First Catholic church to reopen in country

Parishioners attending mass at St John Marie Vianney Church after it reopened.

SOME silently shed tears, some quietly said a prayer while others were clearly overjoyed when the main doors of St John Marie Vianney Church in Tampin, Negri Sembilan reopened for mass after a closure of three months due to the movement control order (MCO).

Parishioners of the Catholic church, the first in the country to reopen since the MCO, were so eager to attend mass that they arrived as early as 7.30am even though the event was only scheduled to start at 9am.