‘Transitus’ of Francis: End of an Era and a Great Legacy
The world mourns for Pope Francis at his ‘transitus’, to use a word that is both rich in meaning and familiar to the Church and the Franciscan spiritual tradition to describe one’s passing.
Law graduate enters seminary in service of God and his Church
Augustine Joseph Chen, O.P. is a Kuching youth born to Cecilia and Anselm Chen who went to study Law in Oxford, England but found his...
Purple Paradox – The reason purple is the colour of Lent
Lent begins this year on 2 March with Ash Wednesday. The colour purple is part and parcel of Lent. However, the colour purple is also a colour of paradox.
Korean missionaries build up lives in Malaysia’s Borneo
Priests from South Korea started the mission after Western missionaries were restricted in the Muslim-majority country.
‘Some Saints lived with mental illness’
As we heed Pope Francis’ invitation to pray during November for those suffering from depression, Deacon Ed Shoener recalls that we are all worthy of God’s grace, even those who live with a mental illness.
Stretch forth your hand to the Poor
A REFLECTION the day after the WORLD DAY of the POOR…
“STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND to the POOR!”