Reaching out to the Orang Asli
A Catholic group from Kuala Lumpur in collaboration with the Church of St Mary made an outreach to Kampung Batu Empoh, a small Orang Asli village in the outskirts of Temoh, Perak, on Aug 15.
Prayer Drive initiative to mobilize prayer warriors for Sabah election
Parishioners of the Sacred Heart Cathedral (SHC) parish have joined the inter-churches of the State in a “prayer drive” initiative as a way of intercession for the upcoming Sabah State election.
Malaysian Catechetical Commission holds first annual meeting online under MCO
The Malaysian Catechetical Commission (MCC) annual meeting which was originally to be held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, was conducted this year via the online platform Cisco Webex on 11 and 12 August 2020, from 2.00pm–5.00pm each day.
Catholic church in Sabah closes doors for two weeks after one parishioner contracts Covid-19
The Church of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in Bukit Padang here is closed temporarily until August 18 after one of its parishioners was found to be Covid-19 positive.
Homebound parishioners get to receive Holy Communion during RMCO
With the continued easing down of the pandemic, Archbishop John Wong, beginning Aug 9, gave permission to the Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish to start an initiative to serve her parishioners over 70 years and young parents with children below 12 years who have since mid-March been deprived of the Eucharist.
Coming together to care for the poor
In reaching out to the least fortunate, especially during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) period, the Chapel of the Holy Infant Jesus in Sungai Pelek in collaboration with a group of Catholics from Kuala Lumpur, organised a Food Aid Programme on August 1.