Mount Hosanna Chapel
Sri Aman

long flight of stairs leading up to a church with a candle design

If you are driving from Kuching towards Sibu on the Pan Borneo Highway you will pass a visually striking chapel on the hillside overlooking the Highway. This is the Mount Hosanna Chapel, a Roman Catholic place of worship under the jurisdiction of Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Sri Aman.

Mt. Hosanna Chapel was completed in 1997 and has become a popular destination for those performing Christian prayer, devotion and pilgrimage.

The church's distinctive design resembles three candles, symbolising the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Visiting the chapel requires some effort with a 201-step staircase to be climbed which elderly or infirm parishioners might find difficult. For those who make the effort, it can represent a spiritual journey, like Jacob's Ladder connecting heaven and earth.

view of jungle and oil palm plantations with hills in the background

View from top of the steps looking back down to the Pan Borneo Highway and the surrounding countryside.

whitewashed walls and wooden pews inside the church

The interior of the chapel is elegant and simple with portraits of Jesus and the Virgin Mary as well as a heavenly mural painted above the altar. Following an extension it can now accommodate up to 500 worshippers.

Sunday masses are held at 10:30 am in English as per the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching.

How To Get to Mount Hosanna Chapel

The church is 160km from Kuching Waterfront and should take just over 2 hours by car.

It is 35 km from Simanggang (30 minutes by car)

The location of the chapel can be found on this map:

Address:

Mount Hosanna Chapel, Simanggang (1997)
Jalan Kuching - Sri Aman, PO Box 199, 95007 Simanggang, Sarawak

Tel: 083-322087 / 018-5751058

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