Focus
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Leadership tips for the New Year: How to live a life of service
Jan 10, 2025
The heroes of great epics are often celebrated for their leadership and remarkable transformations. These characters resonate in our hearts, embodying the universal desire for greatness, impact and change.
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Caritas MJD’s mission to serve and transform lives
Jan 03, 2025
Beyond Borders is an experiential service-learning mission initiated by Caritas MJD, designed to provide volunteers with the opportunity to support underprivileged communities beyond the Malacca Johore Diocese.
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Volunteers go on a transformative journey to Amritsar
Jan 03, 2025
From November 22 to December 1, a group of volunteers went on a mission trip to Amritsar, Punjab, India. It was organised by the Archdiocesan Office for Human Development (AOHD) as part of their newly launched Missions initiative.
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New cardinals from 17 nations called to build church unity
Dec 21, 2024
Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals in St Peter’s Basilica December 7, urging them to resist the “seduction of power” and instead follow “the path of Jesus.”
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New cardinals, an ageing Pope and the upcoming conclave
Dec 21, 2024
Pope Francis turned 88 on December 17. Depending on how one keeps score, that makes him something like the fifth or sixth oldest man ever to occupy the Chair of Peter.
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The Christmas journey
Dec 21, 2024
We begin the Christmas journey with Mary who, in response to Caesar’s call for a census to be taken – each one to be registered in the home country, leaves Nazareth for Bethlehem.
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Pope Francis’ eco-village to promote ecological conversion at 2025 Jubilee
Dec 13, 2024
Pope Francis’ plan to build an ecovillage in the historic gardens of Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the popes, will be complete for the 2025 Jubilee, allowing pilgrims and tourists to participate in an immersive experience of “ecological conversion,” organisers said.
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The priest as catechetical leader
Dec 13, 2024
In this article, I will focus specifically on his role as the catechetical leader in the parish.
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Celebrating 25 years of consecrated life in small ‘bites’
Dec 13, 2024
Sr Mampheteli Clementine Sekantsi, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Family Sisters of Bordeaux, celebrated the 25th anniversary of her religious profession in a unique way by feeding the homeless for 25 weeks.
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On the synod and the end of ‘professional Christians’
Dec 06, 2024
“Synodality is already taking root at the local level in many parts of the Church worldwide,” observed Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, 70 president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference and one of the Synod’s president delegates. Speaking in an exclusive interview with America magazine’s Vatican correspondent, Gerard O’Connell after the Synod concluded, he added, “This isn’t surprising, because it is the work of the Spirit.”



Sunday Reflection
Jesus calls us to be courageous and embrace risks
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Andrew Kooi
