Kota Bharu parish celebrates feastday

Oct 19, 2018

By Joseph Wang
To commemorate the 101st Anniversary of the Apparition of Our Lady at Fatima, the parish of Our Lady of Fatima of the Holy Rosary celebrated its Parish Feastday with the rosary, Mass and a procession. Led by Fr Jude Miranda and Fr Francis Andrew, the beautifully decorated float of Our Lady set out on a 4-km walk from the Church towards the city centre.

The celebrations started at 5.00pm with the recitation of the rosary, the litany to Our Lady, followed by Mass. Then the pilgrims and parishioners joined in the candlelight procession, praying the rosary in BM and English. Voices singing Ave Maria were heard after each decade of the rosary. Benediction and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament by Fr Francis followed.

In his speech, Gerard Yeo, the Parish Pastoral Council Chairman, thanked Fr Jude and all who had come to join us in our celebrations. He also thanked all the parishioners who had worked tirelessly to prepare for the feastday, in particular, Philip Tiau, Primus and Laura and the flower ladies, Mrs Shirley Bates, Gina Sanchez Lai and Marianne Lim, who decorated the float, and coordinators of the various committees. A big thank you to the KCCS (Kelantan Catholic Campus Solidarity) and Youth Choir under Dr David and Max and also all the altar servers under Nicholas Martin.

We are grateful to our parish priest, Fr Francis Andrew, who inspired parishioners to Let Mary be Known, which was the overall theme for this year.