Malaysian Church News

• Many obtained “A” for last year’s BK

  Apr 16, 2014

  In the Kuala Lumpur Archdiocese, two students obtained A+ and 23 others A in last year’s SPM Bible Knowledge (BK). This is a vast improvement from 2011 and 2012 when we only had 7 As in our Archdiocese.

  

• is Risen today

  Apr 16, 2014

  It’s a blessing that our family is to be baptized this Easter Vigil. We are very thankful to God for having chosen us to be his followers and bringing us to the Catholic Church. We come from a Buddhist family.

  

• SFI celebrates its 134th Anniversary

  Apr 16, 2014

  A thousand old and current students, teachers, administrators, religious brothers, priests and sisters, friends and supporters came together to commemorate the 134th St. Francis Institution (SFI) founding anniversary ‘Homecoming and Reunion’ dinner on April 5.

  

• It’s a home that makes a difference

  Apr 16, 2014

  The BEC members of USJ 3 ABCD of the Church of St Thomas More, Subang Jaya, visited Persatuan Kebajikan Kanak Kanak Terencat Akal, Malaysia, located in Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya.

  

• Reconciliation is the good virtue

  Apr 16, 2014

  “What virtue do you practice?”asked Fr Andrew Kooi. “First we need to be reconciled with my brother /sister and only then can I offer my gift to God.

  

• Priests must remain faithful to Christ

  Apr 16, 2014

  “Priests must remember and appreciate that through their consecration, they are elevated to become an alter-Christ acting in the place of Christ Himself.

  

• All of us are priestly people

  Apr 16, 2014

  Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom of Sandakan and all the nine priests in the diocese, gathered for the annual blessing of the oils at the tri-lingual Chrism Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, on April 3.

  

• Priests should be with Jesus

  Apr 16, 2014

  “What is the concept of a priest in the New Testament? He should be with Jesus and fulfil His mission in the world,” emphasised Archbishop Emeritus Murphy Pakiam.

  

• Irene was the “Iron Lady” of Asia

  Apr 11, 2014

  Even in death Irene has only proven that governments and leaders deny the truth Indeed as the sky darkened at 3.00pm as tears of loss poured down, the hearse arrived at the doorstep of the Catholic Church in Shah Alam.

  

• It was an honour to have known her

  Apr 11, 2014

  Many years have rolled by and I sat in the car, reminiscing, on my way back from the wake of Irene Fernandez. I was 18 years old and working on human and worker rights issues with the Young Christian Workers Movement (YCW) when I first met her.