Programmes to be incorporated through-out the Jubilee Year of Mercy in our own parish:

VISIT TO HOLY FAMILY HOME, PAPAR The outreach team from the Ministry for Pastoral Care for Sick, Aged and Needy will be visiting the Holy Family Home , Papar on Sat 21st May. Parishioners who would like to join in can inform the Parish Office. We will depart from St Simon at 9.30am.

PRODIGAL SON Retreat by Jeffrey Goh - happening 12 & 13 Aug, Fri & Sat. Registration is on-going, closes on 17 July.

Fees - RM100.00 per participant, inclusive of meals. First come first serve - limit to 50 participants only!!!

We will continue to update parishioners. So do check out this box!!!

Every Tuesday, from 19 April - 14 June Between 7.30pm—9.30pm.

Your Taman Leader will contact you to schedule the date of visit to your home.

OME VISITATION

ST SIMON’s very own “SOON-TO-BE LIBRARY! We have collected almost 100 2nd hand books!! THANK YOU so much to those who have donated. The children are getting very excited! We still NEED SOME MORE! Those who have CATHOLIC books at home that you no longer read, placing them in our SOON-TO-BE Library will make them useful again. For more information, please contact Audrey 0178169280 or the Parish Office.

ASCENSION MASS - 4 May at 7.30pm. Please take note that this is a DAY OF OBLIGATION!!!

NEWS AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS

CHILDREN MASS - 8 May at

the 8.30am Mass. Children

are requested to sit at the

front pews reserved for

them. Parents please take

note..

Coming up ……..

24-hours for the Lord Come Holy Spirit, Fill Us With

Mercy Friday May 13: 6.30pm - Mass Friday 13 - Saturday 14: 7.00pm-5.00pm - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Quiet Time with the Lord (groups assigned) 8.00pm - 10.00pm - Confession Saturday May 14: 8.00am - Morning Prayer (Divine Office) 9.00am - 12noon - Confession 3.00pm - Divine Mercy Prayer 3.15pm - 4.45pm - Confession 5.00pm - Benediction 5.30pm - Mass Parishioners are strongly encouraged to take part.

PRAYERFUL CONDOLENCE to the family of the

late Chong Nyuk Tshin @ Teresa Chong who passed

away on 26 April. May her soul rest in peace.

St Simon Catholic

Church Likas

Address: Jln Punai Tanah, Off Jln Tuaran Mile 3.5 (KM 6), 88400 Kota Kinabalu

Tel: 088-212713 Fax: 088-288713

Email: SSCCL010608@gmail.com Webpage: http://stsimonlikas.wordpress.com

Office Hrs: Mon-Fri: 9.00am - 1.00pm; 2.00pm-5.00pm Sat: 9.00am - 1.00pm

Rector: Rev. Cosmas Lee

Sunday Services: Masses (Eng) - 8.30am; 5.00pm;

Rosary - 4.15pm Confession - 8.15am; 4.45pm Weekday Masses (Chapel)

Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri - 6.30pm Holy Hour (Chapel)-Every Thursday

7.30pm followed by Mass at 8.30pm Weekly Intercessory Prayers - every Tuesday after

weekday Mass Chapel opens 7.00am - 9.00pm

Bulletin edition: 1 May, 2016

6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER - 1 MAY

R1: Acts 15:1-2,22-29; R2: Rev 21:10-14,22-23; Gospel: Jn 14:23-29

Resp. Psalm: Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.

ASCENSION OF THE LORD - 4 MAY

R1: Acts 1:1-11; R2: Eph 1:17-23; Gospel: Lk 24:46-53

Resp. Psalm: God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.

7TH SUNDAY OF EASTER - 8 MAY

R1: Acts 7:55-60; R2: Rev 22:12-14,16-17,20; Gospel: Jn 17:20-26

Resp. Psalm: The Lord is king, most high above all the earth.

Saints & Feast Days May 1 - St Joseph the Worker May 2 - St Athanasius, bishop & doctor May 3 - Ss Philip & James, apostles May 4 - The English Martyrs - St Conleth, bishop May 5 - St Asaph, bishop - Blessed Edmund Rice, religious May 10- St Comgall, abbot May 12- Ss Nereus & Achilleus, martyrs - St Pancras, martyr May 13- Our Lady of Fatima May 14- St Matthias, apostle May 15- St Carthage, bishop

PENTECOST - 15 MAY

R1: Acts 2:1-11; R2: Rom 8:8-17;

Gospel: Jn 14:15-16,23-26 Resp. Psalm: Send forth your Spirit. O Lord,

and renew the face of the earth.

Ascension of our Lord into Heaven As He blessed them He was carried up

to heaven

Testimony from Neophytes…...

In my earlier years, I didn’t have much of a relationship with God. It was a relationship that I took for granted. I prayed because everyone’s doing it or I just wanted something rather than out of love or devotion. When I look back now, I realize that I lost the sense of sin, blinded by the physical world on so many occasions. It was the mercy and love of God that saved me from falling deeper into sin. Since then I have a wonderful family, secured a good job, and was quite contented with life. But because of the original sin and the tough world we live in, it’s always tough in my daily life and relationship with people. My mind was full of negativity and the mind can only take so much. I went to church a number of times before this, the best I like about Mass was when the priest said, “Go, the Mass is ended” and the parishioners responded; “Thanks be to God”. Mass didn’t mean anything to me back then. In 2014, Christmas Eve, I attended the Mass at St. Simon Church Likas with my family, I was as usual, feeling nothing. We were seated outside of the church when the choir sang ‘Ave Maria’, it was a feeling that I will never forget. Throughout the song I felt at ease, very peaceful. And my heart was so overwhelmed that I felt like a little nudge. Since then I attended Mass more and eventually joined the RCIA. Every time I stepped into the church, I felt everything slowed down from outside where everything is always in a rush. I felt at home, where I’m supposed to be. Technically I have a home, but that’s where my physical body rests, every time in the church, that is where my soul rests. From there I got to know my saviour, Jesus Christ, and He changed my life. Through the Holy Spirit, I have begun to look and think of things, people, situations, good or bad, humbly. God has given me strength to steer away from the bad when my weak mind was inclined to do so. He saved me, over and over again, in every way. A person can be saved!

The night of my baptism will remain the best night of my life. Each time I receive the Lord it’s an experience that fills me with joy and hope. It’s a privilege that I can receive the Lord in the form of bread, to nourish and sustain not only me but also the whole Catholic community. Nothing will take me away from the Eucharist, for it is there that I have experienced the grace of the Lord. I’m sure that God who began the wonderful work within me will continue until the day I’d be received by His loving arms. In waiting for the Lord to come again, I shall serve as His faithful and humble servant, now and forever. Praise the Lord. Amen. By Alvin

MASS DONATIONS

17 April - Black Bag -RM7,266.11 Red Bag - RM5,851.30 24 April - Black Bag -RM6,336.65 Red Bag - RM5,318.55 Thank you for your generosity, and may God bless you!

Please use the Parish Webpage (http://stsimonlikas.wordpress.com)

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD CHILDREN RETREATCHILDREN RETREAT

DATE: FRIDAY, 27 May - Sunday 29 May 2016 VENUE: Montfort Youth Training Centre Campus FOR: Children 9 - 12 years old FEE: RM80.00 per participant ( accommodation, food and Retreat Materials)

CONTACT PERSONS: Cecilia Yih - 0198516787 Charlene Luk - 0178238830 Collette Chen - 0168414700 Jenny Tsen - 0168336264 First come first serve basis. Registration counter opened before and after Mass.

ARCHDIOCESE KAAMATAN CELEBRATION at Holy Family Church, Telipok on 2 May. Mass at 10.00am. All are invited to join in the celebration.

PRIESTLY ORDINATION of Deacon Joshua Liew on Tuesday, 3 May at Sacred Heart Cathedral at 7.30pm. All are encouraged to attend and let us keep him in our prayers. Please take note that there will be NO Weekday Mass at St Simon on this day.