Caroling to MD areas on 12/14/2013

Fund for Hakha Doicese

Caroling to VA area

MCA (DC area) families are gathering around the VA area to deliver the good news of our savior, Jesus Christ to VA Myanmar families.

New EC members Meeting

Nov 03, 2013

Baltimore MD

New EC members have been elected on November 02, 2013 at Pa Lian house in Baltimore. New EC members are attending for the first meeting at the same place and discussed about the community and future. Spiritual leader Saya Lan Lan and his advisory Board members were attend the meeting together with new elected members.

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MCA (DC area)

Francis blesses champion of freedom Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi with the Pope

The Pope received the Burmese politician in what was a very friendly and intense audience

Giacomo Galeazzi vatican city

 So far and yet so close. Today Francis received The Burmese Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in the Papal Library of the second Loggia of the Apostolic Palace. Yesterday she was made an honorary citizen of Rome on the ancient Capitoline Hill.

There was “a great feeling of harmony and accord” between the Pope’s face to face meeting with this “symbolic figure of the Asian world,” said the Holy See’s spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi.

The papal audience with the leader of Burmese democracy and human rights icon was a historic event which could have serious – though not immediate – political, religious and cultural consequences. According to the Burmese opposition leader, if changes are not made to the Constitution, the Presidential elections in Myanmar in 2015 will not be democratic, fair or representative. In 2015 Myanmar will go to the polls for parliamentary elections and the vote will renew the entire parliament which will then elect a head of State.

The country celebrated its first (partially) free elections in recent history after decades of military dictatorship, with a supplementary round in 2012 that marked the entrance of the leader of the National League for Democracy - who spent 15 of the last 22 years under house arrest by order of the junta - into Parliament. Aung San Suu Kyi announced she wants to run for the highest office in the country.

But first the Constitution needs to be amended.  It was approved by the military in 2008 with a farce vote during an emergency caused by Cyclone Nargis and still contains a provision that prevents the de facto leader from being democratically elected. That the law provides that citizens who are married or have children of foreign nationality can not be elected.
 
The two sons of the woman are of British nationality, as well as their father Michael Aris who died of an illness in 1999, AsiaNews reports. “Every country – not just mine – needs peace. Peace comes from the heart and to achieve it, any source of hatred and fear needs to be eradicated,” Aung San Suu Kyi said in a statement. After her audience with the Pope Aung San Suu Kyi met the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Enrico Letta.

Funeral arrangement for Uncle U Charlie Thaung

The following is funeral arrangement for Uncle U Charlie Thaung who had been called home to be with the Lord.

 Place     : Our Lady of Lourdes

                225 Salt Road,

                Enola, PA 17025

 Date       : 10/19/2013 (Saturday)

Viewing: 1:00 PM

Mass      : 2:00 PM

Dinner    : Lin Hibashi Buffet Grill (Next to Harrisburg Mall)

                 421 Friendship Road

                 Harrisburg, PA 17111

 Time       : 3:30 to 5:30 PM

MCA (DC area)

U Charlie Thaung passed away

Dear All:

Please be informed that U Charlie passed away peacefully at 10:12 pm at his home in PA. The funeral arrangement will be announced later. MariaThet's (His daughter) phone number is  717 525 0990.

Kindly remember U Charlie and his bereaved family in your prayer.

Thanks.

Jean