OMPH Feastday (5)....the celebration

The mass was at 7pm. By 6.15pm all those on duty were there....

the choir... wardens..float bearers....

altar servers ...the church bookshop operator too was there early.....

Fr Joe ....saying a prayer before the start....

..everyone to their stations....


Mass began at 7pm sharp.....



..a section of the crowd..estimated at 3000+...

multi media...how did we live without it

the crowning of Mother Mary.....

...the crowning queen is a Sarawakian.....

...the start of the candle light procession whereby the float of Mother Mary is carried round the neighbourhood...


..the float returning to church......

...Benediction....

..the mass has ended... flower girls throwing petals at the altar servers...

parishioners saying a prayer at the shrine of Mother Mary....

...flowers to be taken home .. a souvenir for the home altar...

..the choir & the final hymn..servers taking a shot with Fr Phillip Lai....

the many views of Mother Mary.....


cheers........

OMPH Feastday (4)....the morning of the feastday.

These photos were taken on the morning of the feast day.

Parishioners turned up to volunteer their services like arranging the chairs....


...a very important job.. keeping the flowers fresh...it was 10am..mass was at 7pm...

the flower team....preparing the flowers to decorate the outdoor shrine....

..1st you cut the flowers to the required size.....

..then hand it to the teams to decorate the backdrop ......


..another team preparing vases to place at the front of the shrine.....

..a view of the outdoor shrine before the mass started...


Another team to prepare the float of Mother Mary.
..placing the foam at the base..checking the lamp on the top.

..the ladies taking over to decorate the float with flowers....

the next team securing the base of the float...

a view of the completed float....

another team of lady volunteers sorting flower petals....for the flower girls' basket.

flower girls with their flower baskets to scatter flower petals along the procession route

parishioners enjoying the morning .....


volunteers counting the number of families that submitted their names for consecration to Mother Mary...the names of families were then placed in the book of consecration...

..and offered to Mother Mary for her care and protection throughout the year..

....spraying the flowers with water ......

..wardens having a last rehersal...flower girls too....

communion station......

The Altar Servers.......polishing .......



the result...a shining job ...done well...



..aaahhh...lunch...all ate together like one big happy family...



final touches..roll out the red carpet....

..the choir...rehearsing around 230pm...

..everything is in place........

...3pm...spraying on to keep the flowers fresh

..the parishioners came in around 9am and by 2-3pm almost everything was done...
all were volunteers ...and there were so many of them each focusing on their goal..
..truly...we are the church.....

cheers.