Malaysian Church News

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  A call to celebrate Consecrated Life

  May 07, 2015

  Fr Joe Matthews OFM Cap will be celebrating 25 years as a Friar on Monday, May 18 at the Church of St Francis of Assisi.

  
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  Fr Kooi celebrates seven years as a priest

  May 07, 2015

  Fr Andrew Kooi, the parish priest of the Church of Sacred Heart, celebrated his seventh Sacerdotal Anniversary as a Priest, on April 12, with his parishioners. Fr Kooi was ordained a priest on April 13, 2008.

  
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  Praying for more vocations to the priestly and consecrated life

  May 07, 2015

  On the 4th Sunday of Easter, special prayers are offered for priestly and religious vocations in the Universal Church. Vocation Sunday, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday, fell on April 26.

  
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  Episcopal Regional Liturgy Commission meets in Sibu

  May 07, 2015

  The 17th Episcopal Regional Liturgical Commission (ERLC) meeting was held in Sibu Apr 20-23. Headed by Bishop Sebastian Francis of Penang Diocese, all the Arch/Dioceses from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei were represented except for the Dioceses of Miri and Keningau.

  
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  Blessings When the Eucharist Is Exposed

  May 07, 2015

  The liturgist consulted by our reader is correct. No public blessings are ever imparted in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed.

  
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  RCPM organise Mass for prisoners

  May 07, 2015

  For the very first time, the Roman Catholic Prison Ministry of Penang (RCPM) organized Mass for Holy Thursday at both the Jawi and Penang Prisons.

  
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  New committee for MCCBHST Melaka Chapte

  May 07, 2015

  The Melaka chapter of the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) aims to organize dialogues, seminars and discussions targeting young people in secondary schools and colleges.

  
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  New curbs on Alkitab

  May 07, 2015

  Putrajaya has unilaterally introduced new curbs on the import of the Alkitab, or the Malay-language Bible, under the Home Ministry’s new SOP or standard operating procedures.

  
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  Malaysian cartoonist defiant ‘to the last drop of my ink’

  Apr 29, 2015

  Malaysian political cartoonist Zunar faces a possible 43 years in prison for sedition, but the defiant artist says that looming threat won't stop his hard-hitting caricatures lampooning the ruling establishment.

  
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  Legality of churches does not arise under Constitution

  Apr 29, 2015

  The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) said there was nothing in the constitution requiring a church to register its place of worship.