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Kepimpinan Baharu OFS Malaysia dipilih
Persaudaraan Kebangsaan yang Sedang Membangun (Emerging National Fraternity) bagi Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) Malaysia baharu sahaja melangsungkan Chapter Elektif Kebangsaan kali ketiga pada Mac 28, 2026 di Pusat Retret Pace Bene, Purak. PAPAR: Persaudaraan...
Handover of Perjalanan Salib from St Ann’s Parish, Kota Padawan to St Stephen Bau
Pictured with the Salib from left are the Altar Servers, St Ann PPC Chairman Mr Judas Ligon, Fr Nelson Evarinus, Fr Don Don Ramerez, Fr Davie Entalai, St Stephen Bau PPC Chairman Mr David Disam. (Photo: St Ann Media) KOTA PADAWAN — The handover of the Perjalanan...
Transitus 800: Franciscan Jubilee 2026
The Risen Christ Catholic Church hosted an exposition of the relic of St Francis of Assisi recently, drawing parishioners and visitors into a day of prayer, reflection and renewed commitment to Franciscan spirituality. The congregation including the friars spending...
Crowds venerate relics of St Francis at St Mary’s during Franciscan Jubilee year
In a one-day observance, some 1,350 faithful passed through the Chapel of San Damiano Franciscan Centre at the Bukit Batok parish on Feb 22 to venerate the relics of three Franciscans. To mark 800 years since the death of St Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo XIV declared a...
Risen Christ P. Pinang siap siaga untuk Pra-Paskah
Musim Pra- Paskah merupakan satu panggilan untuk kembali kepada Tuhan melalui doa, pertobatan dan pembaharuan hidup, kata Friar Cosmas Francis, OFM semasa memimpin Rekoleksi Persiapan Pra-Paskah di Gereja Katolik Risen Christ pada Januari 25. PULAU...
A renewed sense of fraternity
Friar Sixtus Peter OFM was one of 14 friars from seven countries in the 2025 run of the Asian Franciscan Formators Training (AFFT) programme. He shares a reflection on his experience. "Six, see if you're interested in joining next year's AFFT. If you're open, Crispus...
Receiving and sending forth
Greccio Friary was filled with expectation on 10 January 2026 as the friars gathered for a double moment of grace: the reception of two new postulants, Timothy Colond and Matthew S Lim, and the sending forth of three young brothers, Samuel Tan, Daniel Xavier, and...
St Francis lives on!
"Welcome, Sister Death!" These words will ring in our ears repeatedly this year as we mark 800 years since the death of St Francis on 3 October 1226. On the night of his passing (Transitus), Francis had the brothers sing the canticle he composed the year before - the...
Embracing change for spiritual renewal
Dear friends, “Change is the only constant in life,” said Heraclitus, and indeed the new year marked a change for many friars in our Custody. For example, there is a new parish team at St Mary of the Angels, and Friar Joseph Lee, the first in our Custody to reach 70...