THANK YOU … The rector, Fr Jerome Juleng and community of St Mark’s Church witnessed a simple presentation ceremony of the contribution amounting to RM50,000.00 held on Sunday, 10 December 2017. The cheque was presented by YB Datuk Sim Kui Hian to the St Mark’s Church Main Committee Chairman, Cosmas Klumai. The contribution was his pledge during the visit to St Mark’s Church Family Day held in October 2017. The rector, the Main Committee and the whole community of St Mark’s Church are grateful to YB Datuk Sim for his continual support towards the church development.
Fr Philip Empalah (left) blessing the gifts before distributing them to 220 patients at the Miri Hospital
MIRI — The Christmas season in Miri saw eventful happenings with Bishop Richard Ng and the priests in the diocese celebrating the birth of Christ with the parishioners.
A recent Twitter post (on 27 October) with photos of the Pope Emeritus during the visit of the Bishop Stefan Oster (Diocese of Passau, Germany) and journalist Peter Seewald shows that he was “dazzling, full of esprit”.
+Oster of Passau, Germany, and journalist Peter Seewald today presented Benedict XVI with new book called “The German Pope”. They said he was healthy, “dazzling, full of esprit” despite a recent fall that has left him with a black eye. pic.twitter.com/Z0UtMx9dPS
For the past two months or so, the news that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is frail and close to death was being circulated far and wide, not just through the social media but also the popular WhatsApp. The personal secretary of the Pope Emeritus, Archbishop Georg Ganswein was quoted, which read, “Pope Benedict is like a candle that fades slowly. He is serene, at peace with God, with himself and the world. He can no longer walk without help and can no longer celebrate Mass.”
“If the insignificant is excluded, there is no celebration.” A video message from Fr Albert Jacobse, MHM in aid of promoting the Catholic Welfare Services charity run on 9 September 2017. The Catholic Welfare Services (CWS) needs fund to reach out to the urban poor and needy.
A Holy Mass with investiture of Pallium on the new Archbishop of Kuching – Archbishop Simon Poh was celebrated on 18 July 2017. Here are some snippets of the investiture ceremony.
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THANK YOU … The rector, Fr Jerome Juleng and community of St Mark’s Church witnessed a simple presentation ceremony of the contribution amounting to RM50,000.00 held on Sunday, 10 December 2017. The cheque was presented by YB Datuk Sim Kui Hian to the St Mark’s Church Main Committee Chairman, Cosmas Klumai. The contribution was his pledge during the visit to St Mark’s Church Family Day held in October 2017. The rector, the Main Committee and the whole community of St Mark’s Church are grateful to YB Datuk Sim for his continual support towards the church development.