Saturday, July 18, 2009

St Ann's Feast Day

The Parish of St. Ann, Kota Padawan will be celebrating its patron's feast day on July 26, 2009. This also marks the 41st anniversary of the parish.

In preparing for the feast day celebration, the faithful, for the first time pray the Novena to Saint Anne in the evening, beginning last Tuesday, July 14, at the Baruk.

The feastday will be celebrated with thanksgiving Mass at the Baruk at 9.00AM. We expect to see a capacity crowd of about 4,000 faithful.Due preparation to provide for the convenience of the parishioners had been put in place. This year more shelters, both temporary and permanent structures, had been erected.

Thereafter, the community will make their way to the nearby St Lukas Centre where they will join the merry-making at the the parish sale which promises to show case an array of goods from jungle produce to cooked and manufactured food and products. As usual local delicacies will draw great attention. So far a total of 79 stalls out of 80 had been booked.

Come join us at St. Ann's Parish next Sunday (July 26, 2009)

The following pictures were taken from 2008 feast day celebration
Choir group from PYM Semeba
Bidayuh lasses from Bumbok in traditional costumes
Mock Gift Coupon
Centre front-That's me
Custos Friar Michael D'Cruz, OFM
A section of the crowd at the parish sale
The crowd at St. Lukas as viewed from St. Ann
Putting my palm print on the banner. Friar Clifford Augustine, OFM and his favourite drink
A section of the crowd in front of Elizabeth Kiing's stall.

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