St Teresa Church in Guilin, China

During my recent trip to Guilin in China, I googled for the Catholic church as I have never been to a church in China although I have made many trips to China.

When the taxi driver dropped me off, I flound it a little strange that I was facing the back of the church. The sign also said that it was the “backyard entrance”.

The back entrace to the church

Sign in Chinese and English

Due to development, the back of the church is now a large road and the front is a narrow lane facing old houses.

Note the small alleyway in front of the church

The church is not too old and is quite simple. It is also not a very large church. The have 2 priests there.

The altar is quite simple

The side of the church. Also very simple

The order of the mass is the same as in other places and wordings in Mandarin is also similar to those in Malaysia from what I could make out with my very limited Mandarin. I was half expecting them to be very different from our mass.

I also took a picture of the recent activities in the church. This was posted on the bulletin board.

Photos of recent activities in the church including Easter celcebrations

It started raining when I arrived and it grew heavier and it was very nice of the priest to offer me an umbrella. I don’t think they have many foreign visitors. He also spoke to me but our conversation was somewhat short and simple due to my limited Mandarin. 

The details of the church is as follows :

St Teresa Church

48, Jiefang Dong Lu, Guilin

Tel : 0773-2822107

Masses : Weekdays – 7am, Sat and Sun – 8am.

Until the next time, cheers.