New Mission Tadika opens at St Catherine

INANAM – March 12, 2016 was a day of double blessing for the parish of St Catherine here when Archbishop John Wong blessed and declared open the new Mission Tadika Sinar Sukacita, and later  blessed the newly built SK St Catherine block. This double event was witnessed, among others, by parents of students, teaching staff, parish priest Fr David Sham and his assistant, Fr Paul Lo, members of the Board of Governors of the kindergarten and primary school, Spiritual Adviser of the Archdiocese Early Childhood Education Committee (AECEC) Fr Jalius Sading, Head of Archdiocese Education Commission Sr Rita Chew fsic, Head of AECEC Jennifer Anjek and other AECEC committee members.

Mission Tadika Sinar Sukacita opened its doors to children on Jan 11, this year following approval by the Education Department of the application for registration of the kindergarten. Currently, Tadika Sinar Sukacita has 52 children between the ages of 4 to 6 enrolled in the kindergarten.

Tadika Sinar Sukacita St Catherine is one of thirteen new mission kindergartens that were established over the past year in the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. Five of these new mission kindergartens are in the Inanam Parish. This remarkable emergence of so many mission kindergartens in a short time is largely due the commitment and unstinting efforts from the members of the Archdiocese Early Childhood Committee in support of the Vision and Mission promulgated by Archbishop John Wong. The committee was entrusted with the objective to inculcate our Catholic faith to the young children of pre-school age and to build a strong foundation of love for Jesus and the Church. – AECEC, Ephraim Koujou