KOTA KINABALU - After a hiatus of five years, the faithful of Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese will gather once more to meet and discuss pertinent issues affecting their lives. It will be held on 8-11 Nov 2015 at Pace Bene FSIC…
The family is seen in an ideal embrace between the Extraordinary Synod of October 2014 and the General Synod of 2015. This is an original approach that involves and calls on people and entities in the church and beyond. In the choice of the family, with its new challenges and great resources,…
KOTA KINABALU – Sacred Heart Cathedral Kota Kinabalu will celebrate sixty years of the novena devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Oct 30 at 7:30 pm preceded by rosary recitation in three language and novena at 6:30 pm…
GEORGETOWN - Brother Anthony Rogers, Director of La Salle Brothers Malaysia, was conferred the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN), which carries the title ”Dato” in conjunction with the 77th birthday of the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Penang, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas.The…
TANJUNG ARU - Franciscan Sister Patricia Loo, 80, was called to eternal rest on 3 Sept 2015, at 3:34 PM, after a long battle with a persisting heart problem. She died peacefully at the hospital, after being hospitalized for heart…
ALEPPO – An extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, announced 13 Mar 2015 by Pope Francis during the penitential liturgy which he presided in St Peter’s, arouses reflections among the Christians in Syria, starting from the condition of anxiety and suffering they experience as we enter the fifth year of the Syrian conflict.
“Let us ask and beg God’s mercy for ourselves, for the Church here, for all our friends and fellow travelers, and also for all those who commit atrocities in the name of God: may God himself have mercy on us and them, and touch the hearts of all”.
This is what Bishop Georges Abou Khazen OFM, Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo for the Catholics of the Latin rite, says to Agenzia Fides, describing the feelings and expectations of the ‘Announcement of a Jubilee year dedicated to Mercy.’
KOTA KINABALU – Pope Francis chooses ‘encounter’ as theme for World Communications Day 2014. He said it is through communication that people are able to meet and encounter others on a meaningful level and to “express who we are, what we think and believe, how we wish to live and, perhaps more importantly, to come to know those with whom we are called to live. Here are what our young communicators encountered in the 3-day workshop and special open session of the recently held Media Workshop at Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish May 1-3.
Jeremy Lau: The experience I had was an amazing one! The topic Creative Evangelisation & Mass Media presented by Fr Francis Lucas was very informative and thought provoking. The talk covered on items including the new language, culture & ways of doing things of the world, the challenges for Catholics, ways to engage people through media and others.
TAWAU – 26 potential reporters coming from the various BECs, groups and ministries attended a 3-hour exposure on basic journalism and photography skill organized by the Social Communication Ministry (SOCCOM) of Holy Trinity Parish Tawau. The event was held at the Conference Room on Sunday Mar 9.
KOTA KINABALU (CS) – The statistics for this year is 7 more students than last year. This year saw 12 young men being accepted for aspirancy at the Catholic Archdiocesan Centre (CAC), which is also known as the Intensive English Year, while 12 were accepted for the Initiation Formation House at the IY (Initiation Year).
As is the tradition, the opening of the Academic Calendar for both the CAC and IY Year 2014 was marked with a concelebrated Mass at the IYFH Chapel Feb 17, presided by Archbishop John Wong.
SANDAKAN – World Day for Consecrated Life (WDCL) was celebrated in St Mary’s Cathedral Parish Feb10, 2014 at St Joseph’s Church.
The Eucharist was presided over by Fr Philip Muji and concelebrated by Fr Simon Kontou. More than 100 parishioners turned up to celebrate with the Religious.
Prior to this, a 3-day prayer (Triduum) beginning Feb 4, in preparation for the occasion, was led by the three different congregations serving in the parish. The Brothers of St Gabriel led the first day of the Triduum at St Mary’s Hostel, followed by the Good Shepherd Sisters on the second day at St Joseph’s Church, and the last day by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception at St Mary’s Chapel.