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…
PAPAR – St Joseph Parish here received its first 63 members for the year. A total of 63 infants and children aged six years and below were baptised by Fathers Thomas Yip and Father Thomas Madanan on 18 Feb 2017.…
PAPAR – The Catholic community of Kg Dambai here witnessed the blessing of its newly built chapel dedicated to St Damian by Archbishop John Wong on 26 Feb 2017. The ceremony began with the blessing of the chapel’s entrance door followed…
PENAMPANG - Members of Church of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in Bukit Padang organised a fellowship to thank outgoing assistant pastor on 26 Feb 2017 at the Catholic Archdiocesan Centre here. Father Wilfred Atin will be assisting St Michael Penampang starting…
KOTA KINABALU - The Exorcism and Deliverance seminar drew 200 participants on 24-25 Feb 2017 at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre here. The seminar, organised by the Archdiocesan Service Team of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), was facilitated by Father…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For decades, the visits bishops are required to make to the Vatican were known for their formality and routine style, but Pope Francis launched "a whole new style of 'ad limina' visits," a Chilean bishop…
KOTA KINABALU - Sacred Heart Cathedral here celebrated a vigil Mass in response to the call of the Malaysian bishops for a day of prayer for Malaysia. Over 300 people attended the liturgical celebration presided by Archbishop John Wong on…
PAPAR – Members of SOCCOM Papar-Limbahau had their final meeting at St Joseph here on 20 Feb 2017 in preparation for the basic journalism workshop to be held on Feb 25-26. It would be the first project of the social…
TANJUNG ARU – Seventy-two confirmands received the sacrament of confirmation at the BM Mass in Stella Maris Parish here on 22 Jan 2017. The Mass was presided by Archbishop John Wong who was making his pastoral visit to the parish.…
KOTA KINABALU - The third Parish Discipleship Formation (PDF) attracted five participants. The participants were four school leavers and a college graduate. The programme ran from 6-25 Jan 2017 at the Annex, Montfort Training Centre Kinarut and Sacred Heart Parish Centre…