In celebrating New Year on 1st January 2020, Our Lady of the Smiles Parish (ChamkarTeang) oragnised a kite-flying competition involving 180 kites, ten ox-drawn wagons and ten racing horses. Residents from villages in Takeo province’s Tramkak district entered the competition. Joining the programme were bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh, the …
Buddhist monks and members of the pagoda’s clergyman’s commission from Angmontrey Pagoda in Takeo province’s Trankak district were invited to Our Lady of the Smiles Parish (ChamkarTeang) to join in celebrating Christmas on 23 December 2019. Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh and the Parish Committee Chairman Kol Cheang welcomed them …
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More than 3,500 people from members of the public, representatives from religious groups, civil servant and NGOs participated in an assembly marking the 13th “Anti-Human Trafficking Day” to spread and create awareness on human trafficking issues. The gathering took place at the Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Hall on 12th December 2019 The assembly was …
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Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh announced that from 2020-2022, the Catholic Church of Phnom Penh diocese along with the Catholic Churches in Asia would make a joint Pastoral journey with a main focus on the common goals of spreading the values of the Gospel. For the three years to come, …
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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 of Phnom Penh first arrived …