Hearing the cries of the poor
KOTA KINABALU - A pre-Christmas Garage Sale in aid of the poor was run on the eve of the 2nd World Day of the Poor, commemorated worldwide this year on Nov 18. The garage sale, which was held at the…
Russell Lawrine,Tenghilan son, ordained as priest
TENGHILAN, Tuaran - After a lengthy ten-year formation in the seminary, Deacon Russell Lawrine Samin was finally ordained as a priest, Nov 10, 2018 at St James Church here by Archbishop John Wong. On this joyous day, turning up to…
Come, journey together with my church
KOTA KINABALU - If number is anything to go by, the attendance of over 400 participants at the recent PPC Formation should be a sign worth watching. They are the newly formed pastoral council/committee members to whom, by virtue of…
Steps to priesthood: The Ministries of Acolyte and Lector
KUCHING - The steps of Minor Orders (now called the Ministries of Acolyte and Lector) once again remind seminarians at St Peter’s College Major Seminary here of the ultimate goal of the seminarian, for he is not called simply to…
Bishop Julius Gitom’s Advent Message
Begin Advent journey by practising charity towards the needy A MEANINGFUL celebration of Advent leads us to a grace-filled celebration of Christmas! Advent season is not just a time to prepare or waiting for the celebration of Jesus’ birth at…
Catholics insist seeking asylum not a crime
The migrant caravan through the eyes of Catholic social teaching A CARAVAN now estimated at 7,000 people is currently making its way north. Many of the asylum-seekers have said they plan to stay in Mexico, where President Enrique Peña Niet…
Listen for the poor
IT is noble to mark the World Day of the Poor with gifts of charity, but Pope Francis has challenged Catholics to go much further than that. He asks us to observe it by making a serious examination of conscience…
Liturgical formation for readers and commentators
LIKAS (CS) - The Kota Kinabalu Archdiocesan Liturgy Commission organized the first-ever formation for readers and commentators 27 Oct 2018 at St Simon’s Catholic Church here. The one-day formation program was attended by 195 participants from across the Archdiocese. The…
Recalling Gastel’s witnessing
IT was also during the tenure of Fr Gastel as the school principal that future seminarians/priests were also studying in the school. They were Francis Basintal, Julius Masudal, Lawrence Joluis, Thomas Makajil and the two St Joseph’s Chinese boys from…
PE instructor Pius Jokinol: Gastel instrumental to motivate school athletes to national/state levels
AS a young priest fresh from the seminary cold bench, Fr William Van Gastel found little time to learn the foreign language properly when he was posted to Sabah (North Borneo then). What he found himself doing, he wasted no…