City Parish, Penang
(Our Lady of Sorrows, The Assumption, St. Francis Xavier, St.John Britto)
Parish house and Secretariat is at Church of Our Lady of Sorrows:
33 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Pulau Pinang
T: 04-2261502
F: 04-2284519
Email: cityp2@tm.net.my
Parish Priest : Rev. Michael Thoo
Assistant priest: Rev. Dominic Santhiyagu
Secretariat Opening Hours
Mon - Fri:
9.30 am - 11.30 am (Christine Choong)
3.00 pm - 5.30 pm (Margaret Sim)
Satiurday:
10.00 am - 6.00 pm (Lucia Lai)
1.00 pm - 6.00 pm (Margaret Sim)
Sunday:
10.00am - 6.00 pm (Margaret Sim)
1. (Main Church) Our Lady of Sorrows (1888)
33 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Pulau Pinang
T: 04-2261502
F: 04-2284519
cityp2@tm.net.my
Tue/Wed : 7.30 am
Thu/Fri : 6.00 pm
Sat. Novena: 6.10pm
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)
Bahasa Mass - 11.15 am (2nd Sunday)
2. (Mass Centre) The 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)
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Penang CM visits Church of the Assumption |
| Posted by Diocese of Penang (pgdiocese) on Sep 12 2008 |
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’.
To celebrate the wonderful news, a three-day celebration was organised by the Penang government from July 25 to 27. The celebration began with a heritage trail walkabout, themed ‘Street of Harmony’. Several places of worship were marked for the visit during the walkabout, and the Church of the Assumption happened to be the first stop on this walkabout.
The Chief Minister arrived at the Church of the Assumption at about 9.50am, with about 100 people comprising of state executive councilors, assemblymen, state government officials representatives from NGOs and the media. Several college students and tourists also tagged along.
He was greeted by the Bishop of Penang, Rt Rev Antony Selvanayagam and the parish priest of Church of the Assumption (which is part of City Parish), Fr Michael Thoo, at the Church’s entrance.
As YAB Lim walked into the church, the sound of Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clark greeted him. It was played by Leonard Selva Gurunathan, the church’s organist, on the church’s pride — the only pipe organ in the state (and arguably the oldest — 94 years — in the country).
Together with the Bishop and Fr Thoo, YAB Lim walked down the centre aisle to the front of the church. He and his group stood there for some time admiring the architecture of the church. Many of them were impressed with the stained glass windows.
Fr Thoo presented YAB Lim with a book on the history of the Church, and Bishop Selva promised to present him another book on the history of the Penang Diocese.
Ian Campbell, the Choir Master, was on hand to meet YAB Lim too. He presented to him a recording of hymns sung by the Church’s choir on two CDs.
As YAB Lim and his entourage walked down the aisle, leaving the Church, organist Leonard played his own composition Invention No. 1 to bid them farewell.
Before YAB Lim left the Church, he stopped at the Heritage Shop, which is in the grounds of the Church. The Heritage Shop is run by a parishioner of City Parish, Peter Foo.
Bishop Selva was very happy with the Chief Minister’s visit and was pleased to note that the Church of the Assumption was the first heritage site on the list of ‘religious icons’ to be visited along the ‘Street of Harmony*.’
“It is good to see people getting interested in history and heritage.” said Bishop Selva, “The Church of the Assumption, with its unique pipe organ music playing and church bells ringing had enlivened the hearts of the parishioners for ages. Certainly, we feel proud that this Church has been listed as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Site.”
While Fr Thoo welcomed the news of the Church of the Assumption as a World Heritage icon he had this to say, “It is my hope and desire that the State Government will assist us to maintain the building and the Public Works Department to conduct checks on the building now and then.”
— By Lucia Lai
* the Street of Harmony which encompasses Farquhar Street and Jalan Masid Kapitan Keling, was so named because of the many buildings of worship representing various world religions lined up along an axis. After YAB Lim’s visit to the Church of the Assumption, he visited an Anglican Church, two Chinese temples, an Indian temple and two mosques — all within walking distance.
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