Coming Together
165 of them, coming from 8 parishes and 2 Missions and spend their time together in three days and two nights for a renewal and faith formation. Some of them are new in the ministry or newly appointed as leaders or as a team members, and for some they have been there since long ago and had become the back bones of the ministry. Thanks to you all!!!
The theme for the recollection is taken from the Diocese of Keningau pastoral theme which is "Ekaristi Teras Keluarga Berbudaya Menyembah Tuhan, Membentuk Iman dan Bertanggungjawab Sosial" or "Eucharist the source of strength for family to live with culture of worshiping God, formation of faith and social responsibility. Through this recollection, the participants felt bless because they were given the chances to deepen their understanding on the pastoral theme, itself. 
In first day, during the opening mass Fr. Rudolf Joannes in his homily talks about "The Good Shepherd" the main point of his homily was to focus on the source of Christian Leadership and to live out His spirituality, in order to serve better and to be a living witness of Christ in today’s world.
Second day, was a challenging and tiring day and of course a blessing. Talking 
about spiritual and spirituality in her sharing Sr. Olga James, FSIC show how these two terms are differ in it's meaning. Through the sharing and her explanation, the participants are now able to differentiate the two terms and how important Christian Spirituality to daily lives is. She said many of our youth today does not know what spirituality is, and the inability to live it out and understand the christian spirituality slowly driven them away from the church and this also why many accused Catholic as a mere Christian, that we only good in numbers but weak in testimony and as witness to Christian faith.
about spiritual and spirituality in her sharing Sr. Olga James, FSIC show how these two terms are differ in it's meaning. Through the sharing and her explanation, the participants are now able to differentiate the two terms and how important Christian Spirituality to daily lives is. She said many of our youth today does not know what spirituality is, and the inability to live it out and understand the christian spirituality slowly driven them away from the church and this also why many accused Catholic as a mere Christian, that we only good in numbers but weak in testimony and as witness to Christian faith.Apart from that, all participants also had the chance to work in small group through three major topics that they've discussed during the day, the topic includes" The issues and challenges in doing ministry", Regional and local analysis" and Sign of God with us". According to some these three workshops is heavy, yet they are very grateful to have these workshop because through it they can know better their team and how to learn from each other without condemning other opinions or ideas. The awareness of the constant changing in the world arena is now also important for them to be able to understand what actually is going on in today’s world, and for them to be effective in doing their ministry.
At the end of the session, Mr. Wilfred James in his conclusion explained, the reason to start the recollection with "Good Shepherd", talked about spiritual and spirituality and end the session with "Sign of God with us" is simply because we want to know more, understand more about our Pastoral Theme and to know the reason why we are required to be responsible Christian. As the Eucharist is the source of strength, and the Eucharist is Jesus, we have to follow Jesus' way of life. By Eating His body and drink His blood, we now had become the “Broken Bread”. Being the "Broken Bread" we have to be Jesus to others or simply bring Jesus' personality come to life through us, that other people may see and proclaim that indeed God is still with us, and He is not cold God after all!!!
At the end of the session, Mr. Wilfred James in his conclusion explained, the reason to start the recollection with "Good Shepherd", talked about spiritual and spirituality and end the session with "Sign of God with us" is simply because we want to know more, understand more about our Pastoral Theme and to know the reason why we are required to be responsible Christian. As the Eucharist is the source of strength, and the Eucharist is Jesus, we have to follow Jesus' way of life. By Eating His body and drink His blood, we now had become the “Broken Bread”. Being the "Broken Bread" we have to be Jesus to others or simply bring Jesus' personality come to life through us, that other people may see and proclaim that indeed God is still with us, and He is not cold God after all!!!
by, dDean
