AFTER spending the last five years in Shannon, Father Francis Xavier Kochuveettil is moving to Toomevara, where he has been appointed as co-parish priest, beginning there on August 26.
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COMMENT | Many years ago, I went to Sabah to direct a documentary series with writer and political commentator Karim Raslan called
Ceritalah Malaysia. One of the stops that we did was in the town of Keningau as there was an interesting story there that we wanted to tell to the rest of Malaysia, which we felt was very important.
In the small town, there is a brother and sister from the Dusun ethnic group. The brother, Father Francis Dakun, is a Catholic priest who presides at the church. The sister, Ustazah Nooraidah Hidayah Dakun, is an Islamic religious school teacher.
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WARREN After being unable to meet for nearly a year, the St. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Society members are back to work with a new president at the helm.
The members gathered recently at the parish to plan for 2021 with Sharon McCourt-Rinko as the new president.
Rinko said it was nice to be able to resume activities to support the parish. She said it has been challenging for the members to not be together.
Recognition was given at the February gathering to Rosemary Grayson, who served as the president for the past 16 years.
She said being with the group has been a lot of fun with a lot of camaraderie.