Crosses Journey Begins Nationwide
KOTA KINABALU: The separation of a wooden cross into nine smaller ones marked the beginning of the countdown of the first ever gathering of Catholic community representatives nationwide in Johor in 18 months. Malaysian Cardinal Sebastian Francis (centre) blessing the…
Pauline Sisters mark 60 years of missionary service in Peninsular Malaysia
PETALING JAYA – The Daughters of St Paul (aka Pauline Sisters) marked 60 years of missionary service in Peninsular Malaysia on 19 March 2025, Solemnity of St Joseph Husband of Mary at their convent here. Around 220 friends and collaborators…
Book Sheds Light On Obscure Tragedy In Sabah’s Catholic Church History
KOTA KINABALU: An obscure and one of its darkest part of Sabah’s Catholic church history has come to light thanks to painstaking and tenacious research by senior clergyman Rev Fr Cosmas Lee. The result of Fr Cosmas’ 15-year study that…
KK Archdiocese celebrates Consecrated Life Day
KOTA KINABALU – The religious men and women of Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese celebrated 29th World Day of Consecrated Life on 2 February 2025 at the Carmelite Chapel here. Archbishop John Wong presided at the Mass which saw representatives from the…
First IOLA Renewal of Commitment in KK
KOTA KINABALU – In an unprecedented move, two members of the Institute of Our Lady of the Annunication (IOLA or IMSA in Italian) renewed their commitment at the Daughters of St Paul Convent Chapel here on 30 Dec 2024. Durah…
ERCSC Annual Meeting and Formation in Sibu
KOTA KINABALU: Social communicators from the nine Catholic dioceses in Malaysia and Brunei emerged from their annual meeting with a renewed zeal for their work. The four-day Episcopal Regional Conference for Social Communication (ERCSC) comes just ahead of a busy…
Synodality: The Central Focus Of The Bishops Conference
This year’s 113th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei (CBCMSB) was a momentous event in more ways than one. The assembly of the bishops, archbishops and cardinals was held at the Minor Basilica of St Anne’s in…
Overflowing Crowds Pay Last Respect To Fr Jestus
KUALA LUMPUR – Overflowing crowds came to pay their last respects to a “faithful, true to his name” priest at the Sacred Heart Church at Peel Road here on 11 Dec 2023. Born in 1955, Father Jestus Pereira was the…
Requiem for a “Simple” Franciscan Friar
PULAU TIKUS, Penang – The Order of Friars Minors (OFM) celebrated a solemn Requiem Mass for a “simple” Franciscan friar at the Church of the Risen Christ here on 5 Dec 2023. The sudden death of Friar Arul Sagayaraj Mariadass,…