Mt. Memaloh Prayer Centre of Kanowit Town

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Church of St. Francis Xavier
Mount Memaloh
加拿逸Bukit Memaloh還有更神秘通道, 爬往山上的Mt. Memaloh Prayer Centre. 信徒們秘密祈禱的地方
山頂上是Calvary Chapel祈禱祭壇. 傳說到這秘密山頂上來祈禱的信徒,都得到無比的祝福!

Church of St. Francis Xavier, Kanowit

Pusat St. Joseph
St. Joseph Retreat Centre
St Joseph Retreat Centre, Kanowit
加拿逸聖約瑟避靜中心
Paroki Kanowit
Address : P O Box 4, 96707 Kanowit, Sarawak
Tel : 084-753617
Fax : 084-752141
Rector : Rev Fabian Kong
Assistant Rector : Rev Philip Obaso
Weekday Masses : 6:00 pm – Mon to Fri (E/Iban)
6:30 pm – Sat (E/C)
Sunday Masses : 7:15 am (E), 9:15 am (Iban)

Pusat St Joseph Retreat Centre
Contact Person : Ms Theresa Lim

Memaloh hill is a strategic landform for atop its peak lies the Kanowit Water Treatment Plant and directly beneath it lies a row of shophouses along the two rows of streets sandwiched between the hill and the Sg. Kanowit, effectively the main town of Kanowit.

Further along its boundary also along its foothills is the primary school of SRJK St. Xavier which has since been abandoned for fears of rockfall and possible landslide onto the school which has a clearance of only a meter or two in certain places between the hill and some parts of the school buildings.

Entrance to Mount Memaloh Prayer Centre

Along this concrete hill path to the prayer altar, are designated fourteen stations with signboards as the FOURTEEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS

FOURTEEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS 十字苦路

The 14 Stations of the Cross (Way of the Cross, Way of Sorrows) is a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion.

The objective of the stations help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ. It has become one of the most popular devotions in Western Christian churches such as in the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist.

1st Station: Jesus is condemned to death

2nd Station: Jesus takes up his Cross

3rd Station: Jesus falls for the first time

4th Station: Jesus meets his Mother

5th Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross

6th Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

7th Station: Jesus falls for the second time

8th Station: Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem

9th Station: Jesus falls for the third time

10th Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments

11th Station: Jesus is nailed to the Cross

12th Station: Jesus dies on the cross

13th Station: Jesus is taken down from the Cross

14th Station: Jesus is laid in the tomb

The Stations of the Cross in Sarawak

On Mount Memaloh Prayer Centre of Kanowit, Sarawak are these 14 stations to commemorates Jesus Christ's last day on Earth as a man.

These 14 devotional stations each focus on specific events of Jesus' last day, beginning with His condemnation.

Catholics of Kanowit Town commonly used this hill path as a mini pilgrimage as the individual moves from station to station. At each station, the individual recalls and meditates on a specific event from Christ's last day. Specific prayers are recited, then the individual moves to the next station to the final 14th Station where a prayer altar is.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
REV. FATHER ADRIAN KLERK M.H.M.
RECTOR OF KANOWIT MISSION
1910-1941
AGED 69 YEARS