Malaysian Church News

MJD News Update #13D

Oct 25, 2020

On Oct 24, MJPT or Diocesan Pastoral Teams will gather for their discernment and for their 2021 planning. Most diocesan and parish ministries had to slowdown or remain locked down during these days.
Blessing of graves in Penang Diocese

Oct 25, 2020

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, several Catholic cemeteries in Penang Island have announced additional standard operating procedures (SOPs) as a pre
Sandakan Diocese launches campaign to protect the environment

Oct 24, 2020

Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom has called all the faithful to hear “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” to guard and save our planet.
Fr Lucas Ng CDD now based in Kuching Archdiocese

Oct 24, 2020

The Archdiocese of Kuching recently welcomed a priest from the Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord (CDD) to Kuching. The former Provincial of CDD Malaysia, Fr Lucas Ng, arrived on October 2 to begin his pastoral mission.
Holy Rosary Church now has a shrine to Our Lady

Oct 24, 2020

The Church of the Holy Rosary blessed the Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary on Oct 7. The blessing was conducted by Parish Priest Fr Joachim Tan, witnessed by not more than 20 parishioners in view of the constraints imposed by governmental SOP during these COVID-19 times.
Daily Short Readings of the week: Sunday October 25 – Saturday October 31

Oct 24, 2020

It is not as if you live in the dark, my brothers, for that Day to overtake you like a thief. No, you are all sons of light and sons of the day: we do not belong to the night or to darkness.
Three Sabah dioceses run “Earth Hour” simultaneously on Oct 23

Oct 23, 2020

In conjunction with “Protect Our Earth, Protect Our Children” campaign launched Sep 1 nationwide, three Sabah dioceses – Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese, Keningau Diocese and Sandakan Diocese – have decided to run an Earth Hour program simultaneously all over Sabah every 23rd of the month, starting Oct 2020 until Aug 2021.
Earthly governments called by God to reveal His power

Oct 22, 2020

We must carry that conviction within us and remain peaceful and calm in a tumultuous world – that God, out of love, will grant us all the graces that
Catholics urged to follow SOPs for All Souls Day

Oct 22, 2020

“Trafficking in persons and other contemporary forms of enslavement are a worldwide problem that needs to be taken seriously by humanity as a whole.”
SHC receives overwhelming response in Blood Donation Drive

Oct 21, 2020

The Kota Kinabalu Archdiocesan Sacred Heart Charity and Kota Kinabalu Queen Elizabeth Hospital successfully organized the 85th blood donation campaign at Sacred Heart Parish Center Oct 18 2020.