Jalan Kulim, 14000 Bukit Mertajam
Parish Priest: Msgr. Stephen Liew
Sept 23rd Awareness Talk on Christianity & The Elections
Venue: Church of St Anne, BM
Speakers: 1. Dr. Francis Loh will be presenting in English
2. Ms Benedette Teh - Mandarin Session
3. Mr Sinnappan - Tamil Session
Approximately 30 parishioners attended the English session
while about 10 attended the Tamil and Mandarin sessions
respectively.
Dr Francis Loh who presented in English is a professor in Political Science
in Universiti Sains Malaysia, while Mr Paul Sinnappan who presented in Tamil
is from the National Office for Human Development, and Benedette Teh who
presented in Mandarin is from Jullian AGAPE Centre.
All three speakers spoke on the current political situation of Malaysia and
the importance for Catholic Christians to be informed on and participate in
the Elections. Dr Francis Loh specifically quoted a few lines from the book
entitled 'Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church' to note the teachings
of the church on the political arena and the call for the church to participate.
The objective of the talk was to bring about awareness to parishioners on the
importance of knowing the current political situation, our leaders and also
to vote at the next elections.
Sept 26th & 27th 1st Formation: An Introduction to Integral Human Development
Venue: Church of St Anne, BM
Approximately 20 parishioners attended this formation which was held
for 2 nights.
The formation introduced the historical background of the concept
Integral Human Development, as far back to the teachings of Christ to
the documents of the social teachings of the church, pre-vatican II and
post Vatican II. Participants were also introduced to the core values of
Integral Human Development based on the Catholic Social Teachings.