My brothers and sisters in Christ,
- SUSPENSION OF DAILY AND SUNDAY MASSES
According to the updated SOP issued by Sarawak Disaster Management Committee and UNIFOR, churches can only be opened for prayers in Yellow/Green Zones only with a maximum number of 100 people at any one time. Since Bintulu is still Red Zone, we still cannot open our churches to the public yet.
2. CHANGE OF PARISH BANK ACCOUNT
As of this week, our new parish bank account is
Acc. Name: The Bishop of Miri – St. Anthony’s Church, Bintulu
Acc. Number: 3218994713, Public Bank Berhad
For any financial matters of the parish, please use this official account from now on. We apologize for any inconveniences caused.
3. NEW PARISH WEBSITE
For live stream of daily and Sunday masses, Scripture reflections, church notices and other information concerning our parish life, please visit our new website: http://www.stanthonybintulu.org
4. STATIONS OF THE CROSS
There will be Online Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent.
| LANGUAGE | VENUE OF LIVE STREAMING | |
| 7:30PM | ENGLISH | ST. JOSEPH’S CATHEDRAL, MIRI |
| 7:30PM | BAHASA IBAN | ST. DOMINIC & THE ROSARY CHURCH, TAMAN TUNKU |
| 7:30PM | MANDARIN | ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCH, BINTULU |
| 8:30PM | BAHASA MALAYSIA | ST. JOSEPH’S CATHEDRAL, MIRI |
Please refer to the FB page or YouTube channel of the respective parishes.
5. UPDATE ON EASTER DRAW COUPONS 2021
As of this week, the parish has sold a total of RM 92,830.00 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 less than 2 months 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.
6. 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.
7. QUESTIONS ON VACCINATION FOR COVID-19
For more information on the Church’s position on vaccination for covid-19, please refer to the Pastoral Letter issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia from our parish website.
Fr. Andy Lee
St. Anthony’s Church, Bintulu
