PDYD2 Cross & Icon Route Part 1

The Cross and Icon will travel 1800KM throughout the diocese.

They have travelled 1339.2KM (22 parishes/chapels)so far. 468.0KM (7 parishes/chapels)more to go (to be seen again in PDYD2) !!!

The Cross is now  at
Church of Sacred Heart, Kampar. 

NEXT STATION:

Church of The Most Holy Redeemer, Tanjung Malim

7 July 2012










A:  Church of O.L.O. Fatima of Holy Rosary, Kota Bahru 2  March 2012
B:  Church of St. Michael, Alor Setar                                 12 March 2012
C:  Church of Christ the King, Sungai Petani                     17 March 2012
D:  Church of N.Blessed Virgin Mary, Butterworth           18 March 2012
E:  Church of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Kulim                       24 March 2012
F:  Church of St. Anne, Bukit Mertajam                             25 March 2012
G: Church of Holy Name of Mary, Permatang Tinggi        14 April 2012

H: Church of St. Anthony, Nibong Tebal                             21 April 2012

I:  Church of Our Lady of Good Health, Parit Buntar        21 April 2012

J:  Church of St. Joseph, Bagan Serai                                 21 April 2012

K: Church of St. Louis, Taiping                                           28 April 2012 
L: Church of St. Patrick, Kuala Kangsar                              5 May 2012
M:Church of St. John the Baptist, Sungai Siput                   6 May 2012
N: Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Silibin                         12 May 2012 
O: Church of St. Michael, Ipoh                                            19 May 2012
P: Church of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Ipoh              26 May 2012
     Church of St. Joseph, Batu Gajah                                    2 June 2012
Q: Church of St. Francis de Sales, Sitiawan                         9 June 2012
R: Church of St. Anthony, Teluk Intan                                16 June 2012
S: Church of Sacred Heart                                                   23 June 2012
T:  Church of St. Mary, Tapah                                              30 June 2012
U: Chapel of St. Joseph, Bidor                                             31 June 2012
V: Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Tanjung Malim       7 July 2012


Legend:
BLACK    Northern District
BROWN  North Perak
PURPLE  Central Perak  

BLUE       South Perak
Highlight  Previous arrival of cross
Highlight  Next Destination of cross

Malaysian Catholic Youth Ministers' Committee Meeting

TAIZE Prayer: A celebration of silence

A time to pause… a place to be… a moment with God. 

This was the theme of the first Taize Prayer that was organized by the Penang Diocesan Youth Network on Friday, July 22 from 7:30-8:30 in the evening.  It was an evening of meditative prayer through songs and short moments of silence.  The Media Room of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows was converted into a place of prayer where a crucifix was placed at the altar adorned with lighted candles and yellow flowers. 

Young people and parishioners from the City Parish, Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Church of the Holy Spirit came together for an hour of prayer and a simple fellowship at the school canteen adjacent to the Media Room.  Ashley, from the City Parish, facilitated the prayer and gave a short introduction about the Taize community in France and the dynamics of the prayer.  His team of musicians led the congregation in the singing of Psalms while Cherine Benedict and Michael Peter Foo read the Gospel and the intercessory prayers, respectively.

The prayer ended with a blessing and words of gratitude from Rev. Fr. Dominic Santhiyagu, parish priest of the City parish and PDYN director. 

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The next Taize Prayer will be in October at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.  Come and pray with us!

Tamil Youth Camp - A great success

Theme : Arise Youth ! Shine In Your Family !

Venue : St.Chastan & Imbert Chai Leng Park , Perai

Date : 8 & 9 July 2011

Participants: 133

Focusing on this year's diocesan theme on family , a camp with the theme "Arise Youth, Shine in Family" was  a good start to the Tamil youths in northern district and other districts. The camp  helped the youths to realize and understand about their responsibility to the family. The camp started with praise and worship and followed by sessions conducted by Fr. Victor Louis (NBVM,Butterworth parish priest)  and Bro Kevin. 

Next day,  the mass was celebrated by Fr. Dominic Santhiyagu. In his homily, he explained more about the theme of the camp. After that, another session was conducted by Bro Kevin. The session helped the youths to reflect about their family.

All in all, the camp was a good start to rebuild the relationship in family . 

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all for the success of this came.

Penang Diocesan Pastoral Staff Annual Retreat

 

All the pastoral staffs of the Diocese of Penang had attended an annual retreat on 21-23 June at Domus St. Anne.

We are honoured to have the rector of College General, Fr. Gerard Theraviam as our retreat-master.

All the staffs are rejuvenated from their 'routine' after had a time off to get closer to God and each other.

Worship @ Workplace Weekend Programme - (Mandarin Speaking Single Adults)

A weekend session was concluded on 3rd April afternoon. 29 single adults attended this programme. 2 invited speakers spoke on 2 different perspectives.

First one was conducted by James Yeap, he speaks on "work ethics based on Christian values", sharing on his experience in the construction industry. Second one was presented by Philip Ng, the main theme of the workshop - "Worship at Workplace". He shared on his ministry to the Lord amidst of his hectic schedule. He also led the participants in a praise and worship session. 

There's a sharing session among the participants in the evening. They introduced themselves and shared on their Godly experience to their new friends. The programme was concluded with a mass celebrated by Fr. Dominic Santhiyagu.

Mandarin Leadership Camp II series I (It is good to have you)

Mandarin Leadership Camp II Series I was successfully concluded on the 5th of December 2010 at Church of St. Anne, Bukit Mertajam.

A total of 59 participants from
1. Church of Christ the King, Sungai Petani;
2. Church of Our Mother of Perpertual Help, Ipoh;
3. Church of St. Michael, Ipoh;
4. Church of Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary, Butterworth;
5. Church of St. Anthony, Teluk Intan;
6. Church of Holy Name of Mary, Permatang Tinggi;
7. Church of St. Anne, Bukit Mertajam;
8. Non-catholics
participated in this camp. They had been disciplined to study, play and pray accordingly. Many of them get to know about the significance and importance of friendship with other and with God as well.


As a continual communication channel after this training module, a blog is set up for the dissemination of information among the mandarin speaking youths. The new blog can be access from here and a hyperlink will be put at the side of this blog for ease of access.

We are grateful to have youths from Alor Setar and parishioners from Permatang Tinggi to help us in hosting  a praise and worship session during the camp.

Voters Registration

PENANG: As there is a possibility that the General Election will be held soon, the students from the Campus Ministry Office in the Diocese of Penang, took on the initiative to register voters from some of the parishes in Penang. They started off with the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Aug 7 and 8 but due to the short notice, managed to register only 5 voters.

However during the Feast of the Assumption at the Church of the Assumption, they managed to register 14 voters. A voters’ registration booth was set up in front of the Assumption Church. Ten students from USM and one Campus Ministry Officer, Liew Man Lee, were involved in the voters’ registration exercise. The volunteers were helped by two Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) representatives.

On Sept 5, the Campus Ministry Officers, Anne Beatrice and Liew Man Lee, together with three USM students went to the Church of St John Britto. They were assisted by Martin Lim, SPR representative and managed to get 18 people to register as voters. All together, the students managed to register 37 voters. — By Maureen Chua


(Excerpt from Herald Malaysia)