The Foreign Missions Society, the Cambodian Historians Association, and the Department of History held a conference entitled 500 Years of Friendship: The Church and the Kingdom of Cambodia on September 14. Nearly 80 students, academics, and pastors attended the conference to study the link between Cambodia and the Catholic Church
Coco de Takeo, a social enterprise from Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Vicariate, is preparing to compete in the National Entrepreneurship Awards in November 2023. Mr. Sorn Meak, the person in charge of Coco de Takeo, stated that this occurred after the company placed fourth out of twenty in the fourth semi-final
source: radio veritas asia Phnom Penh’s apostolic vicar Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler inagurated a two-story building to educate and care for young children, notably garment industry workers’ children, in Prey Tea I Village, Sangkat Choam Chao III, Khan Por Sen Chey. on August 22. The new building is called the Lindalva
Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, ordained Martin Damo Chour as the Society of Jesus’ first Khmer priest on August 19. More than 2,000 Catholics, local authorities, and clergy attended the ordination of the first Jesuit Cambodian at the Assumption Church in Battambang City, Battambang Province, approximately 291
The agricultural sector of the Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus Church Prey Kabbas community has played a significant role in facilitating the conversion of the residents of Chheuteal Hamlet to Catholicism using its philanthropic mission and the dissemination of religious teachings. According to Father John Penh, a priest responsible
Park Kong, a chef, works in the Welcome Office of the Phnom Penh Thmey Center, which belongs to the Phnom Penh Vicariate, which Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, an apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, founded. Kong responded to RVA’s inquiry about his work by saying, “I cook food for people to eat,
Forty-five young Cambodians are preparing to participate in World Youth Day (WYD) in Portugal in July under the theme “Mary gets up quickly and rushes to a village in the mountains of Judea.” The Pastoral Office for the Youth, Teenagers, and Children of the Phnom Penh Vicariate organized WYD preparation
Msgr. Indunil Kodithuwaku, secretary of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, led a high-level Catholic delegation to pay a courtesy call on Samdech Preah Agga Maha Sangharajadhipati Tep Vong, the great supreme patriarch, in Wat Ounalom in Phnom Penh. The meeting was held on May 24, 2023, accompanied by the bishops
The Cambodian Catholic community hosted a seminar on the fundamentals of Catholicism to profound their faith at Theresa Church in Takhmao on May 21. As many as 30 people from Kong Noy, Takhmao, and Ampov Prey participated in the seminar. This seminar’s primary objective is to enhance the spirituality of Catholics so
Child Jesus Church in Boeng Tompun invited 200 poor people to an advent feast and distributed groceries to 200 poor families from the Cambodian Capital Phnom Penh.
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