More than 1,000 people crowded the shore to watch the return of the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary from Pulau Jawa to the church. On reaching the shore the statue was borne by members of the Confracternity of the Holy Rosary in ceremonial dress. STATUE MOVED TO AID FISHERMEN To the hundreds of Roman Catholic fishermen in Malacca, it is a prayer answered. The fishermen, most of whom are descendants of the early Portuguese settlers, can now pray in their boats before setting out to sea with the enshrinement of the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary outside the Church of the Assumption at Banda Hilir. Previously, the statue was enshrined inside the church. At the celebration of the Feast of the Assumption, the statue was taken out and re-enshrined facing the Straits of Malacca in a specially constructed annexe at the rear of the building. Ceremony The enshrinement ceremony for which the Vicar-General of the Portu guese Mission, the Rev. Fr. M. Teixera specially came, was attended by mor
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