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WALKING TOGETHER IN PHNOM PENH CATHOLIC CHURCH
May 25, 2022
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Synthesis on Phnom Penh Vicariate Answers’ for the Synod of 2021-2023 More than 200 people from Phnom Penh Vicariate joined together at Phnom Penh Vicariate Pastoral Center located in Phnom Penh City on 14 May 2022 to submit their answers for diocesan synthesis to the Synod of Bishops of 2021-2023
Church in Cambodia donates food to families under quarantine
April 7, 2021
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Bishop Olivier Schmitthauesler, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, led that distribution of food and relief goods to a community affected by the pandemic in the province of Takeo on April 6, 2021. During his visit, the prelate reminded the families to follow health protocols and to keep clean their community
Bishop Yves Ramousse, former prelate of Cambodia, dies of COVID-19
March 1, 2021
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Bishop Yves Ramousse, former apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, died on Friday, February 26, at the age of 93, due to complications brought about by COVID-19. Bishop Ramousse was apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh from 1962 to 1976 and from 1992 to 2001. The prelate spent most of his life
Daily Reading for Saturday, February 27th, 2021
February 27, 2021
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Reading 1, Deuteronomy 26:16-19 16 ‘Yahweh your God commands you today to observe these laws and customs; you must keep and observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 ‘Today you have obtained this declaration from Yahweh: that he will be your God, but only if you follow his ways, keep his statutes,
Catholic Church unites with other religious groups in the fight against Covid-19
May 25, 2020
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Phnom Penh : Led by the Apostolic Vicar General of Phnom Penh Father Peter Suon Hangly and staff of Caritas Cambodia, the official social development arm of the Catholic Church in Cambodia, on the morning of May 18, 2020 have visited and brought along medical materials to be handed over to
Bishop Olivier: 40-day Lent season is a time to listen to the Gospel and repent
March 18, 2020
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Presided over by Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh, the parishioners of St. Joseph’s Church in Phsar Toich congregated to observe Ash Wednesday on the evening of 26 February 2020. It is a sign of entering into the 40-day Lent season. In his homily, the Bishop
Youths on Pilgrimage to promote peace with faith related activities
March 2, 2020
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More than 200 Catholic youths from parishes in Phnom Penh diocese went on a pilgrimage on foot on 8-9 February 2020 with the help of the Phnom Penh Pastoral Office for Youth, Teenagers and Children. They walked from St. John, the Baptist’s church in Bati district to St. Theresa of
Bishop Olivier requests Catholics to follow example of Cambodian heroes
February 19, 2020
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On the occasion of the recent Chinese and Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations and in the presence of a large number of Catholics, on 26 February 2020 at St. Francis Xavier’ church (Wat Champa) Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh, requested Catholics and religious both females
Some 3,000 children celebrate Christmas
February 7, 2020
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Some 3,000 children from villages around Our Lady of the Smiles Parish (ChamkarTeang) gathered to celebrate Christmas. They have received the news on the Birth of Jesus from the young scouts who told them the Christmas story verbally at schools in the villages. Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of the Apostolic Vicariate