Church of St Louis at Kluang

We took our first KTM train ride to Kluang on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 (Ash Wednesday); and visited the Church of St Louis at Kluang, Johor.

MASS TIMES

Mon-Fri : 1830

SAT : 1800

Sun : 9.00am (Mandarin) & 5.30pm (English*)

Sun : 5.30pm (*Tamil, 2 and last Sunday of the month)

The confession room near the main entrance to the sanctuary.

 Address:   4 Jalan Omar 86000 Johor.   Tel:   60-7-771 2053

The church is more accessible by KTM train as the road ( Jalan Omar) leading to the church (15 mins walk) is right in front of the Kluang Railway Station.   The train fare is about RM17.00.   KTM does run 'Shuttle Trains' at RM4.00 or RM2.00 (buy it from across the causeway, Malaysia ICQ complex) for those aged 60 and above years old.   First 'Shuttle train' leaves at 8.00am, and another at 9.00am; and reaches Kluang at about 10.30am (we reached Kluang at 11.40am due to some delays along the way).   The returning train at 3.15pm (last 'shuttle' for the day) was similarly delayed twice to 6.00pm.   We were not sure whether the earlier returning train at 1.30pm was similarly delayed.

We changed our initial plan, and took an Orkid Express coach at RM8.50 from the town centre (about 20 mins walk from the train station).   The coach leaves the terminus at half-hourly intervals, and ends at Larkins Terminal at Johor Bahru (90 mins travel time).

The Sacristy.  This is where the priests prepare themselves for mass, and where sacred vessels and vestments are kept for use during the mass.

The rear of the church's sanctuary i.e. after the sacristy.

The parish office .











The annex building where the parish office and other function rooms are located.

Behind the annex building.

Front porch of the sanctuary.   In the background is a Tamil School.   Notice Mother Mary ?

We did not stay on for the mass for Ash Wednesday as it would be held at 8.00pm (multi-languages).

Church of the Holy Family at Ulu Tiram of Johor

It was 3rd Sunday of Advent ( 10 December 2011 ), and we were exploring the compound and vicinity of Church of the Holy Family at Jalan Bedara, off Jalan Sungai Tiram; before setting off to Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for Sunset Mass.

Jalan Bedara is not readily visible from the Google Map.   Neither was there a road sign to indicate it when we finally made our way to the church after making several enquiries along the way from the bus terminal at Jalan Duku.

The church is located behind the more popularly known chinese primary school, SRJK (C) Tiram or simply the 'chinese primary school' as the residents would call it when offering advice on the direction to the church.

The single-storey church is at the far end of the narrow road that runs beside the school hall cum canteen.   It serves a small community, and English mass is only held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.

Notice the Tabernacle ?

That's the back-view of the main entrance to the sanctuary.

Front-view of the main entrance to sanctuary.

The left flank of the church's compound.   The newly-added building of the primary school towers above the church.

Parish office (Tel: 07-8631485).   Toilets are in the background.

Our Lady's Grotto is located in front of the parish office.   It would be great if the community could embark on some tree-planting efforts to provide shade to the sprawling compound.

Sungai Tiram runs beside the left flank of the church's compound. The broadcasting tower in the background could serve as the landmark to look out for when travelling along the main road (Jalan Kota Tinggi) from the checkpoint.   Beside the tower is Tiram mart.

I wonder whether it would overflow and flood the church's compound during the year-end monsoon.

The soiled tree branch could have been washed ashore during heavy rains.

The long corridor leads to the toilets and back of the sanctuary.

The back of the sanctuary leads to the right flank of the church's compound which has a small gate that opens onto the primary school's compound.

A view of the right flank from the front gate.   The small side-gate that leads to the primary school is to the right of this sheltered compound.

There it is the side-gate !

The front porch of the primary school.   The church is behind the school.   The school hall cum canteen is to the left of the front porch.

The stage of the school hall cum canteen.

The Christmas Party runs from 3.30pm to 9.00pm

Games !    Games !

A test of the steady hands and mind !

Hmm.   What am I to do ?

Scooping the ping-pongs .....

How am to give the best shot ?

Knock them, I mean the cans, out ?

That's the row of shophouses opposite the church.   The narrow road leads to Jalan Sungai Tiram.

That's the other far end of the road leading to Jalan Sungai Tirum.   The church is to the right.

The junction of Jalan Sungai Tirum and Jalan Bedara.   The school hall cum canteen is in the background.   There are some small stalls or coffee shops selling laksa, soup noodles, drinks, etc. near the junction.

We decided to settle for the wanton noodle stall at a coffee shop further up (nearer to Jalan Duku).   The bus terminal is within walking distance behind this coffee shop.   The church is on the other side of the flyover in the background.

RM3.50 for this sumptuous bowl of wanton noodle !

Coincidentally, we left with the same bus that brought us to Jalan Sungai Tirum from City Square (RM3.00 per person for a 45 minutes).


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