St Mary's Cathedral - Church in Kuala Lumpur

by Betty Reutens and Angela Ong at the request of Mrs. Joyce Peter, President of the Cathedral Women’s Fellowship, about our Charity Corner before its retirement. After almost 80 years of existence our Charity Corner (CC) had its final sale in November 2019. It started off as a Thrift Shop, before being known as Charity Shop, and recently, Charity Corner. … Read More

Vincent Murphy was a member of the Cathedral pastoral team from 2013 to June 2019. He was involved in the Liturgical services, particularly the music ministry. Vincent is married to Belinda. They have three boys, Isaac, Rueben, and Joel. He and his family have just moved to the United Kingdom, and he is now serving in Christ Church, Virginia Water, … Read More

by Rubina Henry  You might be tempted to think that a discussion with our children on these topics should be scheduled for an age when they start asking questions about relationships and we might pray that these don’t arise until well into the teenage years, but in our present culture these topics are no longer ones that we can ignore … Read More

By Joanne Liaw Have you ever had a secret you felt ashamed of? One that you could tell no one. No one would understand you if you told them. They would shun you if they ever found out. So you keep this secret to yourself as it eats into your very soul. You feel alone and isolated. That is the … Read More

by Cassandra Chung “You know X is gay, right?” It has been seven years since I came to know of X’s sexuality. X—a non-believer— and I remain close friends to this day despite the fact that our lives have taken on completely different trajectories. While my university years were spent figuring out what it means to work out my salvation, … Read More

by Dinesh Natorajan Introduction In today’s culture, one of the hot button issues is the conflict between the traditional Christian view of homosexuality as sinful and the idea that homosexuality is something good to be embraced by modern culture. As Christians, we look to the authority of scripture, which is God’s word to us, to determine what is morally acceptable … Read More

By Marianne Liaw “And they lived happily ever after…?” Fairy tales often end with newly-weds riding on horseback into the sun, headed towards a lifetime of happiness and bliss. But if you are (or have been) married, you’ll be able to agree whole-heartedly with me that this isn’t the case at all. At least, where marriages on planet earth are … Read More

By Melissa Raj We are continuing in our series of ‘How to be a More Loving Community’ in our Cathedral, having looked at children, teenagers, young adults, and the good works we are to do in our community in past issues. This issue looks at how we can be more loving towards our brothers and sisters in Christ who are … Read More

by Marianne Liaw Just in case you were wondering – No, there is no typo (typing error) in the heading of this article! The term “adulting” is used by millennials to describe the practice of behaving like responsible and matured adults. This phrase is, of course, most often used on young adults between 18-35 years. There’s no denying that these … Read More

by Joanne Liaw “I still miss the days when I could see”, reminisces Rohan Sanghani who lost his vision about two and a half years ago. Rohan, born in the UK but bred in Nairobi, struggles with glaucoma (a group of diseases that damage the eye’s optic nerve). “In Nairobi, I got expelled from high school and was sent to … Read More