RANAU: A total of 17 members of the parish Pastoral Care for the Sick, Aged and Needy Ministry made a maiden visit to the Don Bosco Children’s Home at Bundu Tuhan, here, on Oct 13. Some of the members were there for the first time even though the centre had existed for not less thanContinueContinue reading “Ministry’s maiden visit to Don Bosco Children’s Home”
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Record number of First Holy Communicants, confirmands on feast day
KOTA KINABALU: This year’s St Simon Feast Day celebration saw a record number of First Holy Communicants with 51 candidates and 46 confirmands, on Nov 4. The event started off with Mass at the main church where Archbishop John Wong led the celebration, which was concelebrated with Archbishop Emeritus John Lee, parish rector Fr CosmasContinueContinue reading “Record number of First Holy Communicants, confirmands on feast day”
Come visit our Bazaar & Food Fair on Feb 4!
Come and support our cause this coming Sunday (Feb 4) to raise funds for the Catholic Centre Building. Fresh food and homemade drinks including games and karaoke stalls are available. See you soon! 🙂
Boys’ Brigade: Engaging a lost generation
KOTA KINABALU:Â A briefing on the Boys’ Brigade Ministry and its impact on young people in the parish was given by St Simon Catholic Church Likas rector Fr Cosmas Lee, here, on Dec 9, 2017. Organised by ministry leader Godfrey Moay, among the topics covered were the declining number of young people attending Church activitiesContinueContinue reading “Boys’ Brigade: Engaging a lost generation”
Parish hosts LoM’s 13th Annual General Reunion
KOTA KINABALU: The Legion of Mary (LoM), the Praesdium of Our Lady of Annunciation, of St Simon Catholic Church Likas hosted the 13th Annual General Reunion (AGR) at its parish hall here on Dec 9, 2017. The AGR, attended by some 110 participants at the event recently, is a reunion of all the legionaries underContinueContinue reading “Parish hosts LoM’s 13th Annual General Reunion”
Fr Cosmas’ 41st Sacerdotal Anniversary
KOTA KINABALU: Well-wishers turned up to offer their prayers on the 41st Sacerdotal Anniversary of Fr Cosmas Lee at the chapel, here, on Dec 27, 2017. The St Simon Catholic Church Likas rector, in his opening address, candidly told the congregation that, more often than not, after the priest reached their 40-year milestone, they noContinueContinue reading “Fr Cosmas’ 41st Sacerdotal Anniversary”
Christmas with St Joseph: The Guardian of Jesus
KOTA KINABALU: This time, the St Simon Catholic Church Likas parish decided to celebrate Christmas especially in the company of Joseph, the guardian of Jesus. “That we may receive the birth of the Lord in the same spirit as ‘holy Joe’,” the rector of St Simon Catholic Church Likas, Fr Cosmas Lee, told the packedContinueContinue reading “Christmas with St Joseph: The Guardian of Jesus”
‘Trust in Jesus’, archbishop says at recent St Simon feast day
KOTA KINABALU: At the recent Feast Day celebration, Archbishop John Wong reminded the St Simon Catholic Church Likas parishioners to trust in Jesus and listen to what God is telling them through the Good News. Citing the Gospel of Luke, the prelate spoke about how Jesus spent the whole night in prayer before handpicking HisContinueContinue reading “‘Trust in Jesus’, archbishop says at recent St Simon feast day”
‘I came here to be near God’
St Simon Catholic Church Likas Soccom Ministry photographer and regular contributor writes about her visit to the Holy Family Residence for Senior Citizens in Papar, alongside the parish’s Pastoral Care Ministry, recently. What she didn’t expect was a chance meet-up with one of the residents who shared her inspirational journey of conversion, which turned the formalContinueContinue reading “‘I came here to be near God’”
‘We are precious to God,’ rector says on Mother’s Day
KOTA KINABALU: The St Simon Catholic Church Likas rector Fr Cosmas Lee waxed lyrical, in his Mother’s Day homily recently, when he described how the Moon reflects light from the Sun, of which without the latter the Moon won’t be visible from Earth. “Many fathers, saints and theologians of the Church often use this allegory, thisContinueContinue reading “‘We are precious to God,’ rector says on Mother’s Day”
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