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Gereja Katolik tertua Pulau Pinang raikan 240 tahun

September 7, 2026
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PULAU PINANG – Sambutan ulang tahun ke-240 Gereja Assumption di George Town bukan sekadar mengenang sejarah, tetapi menjadi seruan untuk meneruskan warisan iman kepada generasi akan datang. Gereja Katolik tertua di Pulau Pinang itu meraikan ulang tahun­nya pada  15 Ogos dengan Misa Kesyukuran yang dipimpin Kardinal Sebastian Francis dan dikonsele­brasikan oleh Fr Edmund Woon, Fr Arulnathan Joseph, Fr Joachim Robert, Fr Jacob Wong MI dan Fr Joseph Meng dari China.

Dalam homilinya, Kardinal Sebastian mengingatkan bahawa ulang tahun tersebut bukan hanya untuk meraikan pencapaian masa lalu, tetapi juga untuk memandang masa depan dengan penuh harapan.“Kamu akan melihat perkara-perka­ra yang lebih besar,” katanya, sam­bil menegaskan bahawa misi Gereja masih belum selesai.

Beliau menyeru umat untuk mendekati golongan muda, mem­perkukuh komuniti dan memasti­kan Gereja terus menjadi tempat umat menemukan iman, harapan serta kebersamaan. Umat juga di­galakkan membina komuniti yang tidak membiarkan sesiapa be­rasa keseorangan dan membawa Kristus melampaui tembok gereja. Sejarah Gereja Assumption ber­mula pada 1786 apabila misionari Perancis, Fr Arnold Garnault MEP bersama komuniti Katolik Eura­sia mendirikan Gereja pertama di Pulau Pinang yang didedikasikan kepada Maria Diangkat ke Syurga.

Komuniti itu berpindah dari Church Street ke Farquhar Street pada 1860, sebelum bangunan gereja diperluaskan pada 1928. Gereja Assumption turut meny­umbang kepada perkembangan pendidikan Katolik, termasuk penubuhan St Xavier’s Institution dan Convent Light Street.

Selepas mengharungi dua Perang Dunia dan Pendudukan Jepun, Ger­eja Assumption berfungsi sebagai katedral dan “Gereja Induk” Keusku­pan Pulau Pinang dari 1955 hingga 2003. Pada 1988, ia bersama tiga gereja lain membentuk City Parish. Sambutan ulang tahun turut mem­beri penghormatan kepada komu­niti Eurasia yang menjadi sebahagi­an penting daripada sejarah gereja sejak penubuhannya.

Sebuah plak peringatan di taman Gereja diberkati bagi mengenang generasi yang menyumbang ke­pada pertumbuhan komuniti terse­but.

Antara khazanah bersejarah ger­eja ialah organ paip yang diperoleh dari England pada 1914 dan dipa­sang pada 1916. Ia merupakan or­gan paip kedua tertua di Malaysia yang masih boleh dimainkan dan terus digunakan dalam ibadat se­lepas dipulihkan pada 2013.

Sambutan ulang tahun ke-240 dimeriahkan dengan persekutuan, upacara memotong kek dan “Eurasian Fiesta”, sebelum berakhir pada Ogos 22 dengan konsert yang menampilkan organ paip bersejarah serta muzik sakral. Selepas 240 tahun, cabaran bagi Gereja Assumption bukan sekadar memelihara apa yang dibangunkan generasi terdahulu, tetapi meneruskan apa yang telah mereka mulakan. – Herald Malaysia

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