My brothers and sisters in Christ,
- SUSPENSION OF DAILY AND SUNDAY MASSES
For the updated SOP issued by Sarawak Disaster Management Committee, please visit our parish website: http://www.stanthonybintulu.org
2. YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH
Pope Francis has proclaimed a “Year of St. Joseph” from 8 December 2020 to 8 December 2021. The Feast Day of St. Joseph is on 19th March 2021. In preparation for this, there will be 9 nights of Novena to St. Joseph from 10th – 18th March 2021. The schedule of the online Novena is as follows:
| Time | Language | Venue |
| 7.30 pm | English | St. Anthony, Bintulu |
| 7.30 pm | Mandarin | St. Dominic and the Rosary, Taman Tunku |
| 8.30 pm | Iban | St. Anthony, Bintulu |
| 8.30 pm | BM | St. Dominic and the Rosary, Taman Tunku |
Please refer to the FB page or YouTube channel of the respective parishes.
Year of St. Joseph candles and prayer cards in Mandarin, English and BM are available for purchase from our parish bookshop. Please get some for yourself and your family members to pray together.
We will pray the Prayer to St. Joseph before the final blessing at every Sunday Mass beginning this Sunday.
3. STATIONS OF THE CROSS
There will be Online Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent.
Due to the Novena, there are some changes in the time for this Friday’s (12th March 2021) Stations of the Cross:
| TIME | LANGUAGE | VENUE OF LIVE STREAMING |
| 5:30PM | IBAN | ST. DOMINIC & THE ROSARY CHURCH, TAMAN TUNKU |
| 5:30PM | ENGLISH | ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCH, BINTULU |
| 6:30PM | BAHASA MALAYSIA | ST. DOMINIC & THE ROSARY CHURCH, TAMAN TUNKU |
| 6:30PM | MANDARIN | ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCH, BINTULU |
Please refer to the FB page or YouTube channel of the respective parishes.
4. UPDATE ON EASTER DRAW COUPONS 2021
As of this week, the parish has sold a total of RM 175,080.00 worth of coupons. We thank all those who have generously bought the coupons and hope that many more will help to sell the coupons. We have 1 month until the draw date, 10 April 2021 to raise fund for the building of our new cathedral. The coupons are available at the parish office.
5. LENTEN APPEAL 2021
For those who would like to donate to the Lenten Appeal, you can come to the parish office or whatsapp to the parish number, 016-2248126 by submitting your name with a screenshot of the bank-in slip of your donation to the parish account by 30th June 2021. Donation of RM 100 and above will be tax exempted. Please inform the parish office if you would like a receipt for your tax exemption.
6. ZOOM MEETING
Our parish has subscribed a zoom meeting account which can be used by any groups or ministries in the parish who would like to gather online for any parish activities such as bible sharing or cell group, rosary, divine mercy, online classes (baptism, confirmation, first holy communion or pre marriages), and meetings. For more information, please come to the parish office and book your date and time to host your zoom meeting.
7. A WORD OF THANKS AND APPRECIATION
Effective 1st March 2021, our brothers Peter Chiam and Victor Bong who have faithfully served in the parish office of St. Anthony’s Church, Bintulu are retired. We would like to say a word of thanks and appreciation to them for their hard work and sacrifices to the parish community all these years and pray that the Lord will bless them in their retirement.
Fr. Andy Lee
St. Anthony’s Church, Bintulu
