SANDAKAN - The Catechetical Sunday for 2017, being brought forward from September to January by the Catechetical Commission of Malaysia, has eased problems for Sunday School teachers in the parish. Sunday School usually begins classes in January each year. The…
PAPAR – St Therese Sabandil here organised a Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS) after a hiatus of 20 years for over a hundred participants, aged 13-65, on 25-26 Feb 2017. A CSE Brother and four Putri Karmel Sisters from the…
THE handwriting is tiny, barely legible and written in the author’s native Spanish. But the ideas are so familiar by now that they are easily understood. They are the handwritten notes of the speech Jorge Mario Bergoglio delivered to his…
KOTA KINABALU - Over a hundred people attended an apologetic course at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre here on 1-2 Apr 2017. The course entitled The Christian Truth was jointly organised by the Splendour Project, LifeLine and Pastoral Resource Team.…
KOTA KINABALU - Over 3, 000 attended the prayer vigil for peace and harmony at the Padang Merdeka here on 31 Mar 2017. The vigil, organised by the Sabah Council of Churches (SCC) and Commission on Sabah Affairs (COSA) drew…
KUCHING - Thousands attended the installation of Most Rev Simon Poh as third Archbishop of Kuching Archdiocese on 20 Mar 2017 at St Joseph's Cathedral here. Those who came included the region's arch/bishops, local politicans, and interfaith leaders. In his homily…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has written a letter to Cardinal Kevin Farrell outlining his vision for 9th World Meeting of Families, which will take place in Dublin in August 2018. The letter, dated 25 Mar 2017, was presented…
VATICAN CITY - Vatican Radio’s English shortwave (SW) broadcast for Asia has come to an end, with its last transmission going out Friday evening, after nearly 60 years of service. However, this does not mean it has disappeared altogether. What…
DUBLIN, Ireland - Just a little more than a year away, the Archdiocese of Dublin released a video on 22 Mar 2017 inviting families from around the world to come together in Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in…
MUNTILAN, Central Java - Preliminary meetings have been held in preparation of the 7th Asian Youth Day (AYD), scheduled for 30 July-6 August 2017 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Representatives from 16 countries met on 20-24 March during the ‘Days of the Diocese’…