Malaysian Church News

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  LJCCC welcome 18 new members on its 33rd anniversary

  Aug 19, 2016

  The Light of Jesus Christ Covenant Community welcomed 18 new members as it celebrated its 33rd anniversary at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre here on 7 August 2016.

  
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  Religious share how they live out the Year of Mercy

  Aug 19, 2016

  The Conference of Religious Major Superiors (CRMS) of Malaysia- Singapore-Brunei, which met recently at Majodi Centre, Plentong, discussed and shared

  
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  Liturgical Reform began before Vatican II

  Aug 19, 2016

  In 1948, Pope Pius XII convened the Commission for the Reform of the Liturgy with the intention of using the new scholarship to investigate a reformation of the liturgy.

  
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  Pilgrims rediscover mercy

  Aug 19, 2016

  Holy Infant Sister Amy, who is based at the Church of the Sacred Heart here, has been assisting pilgrims to enter through the Holy Door of Mercy.

  
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  Many enter the Holy Door during Feast of St Anne in Bukit Mertaj

  Aug 19, 2016

  Thousands of pilgrims have walked through the Holy Door of Mercy at the Shrine of St Anne, since the Official Opening of the Holy Door at the three designated Pilgrim Churches in the Diocese of Penang, in Dec 2015. The Church of St Anne is one of them.

  
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  Parishioners visit the sick

  Aug 19, 2016

  Ailing septuagenarian Mary Lopez got a shot in the arm when parishioners from the Catholic Mission Kuala Terengganu paid her a visit at her Kolam Lama flat in Jalan Sultan Sulaiman.

  
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  Pilgrims experience conversion, peace and love

  Aug 19, 2016

  The Holy Door of Mercy at the Church of Divine Mercy in Sg Ara, Bayan Lepas, Penang has so far attracted more than 8,000 faithful (individuals and groups) from far and near, who came in faith and hope.

  
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  ‘Mercy’ the theme for Ayer Tawar’s feastday

  Aug 19, 2016

  Hundreds of pilgrims from Ayer Tawar and the neighbouring towns took part in this year’s celebration of Sts Joachim and Anne by attending the four days of novenas, prayers and multilingual Masses beginning August 3 and ending with the actual feast day on Aug 6.

  
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  Cathedral holds forum on Implications of Hudud

  Aug 19, 2016

  Muslim converts who want to renounce their religion may face ever stricter murtad and other laws and punishments which may render renunciation virtually impossible.

  

• Hadi’s bill to enhance the powers of the Syariah Court

  Aug 18, 2016

  In his talk Implications of Hudud on Non- Muslims, S Jeyakumar said that one of the possible reasons for Hadi’s Bill is to enhance the powers of the Syariah Courts and to move Malaysia towards a more theocratic state and, gradually, reducing the powers of civil courts.