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| Outing together after three days of meeting |
Sandakan
– Helen
Keller said, “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” In the
same spirit, youth ministers of the Malaysian Catholic Youth Ministers
Committee (MCYMC) from all the Catholic dioceses in Malaysia convened for their
annual meeting and retreat in Sandakan from the 23rd-28th
September 2019. We started with a 2-day
retreat focussing on Pope Francis’ exhortation to the young people: “Christus Vivit” and the servant
leadership of youth and campus ministers.
The Episcopal Commission MCYMC
comprising full time youth and campus ministers are directly for responsible
for pastoral care and faith formation of the young people and respective
dioceses. With the increasing number of
higher education institutions in Malaysia, the ministry in the campuses has
become even more urgent and pressing,
Thus this annual meeting sought to strengthen solidarity and collaboration
between the dioceses, evaluating past programs to address and respond to the
needs of our young people today.
In this meeting each diocese
shared on programmes conducted in the past year, faith and leadership formation
camps, youth forums and outreach programmes mission trips to communities in
need. We learned from each other and were
enriched by one another’s best practices for journeying with our young people.
MCYMC evaluated the 3rd
Malaysian Catholic Campus Student’s Day (MCCSD3), held this year from the 3rd-8th
June 2019 in the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, participated by 700 young Catholic students
from higher education institutions all over the country.
MCYMC also discussed about organising
the first Malaysian Youth Day (MYD) for all young people, together with the 4th
Malaysian Catholic Student’s Day, slated to take place in 2021. Both events will be part of the journey for
young people towards the envisioned national Pan Malaysian Pastoral Convention
scheduled in 2026.
Archbishop Simon Poh from Kuching,
as the Bishop-in-charge of youth and campus in Malaysia, encouraged the MCYMC youth
and campus ministers to bring Pope Francis words in “Christus Vivit” to all young people that “Christ is alive and he
wants you to be alive!” (CV #1) and that our “young people are the NOW of God!”
(CV#64).
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| MCYMC members: A fellowship with St Paul, Ulu Dusun Catholic Community |
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| Celebrating 4th year Episcopal Ordination of Archbishop Simon Poh |
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| MCYMC members group photo after two days of retreat at the Sandakan Diocesan St John of the Cross Retreat Centre, Ulu Dusun |
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| A colorful fellowship with St Mary's Cathedral parishioners |
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| MCYMC members together with Archbishop Simon Poh and Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom |
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