Coming Together

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.

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!!!

by, dDean

On Easter

Hello friends… Blessed Easter to all!!! As Catholics it is indeed our fundamental belief to Christ's death, resurrection and coming again.

We Catholic hold firm that Jesus died on the cross, through His death, the brokenness caused by the first man Adam and Eve were put right once again. It was and still the most precious gift from God, an act of love by Jesus to His fellow brothers and sisters. Unlike the first man, Jesus’ trust and fidelity to God is unquestionable, that He remain faithful to God till died on the Cross for us.

Christ's life is not ended when he was put to death on the cross, but on the third day he rose again from the dead. Through His resurrection Jesus shows that life in this world is indeed meaningful. Jesus tells us that our ultimate goal is to be reunite with God the Father our Creator. That life does not end after one’s death, but will be raise again to be reunite with our Father.

Thus, with this goal in mind we are called to be like Jesus, to be faithful to our loving Father. It is not to surrender our lives on the cross, but to show our faithfulness through our actions, which are always mirroring Jesus’ personality. We all are invited to live in holiness and to play our part as Christian, Catholic especially to make people aware that God never left us alone.

However, without close and deep relation with God, we cannot be Jesus or show Him to others and to remain faithful to him which is something hard to do. To have that close relation, to remain faithful and be Jesus for others, we must work on our personal relation with God. This can be enhanced through our daily prayer. Here in our diocese, we have Holy Hour in every parishes and in KSFX we have it every Thursday, and 15 hours of adoration to the blessed sacrament daily, 12 hours of adoration once in a month , weekly and in daily masses. Don’t miss all these chances or mediums, which can help us better in our daily lives, especially to make others see Jesus in us and that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

To His resurrection, which we hold firm as Catholics, let us together proclaim The Good News, through our daily deeds and words. Together, we rise and proclaim; “True enough, He is the Son of God and within three days He is able to build again the Temple of God” or simply proclaim “Truly, Jesus has died, Jesus is risen, Jesus will come again and He is now dwelling amongst us”

Hallelujah!!!

by, d'Dean

The Team

Youth Commission Team of Keningau Diocese

Baris Depan dari kiri:

Sr. Julita Joseph, Fsic, Dikon Ronnie Luni, Rev. Fr Rudolf Joannes,
Sr. Alice Lopez, Fsic, Sr. Tina Basil, Fsic.
Baris Belakang dari Kiri:

Wilfred James, Baxter Henry, Christine Kinsik, Narius Kubin dan Alexius Singgit

Pesan Bishop

Bersatu, Bersama dan Melayani dengan Yesus

”Pelayanan Belia pada masa kini merupakan satu pelayanan yang sangat mencabar. Sebagai pelayan belia kita harus sedar dan menerima kenyataan bahawa pengaruh media massa terhadap para belia tidak akan pernah berhenti. Di antara nilai yang dipromosikan oleh media massa ialah budaya materialistic dan hedonistic yang dilihat oleh ramai belia sebagai sesuatu yang syok!!! Namun tidak menyedari keseronokkan itu hanyalah sesuatu yang sementara. Tekanan dan ancaman ini bukan sahaja datang kepada para belia dilayani tetapi juga kepada kita sebagai pelayan belia. Ini menjadikan pelayanan belia itu agak berbeza dari sedikit masa yang lalu.

Bagaimanakah harus kita menjalani pelayanan ini agar kita tidak turut hanyut dalam arus duniawi? Kita harus sentiasa Bersatu, Bersama dan Melayani dengan Yesus. Maka menyedari keperluan inilah di Keuskupan Keningau, sebagai pelayan Gereja, selain menghadiri Misa Kudus, kita semua digalakkan untuk hadir ke Penyembahan Sakramen Mahakudus, Adorasi atau Saat Teduh yang diadakan setiap minggu di gereja. Memohon agar dikuasai terus oleh Dia dan Roh Kebijaksanaan-Nya dan seterusnya hidup dalam kesatuan dengan Yesus. Ini kerana hanya bersatu dengan Yesus akan menjamin kualiti kepimpinan yang baik. Yang tidak mementingkan glamour, kedudukkan dan penghormatan, namun dapat menghasilkan buah yang baik, pelayanan yang mampu melahirkan generasi pelapis.

Adalah perlu untuk tetap melayani bersama Yesus dan dengan Dia. Kita perlu belajar untuk mengenal wajah Yesus pada sesama Tim dan mereka yang dilayani. Bersatu dan Bersama Dia juga bermaksud kita dituntut untuk melayani dengan penuh cinta kasih. Hanya dengan kasih kepada Yesus sahajalah yang dapat meneguhkan komitmen kita pada pelayanan, menjadikan kita seorang yang komited dan bahagia dalam pelayanan ini”. Demikianlah kata Bapa Uskup Cornelius Piong semasa upacara perlepasan janji komitmen Team Komisi Kerasulan Belia Katolik Keuskupan Keningau, pada 28 Mac 2009 yang lepas.

Tarikh tersebut menjadi sejarah buat Keuskupan Keningau kerana menyaksikan seramai 10 orang belia melepaskan janji komitmen di hadapan Bapa Uskup dan umat untuk terus melayani dalam Komisi Belia untuk jangkamasa tiga tahun 2009-2011. Tim ini telah dibentuk pada 13 Januari yang lepas, yang diketuai oleh Rev. Fr Rudolf Joannes sebagai Pembimbing Rohani, saudara Wilfred James sebagai Kordinator Belia Keuskupan dan dibantu oleh Sr. Alice Lopez, Fsic, Sr. Tina Basil, Fsic, Sr. Julita Joseph, Fsic, Cikgu Christine Kinsik, Kateksis Alexius Singgit, Cikgu Baxter Henry, Cikgu Narius Kubin dan Dikon Ronnie Luni.

Pada masa yang sama, Bishop Cornelius juga mengharapkan agar Tim ini dapat menjadi sama seperti Yesus yang datang bukan untuk dilayani tetapi melayani. Disamping itu bukan mencari masa untuk Yesus, tetapi memberikan masa untuk datang kepada Dia melalui doa peribadi, mendalami firman-Nya dan apa jua medium yang ada bagi mengeratkan diri dengan Yesus, agar dikuasai terus oleh Dia. Dan yang paling utama tetap menjadikan Yesus sebagi model dalam pelayanan. Selamat melayani kepada semua Tim dan Tuhan memberkati anda semua!!!

Oleh: d’Dean