St. Michael's Catholic Church

St. Michael's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Sharjah. The first St. Michael’s Church was founded in 1971. At present there are 6 priests: Fr. Savarimuthu Antony Samy (Tamil Nadu), Fr. Hilario Dela Pena Kapitbahay (Philippines), Fr. Denis Saldanha (Karnataka), Fr. Reji Varughese, Fr. Jose Vattukulathil Alexander (Kerala) and  Fr. Maged Moussa (Lebanon). There are about 40,000 parishioners of multi-lingual, ritual and nationalities. Over 4,000 children study Catechism in 3 days-  Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

They have 35 prayer groups in different languages, gathering every week for prayer meetings and Holy Masses are celebrated in 10 different languages (English, Konkani, Malayalam, Korean, Tamil, Marathi, Arabic, Urdu, Sinhalese, Tagalog). They have 167 Extra-ordinary Eucharistic Ministers,139 Lectors, 28 choirs, 80 Volunteers and 113 altar servers.