Revered ritual: Father Joachim (holding the monstrance) leading the Feast of Corpus Christi celebration procession. With him are other parish priests and parishioners.
THE sweltering heat from the setting sun did not deter some 1,000 parishioners from joining the Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ) celebration at the Church of the Assumption in Farquhar Street, Penang.
The evening mass was conducted in five different languages – English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, Tamil and Tagalog.
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