Klang District’s Corpus Christi procession show unity

At least a thousand Catholics came from the various parishes of the Klang district to participate in a concelebrated Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ on Sunday, June 3. This was followed by a grand candlelight procession along Jalan Tengku Kelana and then a Benediction at the Grotto in the grounds of Our Lady of Lourdes church.

A Klang District Pastoral Working Team was formed more than four months ago, with the encouragement of the parish priests from the district. This team comprised the members of the Klang District Pastoral Team and the Liturgical representatives from the district parishes – Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Church of the Holy Redeemer, Church of St. Anne and Church of Sts Peter and Paul.

To kick start the day, talks on the Holy Eucharist were organised in the four different languages. The aim of the talks was to instill a deeper reverence and appreciation for the Most Holy Eucharist. The invited speakers were Dr Steven Selvaraju, the current API Director, for the English-speaking, Fr Clement Lim from the Church of the Holy Redeemer for the Mandarinspeaking, the newly-ordained Fr Xavier Andrew for the Tamilspeaking and Fr Susilo from Indonesia for the Bahasa-speaking. This was followed by a short tea break and, thereafter, an hour of silent Adoration.

A multilingual Holy Mass was then celebrated by Fr Xavier Andrew and concelebrated with Msgr. Mitchell Anthony, Frs Frederick Joseph, Lawrence Andrew SJ, and William Michael. Deacon A. P. Thomas assisted during the celebration. During the homily, Fr Xavier shared on how he was impressed by the reverence the people showed during the Adoration. He emphasised on how the Eucharist should be the focal point of the life of every Catholic. After the Eucharist, Fr Frederick, the parish priest of the host church, thanked the committee members and all others for a well-organised event which saw no boundary, or race or language in the district. This event ended with a sumptuous fellowship.

Article reproduced from Herald Malaysia online