News and Forthcoming Events St Simon Catholic ALL SAINTS DAY MASS will be !! LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR celebrated on Friday, 31 Oct at will be held on 20-23 Nov 2014. Church Likas 7.30pm. Please take note that this is a Registration is now opened and DAY OF OBLIGATION flyers with the programme are being distributed. Please take a Address: Jln Punat Tanah, Off Jln Sunday Services: copy and seriously consider Mile 3.5 (KM 6), 88400 Masses (Eng) - 8.30am; 5.00pm; Rosary - 4.15pm ALL SOULS DAY MASS on Sunday, 2 attending this seminar. !! Tel: 088-212713 Confession - 8.15am; 4.45pm Fax: 088-288713 Nov. The blessings of cemeteries at Weekday Masses (Chapel) 1 Email: [email protected] Mile 4 /2, Rd and Mile 2 Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri - 6.30pm Webpage: http://stsimonlikas.wordpress.com Tuaran Road start at 3.00pm. St Simon 30th Anniversary Lunch - Holy Hour (Chapel)-Every Thursday All parishioners are invited to the hall Office Hrs: Mon-Fri: 9.00am - 1.00pm; 7.30pm followed by Mass at 8.30pm 2.00pm-5.00pm Weekly Intercessory Prayers - every Tuesday after MASS INTENTIONS FOR ALL after the Mass for lunch and fellowship. Sat: 9.00am - 1.00pm weekday Mass SOULS’ DAY - envelopes are avail- Please come and join in our 30th anni- Chapel opens 7.00am - 9.00pm Rector: Rev. Cosmas Lee able at church entrance. Please fill-in versary celebration as one family, one appropriately and drop envelopes into the box provided. Saints & Feast Days SUNDAY SCHOOL & CANTEEN CHILDREN MASS on 23 Nov. Jun- 26 Oct - NO Sunday school due to Parish FEAST OF ST SIMON THE ZEALOT —26 OCT 2014 26 Oct - Ss Chad & Cedd, bishops Feast Day. 27 Oct - St Otteran, monk ior Parents please take note. NO R1– Jer 1:4-10;R2-Eph 2:19-22;Gospel–Lk 6:12-19 2 to 23 Nov—Sunday school & Canteen is 28 Oct - Ss Simon & Jude, apostles Junior Choir practice on 26 Oct. Resp. Ps - Their word goes forth through all the 29 Oct - St Colman, bishop Practice resumes on 2 Nov in ON earth. Room 6 at 11.30am NO Sunday school & Canteen from 30 Nov to 3 Nov - St Martin de Porres, religious 28 Dec. Sunday school & Canteen RE-OPEN ALL SAINTS—31 OCT 2014 - St Winifride, virgin on 4 Jan 2015. - St Malachy, bishop .Sale of St Simon T-Shirts - This is R1-Rev 7:2-4,9-14;R2-1 Jn 3:1-3;Gospel-Mt 5:1-12 4 Nov - St Charles Borromeo, bishop available outside the main entrance Sale of Malaysian Catechetical Series student Resp. Ps - Such are the men who seek your face, O 10 Nov - St Leo the Great, pope before and after morning Mass at textbook for use in 2015 and collection of Lord. 11 Nov - St Martin of Tours, bishop 2015 Sunday school fee of RM10 will be RM25.. T shirts can also be bought ALL SOULS—2 NOV 2014 12 Nov - St Josaphat, martyr done in each class from 2 Nov until 23 Nov. Book Prices: RM12-Book 1; RM15-Book R1-Is 25:6-9;R2-Rom 5:5-11;Gospel-Mt 11:25-30  PRAYERFUL CONDOLENCE to 2; RM16-Book 3, 4, 5, 6; RM18-Book 7, 8; Resp. Ps - The Lord is my light and my help. the family of the late Elizabeth Yee RM19-Book 9, 10. Please keep the official receipts for all payments, and to produce it Choon Lian who passed away on 1 Oct THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA 2014. May her soul rest in peace. to the new class teacher on 4 Jan 2015 for —9 NOV 2014 collection of their new textbook. R1-Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12;R2-1 Cor 3:9-11,16-17;

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Resp. Ps - The waters of a river give joy to God’s city, COLLECTIONS the holy place where the Most High dwells. 1 Oct 2014 (Opening Mass for Month of Rosary) - RM932.25 5 Oct 2014 - Black Bag - RM6,008.46 Red Bag - RM5,063.35 12 Oct 2014 - Black Bag - RM6,815.35 Red Bag - RM5,782.40 19 Oct 2014 - Black Bag - RM8,020.65 Red Bag - RM5,758.30 Thank you for your generosity, and may God bless you! Feast Day of St Simon the Zealot, Apostle & Martyr CONSTANT IN REMEMBERING, CELEBRATING, AND BECOMING largely unknown. Zeal, Joy, and anonymity for the Good News, these are the virtues for which those who claim him to be Patron should constantly emulate. Blessed be St Simon the Zealot, Apostle and Martyr! Like it or not St Simon is largely a middle-class parish. The mortal temptation to just

Happy Feast Day to one and all on this 30th Anniversary since the opening of the sit back and enjoy the services provided in comfort is constantly there; the tempta- first chapel of St Simon in 1984. Yes, it’s been 30 years! … and well over 6 years tion to be served and not to serve; to claim the rights but not the obligations. This is since we came of age as a parish in June 2008. As we complete the third decade of probably an infection many have caught from the prevalent Sabahan middle-class our existence, it is only right and just that we go back to the basics we decided 5 home where amahs and hirelings do all the work. If body language is any manifesta- years ago when practically we summed up our vision and mission with the Theme tion of the symptoms, the poor response to the prayers and singing in the Sunday for the 25th Anniversary celebration: To Remember, To Celebrate, To Become. Mass says a lot about who we have become!

This morning, before the Eucharistic celebration, some images of the important Zeal and Joy of the Gospel underlines our pastoral thrust as confirmed once again by events since the last Feast Day will be screened to help take our remembering back a the recently concluded Prayer, Discernment and Pastoral Planning in the parish. year, and by that little hop backward we should go beyond to recall with appreciation The truth is, there is no do-or-die need for all kinds of special programs. If one truly and thanksgiving all the blessings we have received as a community not just since a worships in spirit and truth even just on a Sunday renewal can begin. What is needed year ago but from the very beginning. We need to renew our sense of wonder in God is a courageous and open spirit to listen and celebrate the Word and Sacrament, and calling us to be a parish community, journeying together empowered by the Holy allow the grace of God to prompt us to constant conversion and growth. The zeal and Spirit, to grow in the faith, hope and love of Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd. He joy to evangelize, seen in our wider engagement in services, will spring from the who does not know from where he comes, does not know where he is, and certainly Eucharist. Through the intercession of St Simon the Zealot, the saint of anonymity, will have no idea of where he is going. may the human crave for attention and self glory never need to hinder us to become

No celebration is possible without a true reason to rejoice. We need to connect to the the servant and evangelizer community of faith. examples of our founding fathers who, receiving the minimal attention from bishop As we thank God on this 30th Anniversary of the parish, we thank all our brothers and priests, took to themselves the building of the chapel and for years saw to the and sisters for the love, care, and services rendered. May God bless most those who growth of the small community. We must connect ourselves to the growing warmth have prayed and served without being known. and intimacy of a community of faith whose members have known each other for having spent much time together in work and play. We need to connect to the PRAYER TO ST SIMON THE ZEALOT, marvellous gifts of a piece of prime land in a great location and for the many APOSTLE AND MARTYR physical amenities added to the parish (yes, the church is the first to be air-conditioned in !). We need to connect to the blessings received since O Glorious Patron Saint Simon, called the Zealot, for passion in the becoming a parish, the many ministries that have been established and flourishing, faith; Apostle picked and sent by Jesus Himself to found the the new chapel and the many other upgraded amenities. And we need to thank God Church. for the dedication and pastoral attention of our leaders, the parish staff and priest in our life of worship, formation and renewal, service and outreach. You travelled far and wide to spread the news of Him who loved us all; True to Him till you died a martyr’s death. How should we as members of the parish respond then? What should we be Saint we proclaim you, Patron we claim you. becoming? Teach us to be like you, zealous to serve the Lord, The New Evangelization. The true vibrancy of a community of faith is seen in its That together we may build the Kingdom among all. ability to inspire members to grow in the true faith, and to reach out to those who have yet to encounter the Lord Jesus. This vibrancy is nurtured through a whole And when we have done all that is asked, may we like you the variety of activities, prayer and worship, relevant faith and skill formation for our faithful servant say: “It is only but our duty”, times, but it all boils down to renewal made in generous and selfless service. And be content to remain unknown.

St Simon the Zealot our Patron is a shining example. Zealous to spread the Good O Saint Simon the Zealot, Apostle and Martyr, Pray for us through Christ the Lord. News, St Simon was prepared to give up his life even when his services remained Amen