KAPIT: More than 1,000 Catholics attended a Good Friday mass held at St Mary Immaculate Conception on Friday afternoon for the Celebration of The Lord’s Passion and the Veneration of the Cross.
The mass began at 2.30pm with the Divine Mercy service, followed by the Good Friday mass at 3pm.
Officiating at the function was Parish Rector, Father Philip Obaso. In his message to the congregation, he called on the faithful to unite themselves with God.
“Jesus has helped us so much and yet he suffered for our sin. Hence, let us reciprocate to unite ourselves with God and to help one another,” he said.
Present together at the mass were catechists Kenneth Kanyan and Edward Antas, Marian Guild chairperson Angelyana Lee Pui Lan, and Parish Council chairman Dewis Lidek.
Today, the faithful celebrated the Holy Saturday Easter mass that began at 7.30pm, with the highlight of the celebration, which was the Lighting of the Candle. This was followed by a mass and baptism of new church members.
This morning, a ‘gotong royong’ programme was carried out to clean the church’s compound and to decorate the church in preparation for the Easter celebration.
