Malaysian Church News

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  Preparing Catholics for a good marriage

  Dec 24, 2019

  Under the guidance of Archbishop Simon Poh, The Christian Family Life Commission organised a one-day seminar at St Mary’s Room, ACCPC on 2 November to review the Pre-Marriage courses in the Archdiocese .

  
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  PPC holds dialogue session

  Dec 23, 2019

  The St Theresa’s Parish Pastoral Council held a dialogue with the principal officers of the Village Church Committees (KGK) and the Basic Christian Communities (BCC) under the jurisdiction of the Parish on 21 December at the Church Hall.

  
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  Carolers bring the spirit of Christmas to their families

  Dec 18, 2019

  The carolling teams from St. Theresa’s Parish started the Christmas house-to-house carolling from December 15 throughout Serian.

  
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  Advent Carol service in Kuching

  Dec 18, 2019

  In preparing for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, Blessed Sacrament Church (BSC) held an Advent Carol Service on 11 December.

  
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  Lights mark the start of Advent

  Dec 16, 2019

  St Michael’s Church (SMC) marked the start of Advent with the launch of its beautiful ceiling lights on Nov 30, after the Sunset Mass.

  
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  Sabah, this year Christmas Eve is a public holiday

  Dec 16, 2019

  The head of the local government: "Harmony is the key to the development and progress of our country". In the easternmost state of Malaysia, Christianity is the second religion in number of faithful (26.6%), after Islam (65.4%).

  
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  When East meets West — A Church in unity

  Dec 16, 2019

  The Bahasa speaking community, made up of Sabahans, Sarawakians and a small group of Indonesian Catholics, made up the second largest congregation.

  
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  Youth are the Now of God

  Dec 16, 2019

  Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. (Mark 16:15) These were Jesus’ last words to all of us, His followers, a duty to be missionaries of Christ.

  
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  Celebrating through music, song and dance

  Dec 16, 2019

  The multilingual celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Maximum Illud, began with the blowing of the shofar, an ancient musical horn, to signify the opening of the festivities.

  
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  Celebrating the centenary of Maximum Illud

  Dec 16, 2019

  About 1,000 faithful from 19 parishes in the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur flocked to St Theresa Church November 30 to celebrate the Centenary of Maximum Illud – 100 years since Pope Benedict XV issued an apostolic letter in 1919 to the Church reminding every Catholic to be missionaries of Jesus Christ.