“Whenever anyone gets seriously sick, people will ask many questions,”said Fr Martin Arlando during his homily at the Mass celebrating World Day of the Sick on the 11th February. He said that they will ask how they got sick. Was it something they did or didn’t do? In some cases
Continue readingThey came dressed up stylishly in their best Baba and Nyonya suits. Men buttoned up to the neck and women in tight fitting skirts and embroidered baju that were pinned together with glittering jewelry complete with beaded saddles. There was no lack of people, young and old, Chinese and non-Chinese
Continue readingWhy do we genuflect at the pews in church? What is the Orans posture? Are Catholics cannibals? What can be substituted for wine at the Mass? Receiving communion on the tongue or in the hand? Why does the priest take so long to dress up for Mass? These were
Continue readingPENANG: Ponggal is a four-day long harvest festival traditionally celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a Southern state located in India. The festival has now gone viral all around the world and it is no longer only celebrated by Indians, but seen as a global festival that everyone other than Indian people
Continue readingThey came as a couple. Some with children and grandchildren leading them. Others carrying babies and toddlers pulling them into the pews. There was a couple celebrating their 46th Wedding Anniversary, some recently married and yet others single. There were couples of mixed marriages and migrants. They carried with them
Continue readingPENANG: 162 CDM parishioners attended the annual parish assembly in the Church discussing past events and future plans for the continued development of the Church. The parish can proudly declare a successful attempt in 2016 with some outstanding milestones that were achieved, and that too as one family together. Being
Continue readingNuns, the blind, from those in wheelchairs to those carried by their parents, too young yet to walk – hundreds streamed through the Holy Door of Mercy on its final day. With an aura of celebration, Bishop Sebastian Francis accompanied by Deacon Lazarus Jonathan and parish priest Father Martin Arlando
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