Teachings of Christ
“You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your soul and with all your mind.
“You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
“On these two commandments depend
all the law and the prophets.”
(Mt 22:38-40)
“The spirit of the Lord is upon me.
He has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
to proclaim liberty to captives
and new sight to the blind;
to free the oppressed and
announce the Lord’s year of mercy.”
(Lk 4: 18-19)
The whole of Jesus’ ministry was of liberating people from sin, 
healing the sick and repairing brokenness.
In the story of the Last Judgment in Matt 25, Jesus tells us that
the primary measure of our lives will be how we treated those in
greatest need.
“When we serve the least of our brothers
and sisters”, we serve Christ himself
(Mt 25: 31-36)
Therefore, the concern for the “least among us” is at the core of what we believe and who we are, as disciples of Christ.
The concern for the poor, the sick and the broken is NOT optional, nor is it a challenge for a few to undertake on our behalf.
It is an essential part of our identity as Catholic Christians.
It belongs to each and every believer.
Catholic Social Teaching
The Church draws from the Gospel the teachings of Christ and produces the documents of social teaching.
These documents of the Church’s social teaching have opened up a new path of light and hope for many.
Documents of the Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Church in Peninsular Malaysia
I. The Aggiornamento August 1976
The Aggiornamento 1976 was a response of the people of God in Malaysia to the
Second Vatican Council.
The meeting was one month long and identified the following:
Core Need:
Building Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC)
as a force of evangelisation
4 Related Needs:
- Unity Formation
- Ecumenical (unity among churches)
- Inter-Religious Dialogue
- Integral Human Development
II. Review of Aggiornamento 1976
Peninsular Malaysia Pastoral Convention (PMPC) 1 - 1986
Discovered another related need:
Youth
The need to pay more serious attention to their pastoral needs in a
fast changing Malaysia.
III. PMPC II - 1996 
Common Vision and Mission for the Church in Peninsular Malaysia
Journey towards “A New Way of Being Church”
Our Vision:
To be rooted in the COMMUNION of the trinity and among ourselves
To be in SOLIDARITY with the whole human family and creation
Our Mission:
To WITNESS through BEC founded on Christ and thus to transform
our parishes into “Communion of Communities”
To PROCLAIM & DIALOGUE with cultures, religions and the poor
FEDERATION OF ASIAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE (FABC)
According to the FABC, A New Way of Being Church is:
New Way is “The WAY of God”
New Being is “Communion”
New Church is “Church for the World”
Therefore, the need to build a:
- Communitarian Church
- Participatory Church
- Dialoguing Church
- Prophetic Church
As church in Peninsular Malaysia, to realise our common vision is to adopt the process of:
Professing OUR FAITH in THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES (being Church)
according to Teachings of Christ
& Social Teachings of the Church.
Parish Human Development Committee
is an expression of the teachings of Christ & the social teachings of the Church.