Year Plan

PENINSULAR MALAYSIAN PASTORAL THEME FOR 2015

MISSION TOWARDS TRANSFORMING HUMANITY

3 Important Focus

Transforming Self (January-April)

Transforming Family (May - August)

Transforming Society (September - December)

CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA OF THE HOLY ROSARY, KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN

PARISH PLAN FOR 2015

Month/Date	Event	Team
January (Date to be confirmed)	PONGGOL CELEBRATION (Tamil Harvest Festival)	Noel Clement John Martin Mary Martin
February	CHINESE NEW YEAR celebration culmination in CHAP GOH MEH (Thurs, 5 March 2015)	Gerald Yeo Marianne Lim Carolyn Koh
March (During the Lent)	BLOOD DONATION DRIVE PARISH RETREAT Formation towards Easter: Transforming the Self	Dr Hady Sr. Jackie Pan
April	HOLY WEEK CELEBRATION (Fellowship after Holy Saturday Mass)	Joseph Wang
May	PARENTS' DAY [8th May 2015] FIVE LANGUAGES OF LOVE PROGRAM Formation: Transforming Family	Florence Dominic Sr. Carol Gan Sr. Susan Sr. Jackie Pan
June,	PARISH PICNIC (26 June 2015)	John  Martin Phillip Tiau Andrew Kang
	Month of July & August NO ACTIVITIES
September	COMMUNITY SPORTS MOON CAKE FESTIVAL	Charlie Choo Gerald Yeo Marianne Lim Carolyn Koh
October	PARISH GOTONG ROYONG [2 Oct 2015] PARISH FEAST DAY [9 Oct 2015] GOTONG ROYONG IN KOTA BAHRU [4 September 2015] Parish Community Project: Transforming Society	Josephine Foong Joseph Wang Charlie Choo Noel Clement Alex Poh John Martin Gerald Ye Phillip Tiau Dr. Hady
December	PARISH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION [18 December 2015]	Noel Celement Marianne Lim Joseph Wang

CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA OF THE HOLY ROSARY, KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN

PARISH PLAN FOR 2014

PARISH REVIEW: SETUP OF THE PARISH COMMUNITIES

There are basically 4 COMMUNITIES namely:
a.Kota Bahru Catholic Communities comprising  parishioners living in two main BEC’s, namely Jalan Kuala Krai BEC and Jalan Telipot BEC.
b. East Malaysian Communities comprising Kem Desa Pahlawan Communities (3 communities: Rangers, Engineering and Artillery), Kem Tanah Merah, TUDM Gong Keda.
c.  St Joseph Chapel of Kuala Krai Community and
d.  KCYS,  Kelantan Catholic Youth Society,  mainly from the Campus-Institute-University students.

     Masses are celebrated once a Month in East Malaysian Communities & St Joseph Chapel. Sr. Carol Gan has been given the task to see to the welfare of the East Malaysian Communities especially in the area of Faith Development Programme and Women Affairs. Sr. Jackie will see to the needs of the KCYS and their faith development.
The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) [consultative role] will assist the Parish Priest to see to the overall parish development ranging from parish maintenance to community development and faith.
For some immediate or urgent matters, Parish Priest will consult the Parish Advisory Team (PAT), made of the Office Bearers of Parish Pastoral Council and Parish Finance Committee (PFC) on matters pertaining to the parish.
This is norm of the parish administrative guide line from the Diocese.

BASIC RELEVANT REPORTS/COMMENTS FROM PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
 The Parish seems to be an ‘inward looking parish’. Most of the activities organized in the parish in the recent years are meant for the needs of the parish communities only. There is a need to ‘open’ the doors of the parish to a wider circle of society. There seems to be a lack of integration among the 4 communities mentioned above. There is a need to develop more concrete actions/plans/strategies for further integration.

ANNUAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 2014

1. Fatima Feast Day Celebration (October)
2. Fatima Community Sports (October)
3. Fatima Community Outing (During the Fasting Ramadan month)
4. Fatima Christmas Celebration (December)
5. Parish Easter Celebration (March-April)
6. Chap Goh Meh Celebration & Moon Cake Celebration (February and September)
7. Fatima BEC Gatherings [a minimum of 6 meetings a year]
8. Fatima Gotong Royong (before Parish Feast Day)

SPECIAL EVENTS FOR 2014

• Indian Harvest Festival -Ponggal (January)

• East Malaysian Harvest Festivals - Gawai / Keamatan

FORMATION/TALKS/COURSES/PRAYER SESSIONS FOR 2014

1. FORMATION:
 For the Year 2014, there will be two focused session. Both sessions will be conducted by Martin Jalleh in the parish.

a) On the role of the lay-people in the world based on the document “The faithful of Christ” - Cristofidelis Laici  - by Pope John Paul II 

b)The importance of family - Familiaris Consortio - is also based on the document on “Family” by the same pope. 

2. ADORATION ON THE EVERY FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH (Thursday):

 Adoration will be accompanied with certain focus/reflection for the month. Duration of the adoration & reflection is about 90min. 

3. PARISH PRAYER DAY: One day in the month will be designated as “Parish Prayer Day” [1 hour] where everyone will pray at home or wherever they are. Focus for the prayer day will be given. 

4. BUILD UP FAMILY PRAYER & INDIVIDUAL PRAYER. 

5. FOCUS ON THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH (7 Sacraments) 

6. PRAYER INTENTION BOX: For those wish to make pleas for prayer/intention.

7. MAJOR OR IMPORTANT FEASTDAY MASSES/SAINTS TO BE CELEBRATED:

 Masses in honour of some great Saints such as St. Anthony, St Jude, St Anne and etc to be celebrated in the church. Masses during these feasts days/in honour of the saints will be in the evening at 8.00pm.

8. IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY: Month of May & October as month of Rosary. 

9. SPIRITUAL DIRECTION – HEALING - RETREAT: For those who are interested. 

10. THE EAST MALAYSIAN ACTIVITIES: Sr. Carol will conduct some talks/awareness program at the Kem Desa Pahlawan

11. YOUTH ACTIVITIES [KCYS]: Sr. Jackie has arranged some reflection 

CHURCH FACILITIES

1. Repair & Maintenance ( facelift) work on  church public toilets

2. Fatima Columbarium

Please send your comments and suggestions through your respective area leaders or directly to the parish priest via email. Only concrete suggestions or recommendation are given much consideration.

  CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA KOTA BHARU

2012  -  2013

PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR YEAR OF FAITH 

These are some of the proposals made at the Parish Pastoral Council held on 26 October 2012 and later, presented at the Parish Assembly held on 16 November 2012.

1. FAITH AND COMMUNITY

• Celebration of the World Peace Day in January - Unity & Faith
• Celebration of Chinese New Year in February - Faith & Evangelization
• Parents Day in May/June (Feast of Sacred Heart of Jesus) - appreciating the faith handed down
• Parish Picnic Day in July or August - Faith & Community
• Community Sports in September
• Parish Feast Day in October based on the theme, "Mary as the Model Disciple."
• Parish Christmas Day in December - welcoming Jesus

  2. FAITH AS PERSONAL RESPONSE AND GROWTH

• Lent-Easter in March and April - Focus on Spiritual Preparation and Personal Response to Christ
• Spirituality and Women - a talk, specially tailored for women in March or April
• Faith and Human Sexuality - a talk, forcusing on human development and faith response for all in September

3. OTHER ACTIVITIES  IN THE PARISH

• Organ Donation Drive in January
• Blood Donation Drive (2 times a year)
• Youth Camps and Parish Youth Day
• During the year of FAITH, faithful are encouraged to participate actively during the mass, to go for regular confession, to make some sacrifices and read and pray the Bible every day.