Please use the Parish Webpage (http://stsimonlikas.wordpress.com) to see latest bulletin for information on Services Schedule etc.

PRAY THE ROSARY IN OCTOBER

Apart from the scheduled recitation of the rosary in church, all families, neighbor-hoods, and ministry groups are also en-couraged to recite this simple and most profound prayer, a favorite of Catholics to pray together with Mother Mary and to strengthen the bond we have with each other. Please be reminded that there will be ro-sary recitation at 10.30am in the Chapel on Sundays in October.

SUNDAY SCHOOL To all Parents of FHC and Confirmation candidates – Important Reminder:- 1) Sun, 30 Oct, from 10.15am to 12 noon, in classroom – RECOLLECTION - for all candidates, Parents and Confirmation Sponsors are required to be present. 2) Sun, 6 Nov, from 10.30am, in main church – REHEARSAL - for all candidates and Confirmation Sponsors, together with all ministries. 3) Sat, 12 Nov, from 8.30am, in the main church – INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION – for all candidates. 4) Sun, 13 Nov during 8.30am Mass in the main church – FIRST HOLY COMMUNION and CONFIRMATION – for all candidates and Confirmation Spon-sors. Please refer to candidate’s own class teach-er if you have any query. Mass for Children & Young People will be on 27 Nov 2016, which falls on the First Sunday of Advent.

ALL SAINTS VIGIL MASS will be celebrated on Monday, Oct 31, 2016. Recitation of rosary will begin at 6.30pm, followed by Mass at 7.30pm. Please take note that this is a Day of Obligation. ALL SOULS MASS will be celebrated on Wednesday, Nov 2, 2016 at 7.30pm. *** Blessing of Cemeteries on Nov 2, 2016 - Mile 4 1/2 Jalan Penampang at 8.30am, Mile 1 1/2 Jalan Tuaran at 7.30am.

ARCHBISHOP’S PASTORAL VISIT TO ST SIMON Archbishop John Wong will be visiting our parish on Sunday (13 Nov) and will celebrate the St Simon Feast Day Mass during the 8.30am Mass, with Confirmation and First Holy Communion for our Sunday school can-didates. All parishioners are invited for “Brunch” in the hall after Mass. There will be NO 5.00pm Mass that day.

RESIDENTS WITHIN ST SIMON PARISH BOUNDARY

Are you new to St Simon Parish? Please contact the Parish Office to fill up a form so that your house will be included in our parish carolling and also parish database.

PROJECT RUNWAY Please be informed that the Project Run-way is postponed due to unforeseen cir-cumstances. We’ll keep you posted on the latest date. Stay tuned! Tentatively next year (2017)!

St Simon Catholic

Church Likas

Bulletin edition: 30 Oct, 2016

31ST SUN IN ORDINARY TIME-30 OCT

R1: Wis 11:22-12; R2: 2 Th 1:11-2:2 Gospel: Lk 19:1-10

Resp. Psalm: I will bless your name for ever, O God my King.

32ND SUN IN ORDINARY TIME-06 NOV

R1: 2 Mac 7: 1-2; 9-14; R2: 2 Th 2:16-3:5 Gospel: Lk 20: 27-38

Resp. Psalm: I shall be filled when I awake, with the sight of your glory, O Lord.

FEAST OF STS SIMON & JUDE-13 NOV

R1: Dt 32:1-4; R2: Eph 2:19-22 Gospel: Lk 6:12-19

Resp. Psalm: Their word goes forth through all the earth.

Thank you for your generosity, and may God bless you!

Saints & Feast Days

Nov 1 All Saints

Nov 2 All Souls

Nov 3 St Martin de Porres, religious

Nov 4 St Charles Borromeo, bishop

Nov 9 Dedication of the Lateran Basili-ca

Nov 10 St Leo the Great, pope & doctor

Nov 11 St Martin of Tours, pope & doctor

Nov 12 St Josaphat, bishop & martyr

Donations

16 Oct Black Bag RM6,515.85

Red Bag RM5,044.10

23 Oct Black Bag RM5,690.50

Red Bag RM4,595.75

Address Jln Punat Tanah, Off Jln Tuaran, Mile 3.5 (KM6), 88400

Kota Kinabalu

Contact 088-212713 (Tel) / 088-288713 (Fax)

E-mail SSCCL010608@gmail.com

Webpage http://stsimonlikas.wordpress.com

Office

Hours

Mon-Fri: 9am-1pm; 2pm-5pm

Sat: 9am-1pm

Rector Rev Cosmas Lee

Sunday

Services

Masses (Eng) - 8.30am & 5pm; Rosary:

5pm; Confession: 8.15am & 4.45pm

Weekday

Services

(Chapel)

Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri: 6.30pm

Thurs: Holy Hour - 7.30pm, followed by Mass at 8.30pm

Weekly Inter-

cessory

Prayers

Every Tuesday after the weekday Mass

Chapel opens 7am-9pm

W ITH Christmas fast ap-proaching, it is only natural that our thoughts turn toward our

loved ones who are no longer with us.

November 1, All Saints’ Day: We praise God for his masterpiece – the saints, those Christians who reached spir-itual maturity in this life, and rightly earned their Heavenly abode.

November 2, All Souls’ Day: On this day, Catholics come together to pray for the eternal rest of our many brothers and sisters who died in friendship with Christ, but had not reached spiritual maturity. Instead of entering Heaven immediately, these souls were taken by God to the spir-itual hospital known as “purgatory”.

Purgatory is a state in which God lovingly purifies His children from the damage their sins inflicted on their souls while they were still on earth. Understandably, many of us don’t like to pray for our departed loved ones. It can be hurting to think of them, either because we still feel the pain of their loss, or because it reminds us of the un-comfortable reality of our own imminent death, which isn’t too far away. But the Church, like a good mother, knows that it is a good thing to think of and pray for the dead, hence the commemoration of All Souls’ Day.

Since God is pure love, there is no self-ishness in Heaven. It goes without saying that not all of us, even “good” Christians, leave this world completely free of selfish tendencies. For example, those who die with such attitude, among others, may need cleansing before they enter Heaven.

This purification can also take place here on earth! One of the reasons God permits

suffering is to give us an opportunity to endure pain and suffering with love, as Christ did on the cross. When we do that, suffering becomes a medicine that lessens our selfishness and helps us grow in Christ-like virtues: patience, humility, strength, and wisdom.

Not too long ago, Catholics would flock to churches on All Souls Day to offer prayers in memory of their friends and loved ones. These days, however, All Souls Day Mass is poorly attended. Since praying for the dead is our Chris-tian duty, it is disheartening to see how little attention is paid to All Souls Day.

When people pass from this world to the next, they can’t pray for themselves but we can pray for them and they for us. In the Communion of Saints, which we regularly recite in The Creed, we can begin to prepare for this “communion” now by praying for our departed loved ones. They will reward us with their intercession!

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI de-scribed beautifully what purgatory is about, in his encyclical on hope, ‘Spe Salvi’: “This early Jewish idea of an in-termediate state includes the view that these souls are not simply in a sort of temporary custody but, as the parable of the rich man illustrates, are already being punished or are experiencing a provisional form of bliss.

“There is also the idea that this state can involve purification and healing which mature the soul for communion with God.

Heaven is real, so is Purgatory!suffering is to give us an opportunity to endure pain and suffering with love, as Christ did on the cross. When we do that, suffering becomes a medicine that lessens our selfishness and helps us

like virtues: patience,

Not too long ago, Catholics would flock to churches on All Souls Day to offer prayers in memory of their friends and loved ones. These days, however, All Souls Day Mass is poorly attended. Since praying for the dead is our Chris-tian duty, it is disheartening to see how little attention is paid to All Souls Day.

When people pass from this world to t pray for themselves

but we can pray for them and they for us. In the Communion of Saints, which we regularly recite in The Creed, we can begin to prepare for this

now by praying for our departed loved ones. They will reward

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI de-scribed beautifully what purgatory is

Spe This early Jewish idea of an in-

termediate state includes the view that these souls are not simply in a sort of temporary custody but, as the parable of the rich man illustrates, are already being punished or are experiencing a

There is also the idea that this state can involve purification and healing which mature the soul for communion

Heaven is real, so is Purgatory! NEWS AND

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Recruiting Carollers Christmas is a time of spreading the message of Jesus' peace. Come join in the Carolling and share the Gospel through your singing. The carolling groups will be starting their practices soon. For more info, please contact Vin-cent Wong at 016-802 4157.

Sharpening Skills for Guitarists

We would like to invite all guitarists to join in this year's carolling. No experience? No issue. Please contact Vincent Wong 016-802 4157 to boost your confidence in order to guide the Carollers well.

“The early Church took up these con-cepts, and in the Western Church they gradually developed into the doctrine of Purgatory. We do not need to examine here the complex historical paths of this development; it is enough to ask what it actually means. With death, our life-choice becomes definitive – our life stands before the judge. Our choice, which in the course of an entire life takes on a certain shape, can have a variety of forms.

“There can be people who have totally destroyed their desire for truth and readi-ness to love, people for whom everything has become a lie, people who have lived for hatred and have suppressed all love within themselves. This is a terrifying thought, but alarming profiles of this type can be seen in certain figures of our own history. In such people all would be be-yond remedy and the destruction of good would be irrevocable: this is what we mean by the word Hell.

“On the other hand there can be people who are utterly pure, completely perme-ated by God, and thus fully open to their neighbours – people for whom commun-ion with God even now gives direction to their entire being and whose journey to-wards God only brings to fulfilment what they already are.”

As we remember our dearly departed, let us pray with all the faithful: “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful de-parted, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.”

Fr Cosmas Lee’s 40th Priestly Ordination Anniversary

Date: 26 Dec 2016 (Mon), Venue: St Simon Catholic Church Likas, Thanksgiving Mass: 6.00pm, Din-ner: 7.00pm. Par ishioners are invited to join in the celebration. Please fill in the forms to confirm you and your family’s attendance. Confirmation of parishioners’ attendance for the Dinner – begin-ning 16 Oct, registration forms are available at the church entrance on Sundays and in the parish office dur-ing the weekdays. One form per family. Cancellations after registration - please notify the Parish Office at 088-212713.