LONDON - Cafod has joined forces with Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) as aid agencies respond to what the UN is calling the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, news portal Catholic Herald posted on 15 Mar 2017. Cafod, the Catholic Agency for Overseas…
JAKARTA - Indonesia will host the 7th Asian Youth Day from 30 July to 9 Aug 2017 in Yogyakarta, Semarang Archdiocese in central Java. Themed Joyful Asian Youth! Living the Gospel in Multicultural Asia, the organisers expect a crowd of…
SANDAKAN – Over 300 parishioners turned up for the inaugural Mass for the Sick and Anointing of the Sick on 11 Feb 2016 at St Joseph’s Church here. The World Day of the Sick was instituted by Pope St John…
SANDAKAN – Philippine Consul John Francis Herrera paid a courtesy call on Bishop Julius Gitom on 10 Feb 2017 at his office at the Diocesan Pastoral Centre here. He was joined by Eva Siruno, Director of Family Life, Josephine del Rosario,…
KOTA KINABALU - St Francis Kindergarten celebrated Chap Goh Mei at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre here on 10 Feb 2017. The stage, decorated with Chinese calligraphy, lion heads, lanterns, cherry blossom and a rooster, displayed the handicraft skills of…
INANAM - More than 500 parishioners turned up to celebrate the silver jubilee of religious profession of Inanam's first religious sister. The parishioners joined the Laukang family to commemorate Sister Terry's 25 years as a Franciscan Sister of the Immaculate…
PENANG - Seven priests and 12 lay people attended the fifth Justice and Peace Workshop hosted by Penang Diocese on 20-23 Feb 2017. The participants came from the arch/dioceses of Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Miri, Sibu, Penang and the…
KOTA KINABALU - Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish here celebrated International Women's Day with a small dinner gathering on 4 Mar 2017 at a local restaurant. The attendees were women representing various women groups in the parish. Among the invited guests…
PAPAR - Penampang catechumens prepared for Rite of Election with recollection at Pace Bene Retreat Centre here on 18-19 Feb 2017. One hundred and twenty-nine catechumens plus 12 facilitators attended the two-day recollection organised by the St Michael Parish Catechetical Committee. The…
PENAMPANG - The Archdiocesan Human Development Commission (AHDC) will organise its fifth INSAN programme in Bundu Tuhan on 17-19 Mar 2017. INSAN is an annual formation programme for members of Parish Human Development Committees (PHDCs) in Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese. In…