Perjalanan Salib Malaysia

1. Our Pilgrim Walk Towards the MPC 2026

Since 2016, The Catholic Bishops of Malaysia have been discussing, deliberating and

discerning with the faithful (Clergy, Religious and Laity) about the possibility and necessity

of the coming together of all 9 dioceses in Malaysia as the Catholic Church in Malaysia. The

Malaysia Pastoral Convention 2026 will be the first of its kind, an official gathering, similar in

importance to a Synod, for the Catholic Church in Malaysia.

The Journey towards the Malaysia Pastoral Convention 2026; otherwise known as MPC2026, begins with

the pastoral assemblies at the various levels. Beginning with a Parish Pastoral Assembly (PPA) followed

by a Diocesan Pastoral Assembly (DPA) and then a Regional Pastoral Assembly (RPA). Regions are known

as Sabah, Sarawak and Semenanjung, comprising 3 dioceses respectively. In addition to the mentioned

assembly, the journey includes the Malaysia Religious Assembly and the Malaysian Catholic Youth Day

which includes an assembly for young people within its itinerary. All the assemblies are culminating

towards the MPC 2026.

3. Engages Everyone

The journey or route taken by the salib in the respective dioceses will be facilitated by the

entrusted diocesan coordinating team, giving priority to the smaller and distant

communities from the centre of parochial life and diocese engagements. Learning from

John 4”5-30, sometimes the salib needs to be present in the most unexpected place in order

to facilitate an encounter.

The hope is also for the faithful with more access and from more established communities to walk with

the salib and make a pilgrimage to the selected gathering points, walking alongside, listening actively and

celebrating together.

The Perjalanan SALIB is aimed at expressing the importance of accompaniment beginning at the

grassroot level. The salib does not retain itself at a fixed point but it journeys to the faithful especially in

the peripheries.

4. A Long Walk Together

The Perjalanan SALIB is not to be treated as a relay, meaning that we, the faithful, are only to

be engaged when the salib is thereabouts at the selected gathering point tethered to our

parish community. We should treat the Perjalanan SALIB more like a triathlon, meaning that

we are using 3 modes of movement on the same and one journey.

The first mode of movement is communion. The movement of gathering together as a diverse community

rooted in the love and unity of the Trinity. Together, we encounter each other in respectful listening and to

discern communally, how to receive the salib grounded in the sensus fidei that we share.

This is how we prepare before the salib arrives to us.

The second mode of movement is participation. The movement of genuinely making the effort to ensure

the inclusion of those at the margins or who feel excluded. Together, the laity, consecrated and ordained,

acknowledge that all the faithful are qualified and called to serve each other through the gifts of the Holy

Spirit.

This is how we celebrate while the salib is with us.

5. A Sacred Sign

At national level, the Perjalanan SALIB 2025-2026 commences with the rite of solemn

blessing of the SALIB during the Malaysian Catholic Youth Day in April 2025 and concludes

during the Malaysia Pastoral Convention in September 2026. In the respective dioceses, the

journey will commence from May 2025 and conclude August 2026. The duration of stay for

the salib at the parishes or selected gathering points will be discerned by the Diocesan

Coordinating team.

Keeping with the spirit of Synodality, that is to be more inclusive rather than instructive, the National

coordinating team will provide suggestions and direction for implementation at diocesan or parish level

but it is at the discernment of the collaborators at each gathering point, on how the community will walk,

listen and celebrate the Perjalanan SALIB.

Through communal discernment, the coordinating teams both at diocesan and parish level will facilitate

opportunities for the faithful to journey intimately with God, to journey intimately with Self and to journey

intimately with the Other. These opportunities may be experienced and lived out either privately or publicly

in the family, among friends and neighbours, at the workplace, in the parish or interparish and in any lived

reality with the hope and desire for a true conversion.

6. A Local Design

The SALIB is a unique arrangement of 9 salibs together with a Corpus which forms into a

crucifix. During the Malaysian Catholic Youth Day in April 2025, the SALIB Malaysia will be

presented to the faithful for veneration before it is divided into its individual 9 salibs and

sent to the respective dioceses. We will witness the unification of the SALIB once again in

September 2026 during the Malaysia Pastoral Convention 2026.

The salib stands 9 feet tall and 5 feet wide, made of wood. The unique arrangements of the SALIB, while

irregular but still recognisable, reflects the characteristic of our dioceses in Malaysia. Each independent

but unites harmoniously in diversity. Both complementary and collaborative while still being dedicated

and preferential to its community.

The SALIB will also bear the decorative design of the Bunga Raya. A symbol of love for the birth of our

nation, a sign of our independence from foreign rule and unity among different races. Similarly, the Bunga

Raya on the SALIB symbolises the triumph of our Lord Jesus over the world and has reconciled us to the

Father and unites us with each other in the Holy Spirit.

 Perjalanan SALIB - Coordinators and more

The following names have been entrusted as diocesan coordinators to facilitate and to

accompany the faithful and the SALIB throughout the Perjalanan SALIB 2025-2026.

Sister Dora Obod, FSIC (Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu)

Roney Eming (DIocese of Keningau)

Sister Noemi Mejia, FSIC (Diocese of Sandakan)

Father Davie Entalai (Archdiocese of Kuching)

Father Jack Nayak, CMF (Archdiocese of Miri)

Father Francis Go, OFM Cap (Diocese of Sibu)

Gregory Pravin Rajah (Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur)

Simon Joseph (Diocese of Penang)

Father John Yeow (Diocese Malacca Johore)

Behind them are too many to list down but who are all indispensable for the success of the Perjalanan

SALIB 2025-2026. Including every Perjalanan SALIB assistant at the Parishes, who ensuring that the salib

reaches the peripheries and every Perjalanan SALIB assistance and collaborators at the Diocesan level,

who are responsible to support the parishes and to connect the Perjalanan SALIB among the dioceses.