PASAY CITY, Philippines – Daughter of St Paul Sr Maria Consolata Manding who helped set up the fledgling Kota Kinabalu Archdiocesan Social Communication Commission (SOCCOM) in 2002 was called to eternal life on 27 July 2024 here. She was 77.…
In conjunction with the 55th World Communications Day, the Diocese of Sandakan launched its very first website. It was officially launched by Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom right after the church’s Eucharistic celebration which also commemorates the Solemnity of Ascension of…
The SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (SOCCOM) of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, cordially invites Catholics to join its Online Session, in conjunction with the Year of St. Joseph, on Sunday May 23, 2021, at 8pm Malaysia time. A mixture…
KENINGAU – KekitaanFM, an Online radio in Keningau Diocese, was launched on 3rd October 2020 and has successfully been operating for three months as of 3rd January 2021. This is an occasion for celebration and thanksgiving to God for enabling…
TAWAU - Holy Trinity Parish here marked World Communication Day with a new line up of Social Communication Committee office bearers. This year, World Communications Day entered its 50th year with the theme 'Communication and Mercy : A Fruitful Encounter.'…
KOTA KINABALU - The Sacred Heart Cathedral Social Communication Committee (SHC -SOCCOM) organised a second workshop "Support Our Website 2" for various pastoral groups of the cathedral parish on 19 Sept 2015 at the parish centre. The first workshop was conducted in…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Local graphic designer Kogulanath Ayappan bested a host of international designers from the Asian region, to take First Prize in the Poster section of the annual SIGNIS Asia Media Awards (SAMA) 2015. His entry, based on…
TERAWI – Holy Nativity Church in Terawi celebrated the 48th World Communications Day (WCD) on 31 May 2014 with a Sunset Mass presided over by Fr Thomas Madanan, Assistant Rector of the Parish and Spiritual Adviser to the Catholic Archdiocesan Social Communications Commission of Kota Kinabalu.
Connecting his homily to this year’s theme of WCD set by the Holy Father, “Communication at the Service of a Culture of Encounter”, Fr Madanan highlighted the human need for both a vertical and horizontal communications. Prayer is our vertical means of communications with God. The various instruments/tools of communications — What’s Apps, Facebook, Twitter, and ICT among others, are the horizontal means/tools of communications in today’s social environment among peoples.
PAPAR – At the 15th meeting of the Regional Commission for Social Communications (RCSC) at Pace Bene, Purak, Papar Jun 17-20, Bishop Cornelius Sim of Vicariate Brunei Darussalam, President of the Episcopal Commission for Social Communications for the Catholic Bishops Conference of Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei told the meeting that while the tools of communications are necessary, on their own they are insufficient. Besides the hardware, we should not forget the “people” aspect, an equally important factor of social communications. He also underscored that it was very critical to exercise care in the way we respond to youth as we enter their world.