St.
Anne’s Church is best known as the centre of pilgrimage for the annual St.
Anne’s Feast in Malaysia. It started out as a small chapel built by visiting
priest Fr. Adolphe Couellan in 1846. Today it is a sprawling complex, able to
seat up to 1,800, with beautiful stained glass windows.
Named
after St. Anne (mother of the Virgin Mary), the celebrations held here in July
every year for St. Anne’s Feast draw Roman Catholics from all over Peninsular
Malaysia, bringing the generally sleepy town of Bukit Mertajam to life. The
event culminates with two nights of candlelit procession with devotees singing
hymns as they walk on and around the church grounds.
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