30 years ago the parish community of the Church of the Child Jesus moved out of a residential house they were worshiping in and erected one of the first post-Khmer Rouge actual church buildings. This past weekend their parish celebrated their anniversary.
In the early afternoon, Father François Hemelsdael and some of the parishioners greeted the first guests to arrive for the 4:00 PM anniversary mass.
Fr. Gianluca and Fr. Oh Chang were two of the priests who came for the celebration.
The parish had set up a wonderful display of information and old photos and it was a good gathering place for the visitors to meet.
Bishop Kike from Battambang was one of the guests.
The displays really were interesting and taught the younger members of the parish a lot about the early days of their community.