STATISTICAL SUMMARY

• Approximate general population : 1,413,752
• Approximate Catholic population : 216,587
• Parishes : 19
• Outstations : 318
• Adult baptism (above 7 years old) : 1,738
• Infant baptism (below 7 years old) : 3,054
• Priests : 38
• Religious Sisters : 140
• Religious Brothers : 7
• Seminarians : 13
• Catechists (full-time, part-time, voluntary) : 468

• Fr Andrew Lau (Age: 73)(24, 2000)
• Fr Pierre Joseph Chopard M E P (Age: 39)(25, 1845)
• Fr Joseph Alexander Edwin (Age: 64)(25, 2012)
• Fr Clause Charles Tisserand M E P (Age: 61)(26, 1870)

• The sick are not forgotten in SHC parish fiesta
• Invitation to rest in the Sacred Heart highlighted in cathedral feast day Mass
• Non-Muslims join breaking of fast
• MYTC holds annual graduation ceremony for 73
• A pilgrim learns much about Korean Catholicism
• Archbishop John Wong : Protect and preserve your culture
• SDYA has some new blood in its commission
• PMST represented in golden jubilee celebration in Rome