Golden Jubilee

The loving couple.

Sandakan : Fr Paul Lo, the assistant rector of St Mary’s Cathedral celebrated the Golden Jubilee Mass for Richard and Maria Lin on Wednesday, 23^rd August 2009 at the Cathedral witnessed by family members and friends.

The couple celebrating their 50^th year of Catholic marriage is living example of love and commitment. Marriage is the intimate union and equal partnership of a man and a woman which is rooted in the divine plan of God’s creation.

The mutual love of a married couple should always be open to new life. The family arises from marriage which is called a domestic Church. Together they have 3 children, two boys, both married and a girl. They have 6 grandchildren.

Maria is an active member of the Church devoting much of her time towards the well being of the Church. She first joined the Legion of Mary (LOM) in her early twenties. She was a member of the Prison Fellowship Ministry and an animator for the Chinese RCIA process.

Today she spends time visiting the sick, the old folks and the handicapped. She serves as an Extraordinary Minister. She is often seen around the Church helping out in cleaning the Chapel at the Cathedral and St Joseph’s Church.