our Lady of Sorrow's church. The children's experienced Jesus in a special way - when Jesus came for the first time into their hearts. Father emphasized to them that Jesus is in you, his love fills you and makes you become always more like him, always more holy. Read More |
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| City Parish first parish event - Feast of the Assumption | 3:40 PM, Sep 25 2009 |
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September 13 “The feast of the Assumption is a celebration of our faith” said Bishop Antony Selvanayagam, “It is our Catholic belief that when we die, it does not mean the end for us but that we will be with God, body and soul.”
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This was part of the homily that Bishop Selva imparted to the faithful who gathered at the Church of the Assumption, Penang on 14 August to celebrate the feast. |
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| City parishioners reach out to the poor | 10:26 AM, May 19 2009 |
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April 09 , 2009 By Lucia Lai PENANG: The parishioners of City Parish proved that they did not turn their back on those less fortunate than they when they responded enthusiastically to the Fellowship Lunch for the homeless and street people, organised by the Parish Human Development Committee (PHDC). The Fellowship Lunch was part of the parish Lenten Campaign activity, and it was held at The Lighthouse Drop-in Centre on Mar 22 at 11.00am. The street people who turned up, about 70 of them were all Lighthouse clients. About 30 PHDC members and parishioners were present to help out and join in the fellowship, while a few Lighthouse volunteers also turned up to lend their support. Prior to the lunch, appeals had been made in the parish bulletin for two weeks, for donations of food and toiletries for the gift pack. The response was good. While several donated food and gifts, many others donated cash, which the PHDC members used to cater food. Read More |
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| Christmas Recital at Church of the Assumption, Penang | 10:12 AM, Feb 10 2009 |
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January 18, 2009 PENANG: A medley of Christmas Carols, (Hark the Herald Angels Sing, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Angels We Have Heard of High) played on the one and only pipe organ in Penang state filled the Church of the Assumption on the evening of Dec 14. This piece, played by Leonard Selva Gurunathan, set the tone for the Christmas Recital of Sacred Choral and Organ Music by the Choir of the Church of the Assumption. Read More |
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| Three priorities for City Parish in 2009 | 10:09 AM, Feb 10 2009 |
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January 18, 2009 PENANG: “The Parish Assembly provides an opportunity for us to reflect on the pastoral life and activities of the Parish,” said Fr Michael Thoo, parish priest of City Parish, to his parishioners who gathered for the assembly last month. He also talked about the importance of BECs and hoped that the parish will continue to build BECs in line with the Diocesan Pastoral Thrust. Read More |
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| We need to submit to the will of God | 3:47 PM, Oct 30 2008 |
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12 October 2008 PENANG: Mary, the model of deepening our discipleship was the focus of the feastday celebrations of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows from Sept 11 to 14. The celebrant for the Triduum was Fr Simon Labrooy with Fr Nelson Chitty as the main presider for the feastday. On the first day of the Triduum, Sept 11, the theme was Youth — guided by God’s Word. Read More |
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| City parishioners' pilgrimage to OLOL | 10:17 AM, Oct 31 2008 |
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28 September 2008 PENANG: Parishioners from City Parish experienced a 'mini retreat' pilgrimage at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL), Ipoh on Sept 1. This pilgrimage retreat was organised by Anthony Rodgers, especially for those who are unable to go to Lourdes for the 150 anniversary of the Apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes, France. The pilgrims were first directed to the grotto of Our Lady to ‘touch the rock’ and say a prayer. This is the first step of the ‘three stations of the Lourdes Pilgrimage Prayer’. Then they went into the hall to listen to Rodgers’ talk on Vocation. Rodgers presented the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs chart showing the stages in the life of a person. Rodgers said that the chart can be used to gauge our vocation based on our values and needs. He asked us to reflect on which stage we were at. Read More |
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| Bishop Selva: Please pray for our nation | 5:24 PM, Sep 12 2008 |
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31 August 2008 PENANG: “I urge you to pray for the country,” appealed the Bishop of Penang, Rt Rev Antony Selvanayagam, “After March 8, a lot of things have been happening. Let us pray for our country, our leaders. Pray that God will send leaders who will answer our needs for greater justice and freedom.” That was the passionate appeal from the Bishop right at the beginning of the Eucharistic Celebration to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption at the Church of the Assumption, Penang on Aug 15. Read More |
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| Gawai/Kaamatan celebration in Penang | 5:21 PM, Sep 12 2008 |
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10 August 2008 PENANG: About 300 Sabahan and Sarawakians, mostly those on pilgrimage to St Anne’s feast, gathered at the Church of the Our Lady of Sorrows on July 27 to celebrate the Gawai/Kaamatan festival. The Eucharist was celebrated by Fr Francis Dakun, who is from the Youth Ministry in the Diocese of Keningau. Concelebrating was Fr Thomas Yip from Diocese of Kota Kinabalu. Read More |
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| Penang CM visits Church of the Assumption | 5:19 PM, Sep 12 2008 |
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3 August 2008 PENANG: George Town as a World Heritage Site was announced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), when the Paris-based World Heritage Council met in Quebec, Canada on July 7. The Church of the Assumption in Farquhar Street is one of the religious icon listed in the inscription. Other religious icons included are the St George’s Church (Anglican), Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling Mosque, Lebuh Aceh Malay mosque, the Goddess of Mercy Temple, Sri Mariamman Temple and Khoo Kongsi, all within walking distance of each other, in a street dubbed as ‘Street of Harmony’. Read More |
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| City Parish PHDC members participate in 'Street Walk' | 9:19 AM, Sep 18 2008 |
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3 August 2008 PENANG: The ‘Street Walk’ is a regular project of the Lighthouse Feeding Centre. It is where volunteers get together to cook, pack and distribute food to the homeless people on the streets. On 5 July, the Parish Human Development (PHDC) members of City Parish decided to take up the Street Walk as part of their project in 2008. The PHDC members prepared 100 packets of rice with canned sardines and hard boiled eggs. Read More |
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| City Parish leaders attend Stop, Look & Go retreat | 9:19 AM, Sep 18 2008 |
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20 July 2008 PENANG: Stop, Look & Go was the theme of a retreat for the parish leaders of City Parish on June 21. Thirty-two parish leaders converged at the College General for the retreat which was conducted by assistant parish priest, Fr Dominic Santhiyagu. Read More |
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| Monthly Mass in Korean at City Parish | 5:10 PM, Sep 12 2008 |
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22 June 2008 PENANG: There is a small Korean Roman Catholic community in Penang comprising several families. In October last year, they invited a Korean priest, Fr Steve Oh See-Min, from KL to celebrate Mass in Korean. The Masses were held in someone’s house or office building once a month. Read More |
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| Familes need to affirm one another | 9:20 AM, Sep 18 2008 |
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8 June 2008 PENANG: “The Family Ministry is the most challenging ministry in the church,” proclaimed Martin Jalleh to the 80 odd people who turned up at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows to listen to his session on ‘Aiming towards an affirming, appreciative and accepting family.’ Read More |
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| Gathering for migrant workers in Penang | 3:01 PM, Apr 08 2008 |
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23 March 2008 PENANG: A gathering of migrant workers from Vietnam and the Philippines as well as local parishioners was held on Feb 24 at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. This was part one of Lenten Campaign activities. Nica, president of PHDC, started the gathering with a short speech. She first acknowledged the presence of guests — Fr Paul Cheong OFM Cap and Bro Francis Go OFM Cap, Joseph Tan, Parish Pastoral Council chairperson and Eustace Nonis, chairperson of the Board of Management of POHD. Read More |
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| Love Squad members visit home | 2:59 PM, Apr 08 2008 |
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23 March 2008 PENANG: As part of the Lenten Campaign activities, the Love Squad members from City Parish, in collaboration with the Tamil Youth Group, organised a trip to the Sri Cahaya’s Children’s Home in Batu Maung, on March 9. About 55 parishioners joined the outreach programme Prior to the visit, the Love Squad members had been appealing to parishioners for gifts to be brought to the Home. Many answered the appeal. Most of the gifts consisted of biscuits, Milo, sugar, instant mee and other dry foodstuff. Read More |
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| Mass for the Vietnamese in Penang Diocese | 12:14 PM, Mar 17 2008 |
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9 March 2008 PENANG: About 200 Vietnamese migrant workers turned up to celebrate the Lunar New Year Mass, in their own language at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (City Parish). It was an event organised by the Migrant Workers Support Centre of Penang Diocese, in collaboration with City Parish’s Parish Human Development Committee (PHDC). Read More |
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| Lenten Campaign launched in City Parish | 12:09 PM, Mar 17 2008 |
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24 February 2008 PENANG: City Parish launched the Lenten Campaign 2008 at all Masses of its four churches (Our Lady of Sorrows, St Francis Xavier, St John Britto, Assumption Church) during the weekend of Feb 9 and 10. It was a simple ceremony where the Lenten Campaign banner was unfurled in church after the thanksgiving hymn. Read More |
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| Christmas do for Vietnamese | 10:57 AM, Jan 31 2008 |
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13 January 2008 PENANG: The Vietnamese workers who attend the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows were made welcome by members of the Parish Human Development Committee (PHDC), with a Christmas party on Dec 23. Read More |
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| Thousands flock to Penang for SFX's feast-day celebrations | 11:59 AM, Dec 28 2007 |
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23 December 2007 Thousands flock to Penang for SFX’s feastday celebrations PENANG: More than a thousand people attended the 150th anniversary celebration of the Church of St Francis Xavier which culminated on the patron’s feastday. The multilingual Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Emeritus Soter Fernandez with Msgr Stephen Liew, Fr Anthony Francis, Fr Edwin Paul, Fr Decroix, Fr Arul, Fr Victor Louis and visiting priest, Fr Alfred Chan from Singapore concelebrating. Archbishop Soter in his homily, pointed out that in the gospel, Jesus had said, “Go and make disciples of all nations.” How do we make disciples of people, he asked. Simply by being a friend to each other, sharing our faith and God’s love. We can do this by participating in our BECs and sharing our faith. Discipleship simply means being one with God. Read More |
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| BECs main thrust for City parish | 4:45 PM, Dec 10 2007 |
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9 December 2007 PENANG: City Parish held its Parish Assembly recently, which saw 40 parishioners in attendance. The guest was Msgr Stephen Liew, representing the Diocesan Pastoral Team (DPT). Parish Priest, Fr Michael Thoo said that the purpose of having this Parish Assembly was to have a dialogue and reflect on the lives of the parish. There was a need to know the state of the parish. The main objective of the Assembly, he said was to see what we have been doing and what we have failed to achieve. Read More |
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| City Parish supports Rohingyas | 9:38 AM, Oct 08 2007 |
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7 October 2007 LANGKAWI: The City Parish PHDC (Parish Human Development Committee) embarked on a project to help the Rohingyas community in the Bkt Larut settlement. The project’s intention was to provide the Rohingyas with one good meal. This was made possible through the generous donations of parishioners through PHDC’s coffee morning held in July and through individual donations. This project was initiated by the Penang Office of Human Development (POHD), who had visited them twice before. Three members of the PHDC went to Langkawi from Sept 14 to 16. Read More |
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| Raising funds to help the Rohingyas | 9:03 AM, Aug 13 2007 |
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5 August 2007 PENANG: The Parish Human Development Committee of City Parish held a coffee morning on July 15, 2007 to raise funds to help the Rohingyas in the Bukit Malut settlement in Langkawi. Early this year, a fire broke out at Bkt Malut settlement where the Rohingyas stays. 225 homes were destroyed which left 1,067 people homeless, including 800 school-going children. This is the second fire occurring in their settlement. Read More |
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| Reaching out to others | 3:33 PM, Jul 23 2007 |
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7 June 2007 issue of The Herald PENANG: The Parish Human Development Committee (PHDC) of City Parish organised an awareness talk entitled Come... See and you will find on May 6. The intention of the talk was to awaken in people the desire to reach out to all with the love of Jesus. Eighty people attended the talk presented by Anil Netto Anil started by shocking the people with a picture of abused and murdered R. Ganesh, a migrant worker from India. Just as Jesus was whipped, tortured and left to die on the cross, Ganesh was also beaten and left to die. Read More |
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| Special theme song composed by youths | 10:38 AM, May 14 2007 |
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11 March 2007 issue of The Herald PENANG: The launching of the Lenten Campaign 2007 was held simultaneously at all the four churches of City Parish on the First Sunday of Lent, i.e. on Feb 24 and 25. This year, apart from the youths in the Love Squad, members of the Parish Human Development Committee are also in the Love Squad. The Love Squad is a team formed during Lent to promote the Lenten Campaign. Read More |
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| Chinese New Year Mass at City Parish | 10:39 AM, May 14 2007 |
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4 March 2007 issue of The Herald The gifts offered up were a bouquet of flowers, three cups of wine and two trays of fruits. PENANG: City Parish celebrated its Chinese New Year Mass on Saturday, Feb 17 at 10.30pm at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. Fr Thomas Chong, SJ from Johor was the main celebrant, with parish priest, Fr Michael Thoo concelebrating. In Fr Chong’s homily, he surprised the congregation by saying there is nothing new in the Chinese New Year. He said that as Chinese New Year is celebrated every year, there is nothing new in the year; however, the newness of it is expressed in symbolism. Read More |
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| Feastday celebration of St John Britto in Penang | 3:47 PM, Feb 21 2007 |
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18 Feb. 2007 issue of the Herald. PENANG: The Church of St John Britto (City Parish) celebrated its patronal feast from Feb 1- 4 with the theme We are loving disciples of Christ. There were different themes for the triduum, focusing on the BEC. All zones of the parish were involved in the three Masses Read More |
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| BEC is the basic option at City Parish, Penang | 4:28 PM, Jan 24 2007 |
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21 January 2007 issue of The Herald PENANG: City Parish held its Parish Pastoral Assembly on Jan 4 with 24 persons in attendance. The Assembly focused mainly on the BEC. The Assembly started off with a message from the parish priest, Fr Michael Thoo. He said that to know the state of the parish, it is important to evaluate what had happened during the previous years and to plan ahead for the coming year. He cautioned the participants to work as a team, not as individuals, for the good of the people and the glory of God. Read More |
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| First Camillian priest from Malaysia | 3:52 PM, Sep 25 2006 |
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24 September 2006 issue of the Herald First Camillian priest from Malaysia PENANG: Not many people have heard of the order of St Camillus (the Minister of the Sick) since this order does not exist in Malaysia. However lately the parishioners of City Parish have heard a lot about it when one of its ‘sons of the parish’ returned to be ordained as a priest of that order. Fr Jacob Wong Haw Ran was ordained a Camillian priest on Sept 4, 2006 at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. He chose the theme The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (Luke 4, 18). Read More |
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| Five hundred attend City Parish party | 4:03 PM, Sep 07 2006 |
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8 January 2006 issue of The Herald PENANG:? About 500 persons, half of them children, participated in the City Parish Christmas Party held on December 18 at the Convent Light Street. The programme included dancing and singing contests for children, parlour games for both young and old, magic show and making cute items using balloons by a clown. Read More |
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| Living the virtues | 9:20 AM, Nov 09 2005 |
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23 October 2005 issue of The Herald PENANG: A series of formation sessions on Virtue Ethics (Living the Virtues) was organised by the City Parish recently. The resource person for the sessions was Fr Fabian Dicom (pic). To introduce the virtues, Fr Fabian gave the participants several Scripture verses such as Mark 12:28 - 31, Matthew 4:23-24, Mark 12:31, Luke 10:27 and a few others. He later defined virtue as a characteristic way of behaviour which makes both actions and persons good and which also enables one to fulfill the purpose of life. “This purpose of life is to love god and love one another as we love ourselves. When anyone possesses and exercises the virtues, that person is brought to wholeness to human nature,” he said. Read More |
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| Celebrating Pesta Gawai/Kaamatan in Penang | 4:03 PM, Sep 07 2006 |
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21 August 2005 issue of The Herald. PENANG: East Malaysians studying, working and living in Penang gathered together to celebrate their Gawai/Kaamatan (Harvest Festival) on July 31. A colourful Eucharistic celebration in English and Bahasa Malaysia was held at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. Concelebrating at the Eucharist were Fr Nicolas Stephen from Sabah and City Parish Priest Fr Michael Thoo. Read More |
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| I Am Good, I Am Blessed, I Am Lovable. | 4:04 PM, Sep 07 2006 |
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10 July 2005 issue of The Herald. |
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| City Parish Celebrates As One Faith Family. | 10:28 AM, Nov 09 2005 |
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10 July 2005 issue of The Herald. "Let us thank God not for the buildings. What matters most is all of you. Here you see, feel, come together as a community of people. Treasure what is important - here today as one faith family with a long history. Some avoid combined language Masses which are longer and go to other Churches. This is more than the time factor and convenience." |
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PENANG: The Church of St Francis Xavier celebrated its feastday over three days from Dec 3 to Dec 5. The theme for the celebration was A Mission to Solidarity. On Dec 3, the theme focused on youths. The Eucharistic Celebration was celebrated by Fr Andrew Stephen on Dec 4, and the focus was on ministries and there was a Praise & Worship session with Word-sharing.