Diocese of Penang: Notifications and Updates

Feb 10, 2023

Diocese of Penang
PKK/BDN/2023/02/153

Penang Diocesan Lenten Campaign
Caritas Penang presented cheques for the Lenten Kempen Kasih to all 29 parishes in the diocese. The campaign was launched and the cheques presented by Bishop Sebastian Francis on Saturday, February 11 at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Ipoh during the feast day Mass. The RM5,000 Kempen Kasih fund presented to each parish in the diocese was to promote and support the Lenten Campaign initiatives and Social Mission work in the area of welfare and integral human development.

Community of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (FSIC)
Sr Rusiah Garuk, FSIC has been transferred to Penang Diocese to be part of the FSIC community here, together with Sr M. Florence Nemesius, FSIC and Sr Marysia Malating, FSIC. As a team, they will participate in the mission of the local church in the Diocese of Penang and assist in pastoral work, mainly among the Bahasa Malaysia speaking people of Sabah and Sarawak presently working and residing in the five states of the Diocese of Penang.

Head of Penang Diocesan Bahasa Apostolate
Sr Marysia Malating, FSIC has been appointed as Head of the Bahasa Apostolate, replacing Sr Florence Nemesius, FSIC with effect from February 2023. We thank Sr Marysia for graciously accepting to head this apostolate for the Diocese of Penang.

As a team, Sr Marysia, Sr Florence and Sr Rusiah will continue their mission in this apostolate. We thank them for their dedication and commitment to this apostolate.

Nominee for Board of Governors of Stonyhurst International School Penang
Fr Francis Lim Chin Choy SJ, the Regional Superior of the Malaysia- Singapore Region of the Society of Jesus, has been nominated by me to be on the Board of Governors of Stonyhurst International School, Penang. He was a former principal of St Joseph’s Private Secondary School (SJPS), a diocesanowned school in Kuching, Malaysia from 2012 to 2021.

Board of management for St Joseph’s Home
With grateful hearts, we thank Puan Tan Lean Kee and Madam Frances Chan for their valuable contribution and years of dedicated service and commitment to St Joseph’s Home as they move on and embark on new missions entrusted to them.