Caritas Malaysia
During the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei (CBCMSB) on 8 July 2019, the Bishops met with the Caritas staff from the Vatican and Asia for a dialogue. The Malaysian bishops then decided to re-new the lapsed membership with the Caritas federation.
On 9 January 2020, at the following Bishops’ Conference they unanimously decided to establish Caritas Malaysia as an overarching body for all organisations involved in charity and development work. They then appointed Bishop Bernard Paul as Chair of Caritas Malaysia and Charles Bertille as Executive Secretary of the National office.
A launching meeting was held with all diocese delegates and the Bishop Chair on 25 February 2020 at the APC, KL. They discussed the situation and need for capacity building, being systematic and research based in ministry work. There was a consensus to work together at the national level under Caritas. An interim Exco was established at this meeting and has been meeting regularly. They consist of Bp Bernard Paul, Charles Bertille, Dominic Lim from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Frs Galvin Richard Ngumbang & Alvin Ng from Kuching, Sarawak, and Alvin Santhanam from KL. Caritas Malaysia national office has been set-up in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
Working ties have been re-established with Caritas Asia and Caritas Internationalis. The Bishops met on 23 June 2020 and approved the Caritas organigram and other operation matters to set-up or strengthen existing diocese Caritas offices. Caritas Malaysia was launched on 6 November 2020.
SOURCE: Caritas Malaysia
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