PENAMPANG - Eighteen long-time married couples convalidated their marriages on 26 Sept 2017 at St Michael's Church here. Father Wiandigool Runsab, the assistant pastor, officiated the convalidation ceremony. “We have been married for 29 years with five children, and now expecting a grandchild. As…
PENAMPANG - The Family Life Committee of the St Michael Parish here organised a two-day conference on family life on 23-24 Sept 2017. The inaugural conference was held at Jud's Hall at St Aloysius Limbanak on the first day and…
DONTOZIDON - St Paul Parish here culminated its almost eight-month long parish family life celebration on 17 Sept 2017. In its fourth year, 72 Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) from St Paul Dontozidon, Our Lady Queen of Peace Kobusak, and St…
LIMBANAK - St Aloysius here transformed its ancient graveyard with a columbarium. Community leaders and parishioners turned up to witness the blessing of the columbarium by Archbishop John Wong on 4 Oct 2017 at the Limbanak cemetery. The idea of…
PUTATAN - The 11 Oct 2017 site visit by Archbishop John Wong revealed a marked progress in the construction works of the new St Catherine Laboure Church here. The prelate was accompanied by Father Wilfred Atin, pastor of St Michael…
PENAMPANG - Penampang candidates for confirmation on their way to St Michael here for the ceremony were undeterred by flash floods on 29 Sept 2017. The 158 candidates came from Kibabaig, Kolopis, Nampasan, Kambau, and Penampang-Dambai including St Michael Secondary…
JESUIT Father Antonio Spadaro, editor of La Civiltà Cattolica recently gave a talk at the University of Notre Dame titled "The Diplomacy and Geopolitics of Mercy: The World of Pope Francis." We tend to think of mercy as a personal…
ROME - A new book discloses details about the death of Pope John Paul I – who died in 1978 after just 33 days in office – and conclusive evidence that his death was the result of a heart attack,…
MACAU - Chow How Shen from Melaka, has won the Veritas Cup, a Chinese hymn-writing competition, with his hymn, “God is Love.” Although the competition was judged in mid-July, the awards ceremony and Holy Music Festival was held in Macau 27-29…
RANAU - Over 30 people attended the one-day retreat for members of Ranau Social Communication & Multimedia Committee (SOCCOM) at Kam-Kam Joyful Garden Bongkud here on 22 Sept 2017. In his address, Father Nicholas Stephen, pastor of St Peter Claver…