Redemptorist priest Meechai Udomdej of the Mother of Perpetual Help Church in the village of Baan Din Khao, in Chiang Mai, holds catechism classes during the lockdown. (Photo supplied)
By LiCAS.news
Nov 8 2021
With schools in Thailand closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, a priest in the hilly village of Mae Jam district in Chiang Mai turned the health crisis into an opportunity to hold catechism for children.
“There were many young hill tribe children who have not yet received the first Holy Communion,” noted Redemptorist priest Meechai Udomdej.
“So I hold catechism classes for them every morning,” said the priest.
Father Udomdej is the pastor of the Mother of Perpetual Help Church in the village of Baan Din Khao, in Chiang Mai, about 800 kilometers north of the capital Bangkok.
Since August until the end of October, when the lockdown of schools of ended, the priest prepared the pupils of nearby St. Joseph School for their First Communion.
The priest said the children were excited and came to church as early as six o’clock in the morning to attend catechism classes.
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