Malaysian Church News

• LSS at St Mary’s Cathedral

  Jul 11, 2014

  A three-day Life in the Spirit Seminar was conducted by The Star of Yahweh Covenant Community (SYCC) at St Mary’s Cathedral from June 25 to 28.

  

• Understand what you are receiving

  Jul 11, 2014

  “Every time we come to celebrate the Eucharist, we receive the real Body and Blood of Christ,” said Fr Dionysius Mathews on June 22 at the Church of St Aloysius.

  

• Soup kitchens to stay

  Jul 11, 2014

  Soup kitchens in Kuala Lumpur have until Monday (July 7) to relocate out of the city centre if they do not want to be fined by City Hall, Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said on July 3.

  

• CDM Penang Commissions RCIA leaders on Father’s Day

  Jul 11, 2014

  A total of 14 leaders of RCIA read a pledge to the ministry and affirmed their faith during the Mass on June 15 at the Church of the Divine Mercy.

  

• Grand celebration at Sacred Heart Church Kampar

  Jul 11, 2014

  The Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in the small town of Kampar came alive with joyful celebrations of its feast day multilingual Mass and procession on June 28.

  

• Celebrating Festa San Pedro

  Jul 11, 2014

  The recent Festa San Pedro (Feast of St Peter, the patron saint of fishermen) at the Portuguese Settlement in Ujong Pasir on June 24 focused on the thanksgiving Eucharistic Celebration at the Chapel of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception.

  

• Homilies, Written or Not

  Jul 11, 2014

  For many years in the seminary, and now about to finish seminary formation and preparing for apostolate, I have noticed that some priests, even bishops, be it in seminaries or in parish, write out homilies and read them out at Mass. Others preach from the heart.

  

• STM conducts PRE for 62 participants

  Jul 11, 2014

  The Church of St Thomas More (STM) successfully conducted PRE 3.0 recently.

  

• CMPC Formation and Conference in PD

  Jul 11, 2014

  The CMPC (Catholic Marriage Preparation Course) presenters attended their yearly retreat at the Port Dickson Golf & Country Club on June 21 and 22.

  
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  Putrajaya under fire for snubbing UN rights official over Allah ban

  Jul 10, 2014

  Putrajaya failed to fulfil its obligations as a United Nations member state when it ignored the UN Special Rapporteur’s letter expressing concerns on freedom of religion over the Allah ban, civil society groups and the nation’s top human rights body said.