City Parish, Penang

City Parish, Penang City Parish, Penang, one of the 29 parishes in the Diocese of Penang, Malaysia consisting of 4 Catholic Churches in the city of George Town. They are:
1.

City Parish consists of four churches in the city of George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Our Lady of Sorrows (OLS) 33 Macalister Road
2. St Francis Xavier (SFX) 52 Penang Road
3. St John Britto (SJB) 139 Sg Pinang Road
4. Assumption (AC) 3 Farquhar Street

For time of Masses, please refer to our parish blog here: https://cityppg.wordpress.com/mass-time/
or download the bulletin here: https://cityppg.w

ordpress.com/weekly-bulletin/

The parish house and parish secretariat is at the OLS church at Macalister Road, currently administered by Fr Edmund Woon (parish priest) and Fr Desmond Jansen (assistant parish priest). Location map under Google (for directions), can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/hseom6e (Church of Our Lady of Sorrows)
http://tinyurl.com/gu4mkkd (Church of St Francis Xavier)
http://tinyurl.com/hf729wb (Church of the Assumption)
http://tinyurl.com/hqko6o8 (Church of St John Britto)

In a few more days we will join the entire faithful of the Diocese of Penang in prayer to conclude the Perjalanan Salib ...
21/08/2026

In a few more days we will join the entire faithful of the Diocese of Penang in prayer to conclude the Perjalanan Salib at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Penang as we move forward to MPC 2026. Let us be in solidarity with the Malaysian Church ๐Ÿ™

The Culmination of Perjalanan Salib in the Diocese of Penang

We warmly invite you to join us as one Diocesan family for this Eucharistic Celebration, which will take place on:

๐Ÿ—“ Tuesday, 25 August 2026 (Public Holiday)
๐Ÿ•™ 10.00 AM
๐Ÿ“ Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Penang

Let us come together in faith and unity to celebrate this important milestone, entrusting the Diocese of Penang and the upcoming Malaysia Pastoral Convention to the continued guidance and grace of the Holy Spirit.

We look forward to welcoming you. Please share this invitation with your family and friends. ๐Ÿ™

Write-up from The Star today for the Church of the Assumption's Feast Day and 240th anniversary celebration.
20/08/2026

Write-up from The Star today for the Church of the Assumption's Feast Day and 240th anniversary celebration.

19/08/2026

3 more days for the Assumption Church Choir 2026 led by the Assumption Church Choir Penang on Saturday, 22 August at 8pm! Admission is via donation, invite your family and friends over for an evening of music.

18/08/2026

The ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐  marked its ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‚๐’“๐’š during its Feast Day celebrations on August 15, celebrating a remarkable legacy that has survived two world wars and helped shape Catholic life and education in Penang.

The celebrations included the ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง, recognising the important role of Penangโ€™s Eurasian community in the churchโ€™s establishment.

The milestone is not only a celebration of 240 years of faith, but also ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐กโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž in Penangโ€™s Catholic story.

17/08/2026

๐ŸŽฅ ๐–๐€๐“๐‚๐‡: ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐, ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž
Take a look back at the incredible journey of the Church of the Assumption, Penangโ€™s oldest Catholic church. From its humble beginnings in 1786 to standing tall as a beacon of unity and icon of heritage and faith - this is our story. ๐Ÿ˜‡

A write-up on The Vibes
17/08/2026

A write-up on The Vibes

Penangโ€™s oldest Roman Catholic church marks its 240th anniversary, highlighting its enduring role in the islandโ€™s religious, educational and multicultural histo...

Feast of the Assumption (15 August 2026)240th Anniversary Celebration of the Church of the Assumption, PenangFeast Day M...
16/08/2026

Feast of the Assumption (15 August 2026)
240th Anniversary Celebration of the Church of the Assumption, Penang

Feast Day Mass photo compilation from Francis TF Chong and Aaron Lim

Media coverage from Sin Chew Daily
16/08/2026

Media coverage from Sin Chew Daily

ๆงŸๅŸŽๅœฃๆฏๅœฃๅคฉๅ ‚ไบŽๆœฌๅ‘จๅ…ญ๏ผˆ15ๆ—ฅ๏ผ‰่ฟŽๆฅๅปบๅ ‚240ๅ‘จๅนด็บชๅฟตใ€‚

https://www.sinchew.com.my/?p=7762766

#ๅคฉไธปๆ•™ #ๅ‘จๅนด็บชๅฟต #ๆงŸๅŸŽๅœฃๆฏๅ‡ๅคฉๅ ‚

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33 Macalister Road
George Town
10400

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