Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (1928) — Attraction in Klang Municipal Council

During the 1890s, pockets of Chinese & Indian immigrants began settling on the banks of the Klang River. With the railway line to Kuala Lumpur & Port Swettenham completed, Klang became the main gateway & trading centre for the Klang Valley. While the Chinese worked in the tin mines, the rubber estates around Klang employed Indian workers. Among them were many Catholics. Priests were sent from Saint John's, Kuala Lumpur to tend to their spiritual welfare. Mass was celebrated in a wooden chapel opposite what was known as the South Klang Bus Station. In 1923, 1 Father Souhait was directed to take charge of the spiritual needs of the Catholic residents in Klang & surrounding districts, including Kuala Selangor & Kuala Langat. He was soon aware of the need for a permanent Church building & set about to acquire the present site. Eventually he succeeded in getting the land where the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes & Sekolah Menengah Convent now stand reserved for worship. The Church, grotto & parochial house were completed for $45,000; they were declared open & blessed by Bishop Perrichon in 1928. Father Souhait was a student of architecture before taking up holy orders. He played a large part in the design of the Church building, modelling it on the pilgrimage Church in Lourdes, France. The twin towers of the main façade rise in 3 stages with cross-tipped pinnacles at the four corners joined by arcaded railings. A blind arcade separates the upper 2 stages from the base. The central bay's main entrance arch is flanked by the tower's lower side arches. A beautiful rose window of quatrefoils around a floral heart is the centrepiece. Pairs of arched windows on the towers complement the façade. The aisleless nave is a single vaulted space with a loft over the entrance reached by wrought iron spiral stairs. The nave has attached columns with capitals of ram-horn volutes & leaves in 2 designs. A band of quatrefoils links the capitals at the springing of the vault. The altar is placed in front of the apsidal east end, lit by a pair of arched windows. A wooden crucifix...

This place was part of the Klang Heritage Walk on Saturday, 21 April 2018 with the starting point at Galeri DiRaja Sultan Abdul Aziz. The facade looked pretty impressive from the main road. Built in 1928, it served the spiritual needs of the Catholic community. had. Within the prayer hall, it looked quite standard of a Catholic church with rows of wooden seats and a central aisle. At the back of the hall, an old iron spiral staircase led to a small upper floor. Over the years, it had undergone restoration. There were Images of the Blessed Virgin Mary and...

One of the oldest Catholic Churchest in the Country. Church of our Lady if Lourdes, or popularly known as LOL Church among locals is a church with multilingual Mass going on every weekend. There are English, Bahasa Melayu and Tamil Masses every weekend. There are Catechism Class starting from age 7 onwards. There is the La Salle Kindergarden. It is sandwiched between Klang Convent School, the 6 junction roundabout, Letchumanan Hall and Klang Sivan Temple. The Regent International School is located in the LOL...