2007
August 25th 2007: The Eucharist & I (Part2)
Venue: Church of CTK, Sg Petani
Speaker: Rev. Marshall Fernandez
June 8th 2007: The Eucharist & I
The PHDC organized an awareness talk titled the Eucharist and I
on 8th June 2007. Approximately 60 parishioners attended the talk
given by Rev. Marshall Fernandez, parish priest of the Immaculate
Conception and also acting Director of POHD.
Rev Marshall spoke on the 2 faces of the Eucharist, one being the
Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament & the other according to the
Gospel Of John; the washing of the feet signifying service to others.
He said the 2 faces of the Eucharist comprising prayers & activities
in the church and activities outside the church namely social justice
makes the Eucharist genuine.
Rev. Marshall Fernandez
He stresses the importance of both faces as any work for God must
have the 3 Hs: Head - Understanding, Heart - Enough Love to do the
service and the Hand - the work that you do.
April 6th: Screening of ROMERO
The PHDC organized the screening of Romero after the Good Friday
celebration mass. Some light refreshments were provided for the
parishioners after the mass followed by the screening. Between
80 - 100 parishioners stayed back for the movie.
The movie tells of the life and work of Oscar Romero, an Archbishop
of El Salvador. The movie illustrates the hardships and the sacrifices
that Oscar Romero has done in order to help and serve the underprivileged
people of El Salvador. The story unfolds as the church begins to see
the discrimination and the unfair treatment of the government to its
people. The poor people of El Salvador get treated badly and are
deprived of their rights as a person belonging to that country.
The PHDC members chose to screen this movie to create an awareness
to Christians the importance and significance of participation as a
Catholic and as a human being. The movie also shows how the people
are still faithful to their church even though they know that the government
is against them. Through this their faith in God is tested.
However, the church headed by Archbishop Romero began to help
the people get their freedom back. Because Archbishop Romero was
assassinated during one of his masses, we shouldn’t be afraid of doing
the right thing. Nothing will go wrong if we go with God’s Rules.
Days before his murder Archbishop Romero told a reporter,
"You can tell the people that if they succeed in killing me,
that I forgive and bless those who do it. Hopefully, they
will realize they are wasting their time.
A bishop will die, but the church of God,
which is the people, will never perish."
Archbishop Oscar Romero
