KOTA KINABALU – The Council of Religious held a Day of Recollection at Montfort Youth Training Centre Kinarut Jan 31, which was attended by 60 religious Brothers and Sisters.
The recollection was presented by Fr Collin Tan, Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus of Malaysia-Singapore Region.
PENAMPANG – On its vocation page this year, Catholic Sabah (CS) focuses on the Lasallian charism.
Saint John Baptist de La Salle was born in France in 1651. He belonged to one of the more important families in the city of Rheims. At the age of 27 he was ordained a priest.
Attentive to God’s voice, a voice calling him to place all his trust in Him, John Baptist stripped himself of everything: first of his title as canon, then of his patrimony which he distributed to the poor during a famine that desolated France in 1683 and 1684, thereby becoming completely poor himself just as the young people who came to his schools, and just like the teachers whom he encouraged to place their faith in God.
KOTA KINABALU – The 2nd fundraising dinner of 122 tables organized by Friends of St John Vianney (FSJV) at Putera Theatre Ballroom Feb 1 saw a successful gathering of priests, religious, seminarians and aspirants, benefactors, supporters and parishioners of Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese. Archbishop Emeritus John Lee and Archbishop John Wong graced the occasion.
TANJUNG ARU – Feb 1 saw 53 JWG students from the parish of Stella Maris Church being conferred the Sacrament of Confirmation by Archbishop John Wong.
JWG, Joyful Weekend Gathering is the Sunday School program of the parish to form and prepare students for Confirmation, ranging from 13-18 years of age.
Speaking to the parishioners at the parish hall after the Mass, the Archbishop encouraged all to know their new parish priest well. Msgr Primus Jouil was transferred to the parish in the recent reshuffle of clergy in the archdiocese last October.
TANJUNG ARU – Stella Maris Parish launched the St Catherine Laboure RM1-a-brick fundraising project at the church parish hall in conjunction with the Carols by Candlelight, followed by a fully-sponsored dinner at the Fellowship Centre Dec 21 last year.
The idea of the RM1-a-brick was to enable any and every one to take up the challenge to be fully involved as a Church by their willingness to support no matter their financial standing. Your least contribution would cost you RM1 for a brick. With the completion of the Church, each one could literally say that their “bricks” have contributed to build up the Church!
KOTA KINABALU – Archdiocesan Youth Pastoral Team (AYPT) is instrumental in providing faith building activities for young people every year. Having organized the previous Emmaus Camp for teenagers last November, once again AYPT organized Emmaus Camp for youths for the sixth time, at CSG Centre Jan 11-24. The faith building camp was participated by 34 school leaver youths aged 18-20 years old from 11 different parishes around Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese.
KOTA KINABALU (CS) – Good mentors are hard to come by. If you want a mentor to keep mentoring, showcase how their actions have paid-off. All of us are inspired when we see the fruits of our labors. Mentors are no different. Show them the results – it speaks volumes!
The Archdiocesan Catholic Women’s League (ACWL) of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu is a fruit of Archbishop Emeritus John Lee’s labour, no doubt! While the ACWL can never thank him enough, they hope it demonstrates to him that they are appreciative of his leadership, and above all, his role as their mentor, with a great turn-up at the grand dinner celebration, organized by the ACWL, in honour of his 50th anniversary of priestly service at the Putera Theatre Ballroom Jan 27. This was despite an earlier dinner celebration which saw more than a thousand attendees.
KUCHING – St Peter’s College held its annual Thanksgiving Mass for the Friends of St Peter’s at St Joseph’s Cathedral, Kuching on 3 Nov 2014.
During the Thanksgiving Mass, which was well attended by about 600 friends of St Peter’s College, Bishop Cornelius Piong of Keningau Diocese installed 12 First Year Theologians to the Ministry of Lector and two Second Year Theologians to the Ministry of Acolyte.
This Lunar Year is the Year of the Goat (Sheep). It is also a year to reflect on the virtue of Gratitude, and to live Gratitude.
The mild goat, sheep or ram is one who knows gratefulness to the one who provides and protects so that it can live in restfulness and contentment having all its needs taken care of.
Looking back at the tumultuous Year of the Horse in 2014, we recalled with pain the tragedies, wars and persecutions, the countless and needless loss of life, the ravages of diseases, the economic and political instabilities, the religious wrangles, the recessions, the dissatisfactions, etc, while at the same time, let us also be grateful for our health, our life, our family and our freedom today. Let us be mindful that there will come a day when we too will encounter the constraint of physical realities. Yet that reality does not lessen the gratitude we feel today, and we need to believe that even when we are weak or sorrowful or dejected, we will still be grateful for those blessings we have had.
Sr Marysia Malating: I am the youngest child of 11 siblings in the family. I was born in April 20, 1984 and I am so grateful that I grew up in a Catholic family. My father was the first catechist in our village and he is my source of inspiration to a life of prayer and being unshakeable in my catholic faith.