OUR ZEAL MUST EMBRACE THE WHOLE WORLD – CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION IN SABAH (1988-2013) Cover n spine:Layout 1 9/7/13 3:01 PM Page 1 PKGS part 1:Layout 1 9/10/13 9:00 AM Page 1 VISION: One person is of more value than the whole world MISSION: We are committed to reaching out with compassion and respect, empowering each person to wholeness and full potential CORE VALUES: Compassion, gratitude, respect, integrity, zeal PKGS part 1:Layout 1 9/10/13 2:05 PM Page 2 Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd The following is the address of the regional office for PKGS services in Sabah: • Asrama Desa Pukak, Kiulu • Family Building and Reconciliation • Good Shepherd Rural Training Centre, Pukak • Mobile Children Programme • Seri Murni Crisis Centre, Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan • Socio Economic Development • YouthPREP Centre Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd (Sabah) c/o Pusat Belia YouthPREP Alamesra, Groundfloor Lot 25, Block E, Phase 2, Lorong Plaza Utama 1 Alamesra, Jalan Sulaiman, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Tel: +6 088 485 371 Fax: +6 088 485 372 Email: [email protected] Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd (Teenage Centre), 8.8km, Jalan Hulu Kelang, 68000 Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel: +6 03 4256 3941 Fax: +6 03 4256 5205 Email: [email protected] Rose Virginie Good Shepherd Centre P O Box 60, Taman Ipoh, 81407 Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. Tel: +6 05 546 7031 Fax: +6 05 548 8749 Email: [email protected] Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd (HQ) c/o Villamaria Good Shepherd, Lorong Setiabistari 2, Medan Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel/Fax: +6 03 2095 7406 Email: [email protected] ------------------------------- This book is produced for Good Shepherd Sisters by: The Writers’ Publishing House Sdn Bhd (259664-D), Lot A10-2, 2nd Floor, Jalan Selaman 1/1, Dataran Palma, Jalan Ampang, 68000 Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Tel: +603 4270 2088 / 1800 Fax: +603 4270 1933 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.writers.com.my Printed by Hoffset Printing Sdn Bhd (667106X) No. 1, Jalan TPK 1/6, Taman Perindustrian Kinrara, 47180 Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel: +603 8075 7222 Fax: +603 8075 7333 ©Copyright 2013. Good Shepherd Sisters. ISBN: 978-976-11703-1-1 No part of this publication may be reproduced whether by photocopying, recording, transla- tion into other languages or any means whatso- 1 ever without the prior written permission of the publisher. PKGS part 1:Layout 1 9/10/13 2:59 PM Page 3 3. MESSAGE FROM SISTER JOAN LOPEZ 38. CHILDREN Province Leader, Good Shepherd Sisters, Province of Singapore – Malaysia 39. ASRAMA DESA PUKAK • Saya suka di Asrama 4. MESSAGE FROM RT REV JOHN WONG By Celestinah Sindih Archbishop of the Diocese of Kota Kinabalu • Pounsikou...Terima Kasih...Thank You PKGS By Vanessa Lokimin 5. MESSAGE FROM PHOON SOON KEONG • Pengalaman yang dihargai Chairperson of the Board of Governors, By Dora Lansan, Programme Officer Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd • Remembering the beginnings By Sister Imelda Sikul 6. STORY OF SAINT MARY EUPRASIA • A memorable experience – preparing for my perpetual vows The Foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady By Sister Sandra Masilang Of Charity of the Good Shepherd 42. MOBILE RESOURCE CENTRE 7. KISAH SANTA MARIA EUPHRASIA • Renungan, dorongan dan motivasi Pengasas Kongregasi Sister Gembala Baik By Evelyn Sikul, Programme Officer 8. GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION 43. CHILDREN LEARNING PROGRAMME • Enriched and transformed 9. MISI GEMBALA BAIK By Jellferlyne Joseph, Programme Officer 10. MILESTONES OF GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION IN SABAH 46. YOUTH 5th October 1988 – 5th October 2013 47. PUSAT BELIA YOUTHPREP ALAMESRA 18. THE FOUNDING STORY OF GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION IN • The birth of YouthPREPLink SABAH By Sister Jossie Sili • Reflection on my experience in Sabah • Empowering By Sister Dorothy Khaw By Gerry Benjamin, volunteer • The mission continues... • An experience in the plantations of Beluran By Sister Salomi Cruz By Anne Baltazar, Senior Programme Officer • 25 years of Good Shepherd Mission in Sabah • Voice Out By Sister Barbara Lip • Remembering the late Bishop Simon Fung 50. SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT By Sister Helena Vytialingam • Peluang pelayanan yang bermakna • ‘Gratitude is the memory of the heart’ By Raineh Bt. Daransun, A chat with Emeritus Archbishop Datuk John Lee down Socio Economic Development Programme Officer memory lane By Sister Patricia Barasik and Anne Wong 53. MESSAGE FROM RT REV BISHOP DATUK CORNELIUS PIONG • Laughter... in misfortune Bishop of the Diocese of Keningau By Peter & Rose Chia • Terima kasih 54. GOOD SHEPHERD RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN By Petrus Manoch and Katarina Jawa THE MUKIM OF TULID, KENINGAU Community Service Centre 23. VOCATION STORY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD SISTERS IN SABAH 58. FAMILY BUILDING AND RECONCILIATION PROGRAMME • Pitching my tent in Sabah • From yearnings to reality By Sister Teresa Chye By Sister Maria Dipal • Journeying with the Good Shepherd Mission • Enriched By Sister Patricia Marie Barasik By Terence Dolinting, volunteer • In the footsteps of Jesus, our Good Shepherd... By Sister Kelly Ngai 60. ASRAMA GEREJA ST JAMES TENGHILAN • Ode to the Good Shepherd Sisters • Sharing by former residents of Asrama Gereja St James By Wendy Carvalho-Chin, staff (administration) with Tenghilan and their mothers Good Shepherd Sisters from 2005-2012 • In search of meaning • Shared mission By Florence, former resident of Asrama Gereja St James By Anne Wong, volunteer and Lay Associate Tenghilan (2004–2008) and volunteer in 2012 • With gratitude 27. GROWTH OF GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION IN SABAH By Emilia Simon Ho • Grateful thanks By Theresa Symons, Executive Director, 63. GOOD SHEPHERD RURAL TRAINING CENTRE Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd • Living Good Shepherd Mission 64. PUSAT KEBAJIKAN GOOD SHEPHERD (TEENAGE CENTRE) By Chin Poh Choo, Director, KUALA LUMPUR Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd (Sabah) • Making a difference By a former resident of the Teenage Centre 29. WOMEN 66. PUSAT KEBAJIKAN GOOD SHEPHERD (WOMEN SHELTER) 30. SERI MURNI CRISIS CENTRE KOTA KINABALU KUALA LUMPUR Micro Enterprise Project • The plight of Cambodian domestic workers exploited for • Reaching out labour By Sister Angelina Peter • The teacher 68. ROSE VIRGINIE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE IPOH By Maureen Wong, volunteer • Sister Helena Vytialingam conferred the Woman of • Bersemangat untuk membantu Inspiration Award (Community Renewal Sector) By Conelia Collin, Social Worker • Blessed in so many ways 70. BENEFACTORS By a former resident of Seri Murni Crisis Centre Mobile Women’s Enrichment Programme 71. ACKNOWLEDEGEMENTS 35. SERI MURNI CRISIS CENTRE SANDAKAN 72. DONATION / VOLUNTEER FORM 37. MESSAGE FROM RT REV DATUK JULIUS DUSIN GITOM DD Bishop of the Diocese of Sandakan 2 PKGS part 1:Layout 1 9/10/13 7:55 PM Page 4 Together with my Good Shepherd Mission Partners (Sisters and Lay Persons in- volved with Good Shepherd Mission), I greet each of you with joy and gratitude as you open the pages of this souvenir magazine. The 5th of October 2013, marks 25 years since our pioneering Sisters set foot on the soils of Kota Kina- balu, Sabah at the invitation of the then Rt Rev Bishop John Lee. Since that day, God’s blessings have been manifold as many lives have been touched by the Shepherd’s love. These lives include Good Shepherd Mission Partners who have served in the community and ministries of Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd, those who have volunteered and worked side by side with us, benefactors who stood by us through thick and thin, those who gave us encouragement and support and, the many children, youth, women, and families whom we reached out to and who have enabled us to realize the true meaning and purpose of our being Good Shepherd. For everything there is a season and a time and indeed this is a time to give thanks to God for 25 years of God’s faithful companionship with us in our service of the many hundreds of persons, and, for persons who have in one way or another been a part of the Good Shepherd story. This celebration is also a testimony of the generous giving, self-sacrifices and creative use of the talents and skills that have been pooled together by every Good Shepherd Mission Partner to make significant changes that are life-giving for the people that we serve. To all of you who have been part of this 25 year journey, Thank You! Critical issues such as a lack of basic rights of indigenous groups, migrant communities and those who experience marginalization and exclusion have challenged us and called us forth to make concrete responses and by working more consciously in rural and migrant communities. Even as these issues become more challenging each year, we are duty bound to continually review and upgrade our approaches so as to be relevant and effective in our services. As the saying goes, “We have to be the change we want to see.” Our own Good Shepherd founding story began with St Mary Euphrasia who saw each person as a wonder and work of art that when allowed and enabled to develop further is able to realize their God given dignity and potential. It is with a deep sense of joy that we look forward to the continued commitment and passion of all who choose to be a part of the Good Shepherd family; that you too emulate this belief of St Mary Euphrasia and ensure that every person we journey with is ministered to with care and respect. May all those we meet experience the healing presence of the compassionate heart of our Shepherd God. 3 PKGS part 1:Layout 1 9/10/13 7:55 PM Page 5 4 PKGS part 1:Layout 1 9/10/13 7:55 PM Page 6 “Our Zeal Must Embrace the Whole World.” Thank you for the wonderful support given to PKGS Sabah in the last 25 years.