Click on the banner above for the readings of the day. Please change your calendar setting in Universalis to Asia-Malaysia to obtain the correct readings.

To download or listen to PRAYERS used weekly in our church, click here

UPDATES ON MASSES IN SMC

WEEKEND MASSES

Normal weekend mass schedule is listed in the table below:

Prayers will begin half an hour before every weekend mass.

WEEKDAY MASSES

For the general schedule of weekday masses, please click here. However, parishioners are advised to refer to the bulletin every week as the parish priest may be away at certain times.

HIGHLIGHTED ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. CHANGE IN WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Click here for the new weekday mass schedule starting from 2nd December 2024.

Due to the Advent penitential services starting in Perak from 11th to 20th Dec 2024, our daily mass schedule for that period will be changed to 11.00 am.

2. ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICE

3. CHRISTMAS TO NEW YEARS' DAY MASS SCHEDULE

4. RCIA 2024-25 SESSIONS

Do you wish to build a relationship with Jesus and deepen your knowledge about the Catholic Faith?

If you wish to know more about the Catholic faith or know of anyone interested to join the faith in SMC, do enquire at our parish office or from the RCIA facilitators at the contact numbers given here.

You may learn more about the foundations of the Catholic faith and its teachings by following daily podcasts through the Catechism in a Year channel by Ascension Press.

Click on their YouTube channel to follow daily episodes for each paragraph of the catechism of the Catholic Church.

The podcast will be as follows :

• introduction and prayer by the priest about the podcast;
• the actual reading from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) ;
• followed by commentary about what is being read for the day.

Click here to download the reading plan.

You may refer to the CCC from this link.

5. ABOUT FORMED

Formed.org is an excellent source of faith programmes,faith-based movies, documentaries and books, including literary classics. The Penang diocese has subscribed to it and access to these materials will be freely available to us for ONE YEAR upon registration. Click here to find out how you can access these materials on Formed.org.

6. For other announcements from SMC, read the bulletin, refer to our official Facebook page or archives section.

FOR NEWCOMERS TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, IPOH

Welcome to the SMC family! We look forward to welcoming you into our community. All weekend and weekday mass times are listed in our About - Key Info page.

If you wish to know more about the Catholic faith, feel free to enquire about the RCIA programme through our parish office via phone, e-mail or FB messaging.

We have many parish groups which you may be interested to be a part of. Click on the About - Parish Structure link to view the various ministries, BECs and groups in our SMC family.

Those wishing to help the poor may check out SMC's Ministry to the Poor.

Outreach to the Orang Asli is through the Perak Deanery Orang Asli Apostolate (directly under the purview of Penang diocese) based in our parish via Sahabat Orang Asli group.

Newcomers may be interested to know that we are the only church in Ipoh with a first-class relic of the Italian saint popularly known as Padre Pio. Click here to read more about how this relic came to SMC. Click here to find out more about SMC's Padre Pio Group, which is a support group for those who are ill or suffering from terminal illnesses.

The Padre Pio novena is conducted at 5.30 p.m. every Thursday and on the 3rd Saturday of the month before the sunset mass. You may e-mail petitions and thanksgiving messages to padrepiosmc@gmail.com or click here to submit them using the online form.

For more up to date news and events, check out our official Facebook page.

VATICAN INSTRUCTIONS ON BURIAL AND CONSERVATION OF ASHES

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new instruction on the burial of the dead and on the conservation of the ashes in cases of cremation, on 25th October 2016. Click here to read in detail about these instructions.

PAST PARISH EVENTS

To read about our past parish projects and events in our church, please refer to the Archives section by year.

RELIGIOUS ARTICLES CENTRE

Click here to view a selection of religious items available in our SMC Religious Articles Centre.

KEY INFORMATION

Click here for all details about mass times,rates for hall and funeral parlour rental etc.