Indian missionary finds joy of Christ in Muslim-majority Malaysia
Father Ravindra learned Bahasa Malayu, Iban and Mandarin to communicate and celebrate Mass
Father Ravindra Babu makes the sign of the cross with ash on parishioners during Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Edmund Catholic Church in Limbang, Sarawak state, on Feb. 17. (Photo: St. Edmund Church)
His missionary experience at St. Edmund Catholic Church in Limbang, a town in Sarawak state in Malaysian Borneo, has left an indelible mark on the life of Father Christu Kolabathina, better known as Ravindra Babu.
The Indian priest from St. Joseph Missionary Society of Mill Hill (popularly known as Mill Hill Missionaries) has served as the assistant pastor of a parish in Miri Diocese since September 2018.
Mbale Baby’s home struggles to cope as Covid-19 effects bite
Wednesday December 30 2020
St Kizito Baby’s Home receives donations from Kyagalanyi coffee Limited at their home in Gangama, Northern City Division in Mbale on Thursday. PHOTO/MICHEAL WONIALA
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Administrators of St Kizito Baby’s Home in Mbale City have said they are struggling to cope after donors cut off funding due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Started in 1963 by the Mill Hill Missionaries of the Catholic Diocese of Tororo, St Kizito Baby’s Home takes care of abandoned babies and children whose parents are severely handicapped physically and it also supports the education of some children.