VATICAN CITY - Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of 15, offering his suffering for the pope and for the Church, was among four laypeople whose heroic virtues were recognised by the Congregation for the Causes of…
KOTA KINABALU - Father Saimon William marked 20 years of priestly ministry on 4 July 2018 at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre here. The celebration was held two days ahead of the actual anniversary on July 6. It was concelebrated…
SANDAKAN - Fifty-six couples and 26 singles attended a marriage enrichment seminar organised jointly by the Family Life Commission, Parish Family Life Ministry, and the Catechetical Commission at the Conference Hall, Diocesan Pastoral Centre here on 15-16 June 2018. The…
TAWAU - Sixty-one youth from three communities gathered for the DOCAT on 10 June 2018 at the house of James Joseph Kumanireng. Initiated by Msgr Nicholas Ong, the gathering was organised by Franciscan Sister Julita Joseph and Seminarian Dafrin Diwol.…
TAWAU - Holy Trinity Parish here celebrated feast day on 24 June 2018, Nativity of St John the Baptist with bazaar and family day celebration. Eight hundred parishioners turned up for the Mass presided by Msgr Nicholas Ong, concelebrated with…
PENAMPANG - Forty parish staff attended an Electronic Data Processing (EDP) refresher course at the Catholic Archdiocesan Centre here on 3 July 2018. The attendees came from 16 parishes and a sub-parish in the archdiocese. Most of them are young…
KOTA KINABALU - Eleven members of the Association of Pauline Cooperators closed their centenary celebration with a renewal of their pledge at the chapel of the Sacred Heart Cathedral here on 2 July 2018. The renewal of the pledge took…
KUDAT - Twenty-two retired teachers were honoured at the Archdiocesan Teachers Day at the De Wit Memorial Hall here on 30 June 2018. The honourees were from Kota Marudu (9) and Kudat (13). They received a certificate of appreciation and…
PENAMPANG - The Archbishop's Communications Office (ArchComms) of Singapore organised a second Veritas Workshop on untangling fake news livestreamed to Malaysia and Brunei on 28 June 2018. This was the first joint activity of the three countries after the Regional…
SANDAKAN - St Mark here hosted the Sandakan parish-level Kaamatan-Gawai (KAWAI) Festival on 9-10 June 2018. Kaamatan is a Kadazan-Dusun term for "harvest" and is celebrated for the whole month of May. It is normally celebrated by the ethnic Kadazan-Dusuns,…