Fiji
The Mission Cycle Turns 360 Degrees
In those intervening thirty-one years, I was privileged to see the mission cycle turn 360 degrees. Let me explain what I mean.
Categories: Fiji Updates
To develop together, building trust in Fiji
“Give me a good reason why the Canada Fund should finance your facilitation project here in Labasa. And don’t say that it is to facilitate a development project for poor women. That is what everyone says. Give me a unique angle that will convince my boss!”
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The Heart of the Jungle
In 1973, just three short years after the British granted Fiji independence, Columban Fr. Ed Quinn arrived in Fiji where he would live and work for the next thirty-four years.
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Being Missionary Today
For me, being missionary today is responding to the question: If Jesus were here now, how would He deal with this particular situation I am facing? However, this is easier said than done! Listening to my fellow lay missionaries, and …
Categories: Fiji Updates, Missionaries
Work on the Islands
Mission in Fiji Takes Many Forms Christmas on Kadavu Cyclone Mick delayed my departure for Kadavu during December 2009, but I finally got on an inter-island ferry. Eight hours later I was on the Kadavu wharf. Since my arrival was …
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The Invitation of Global Mission
In 1993, I was living and working as a missionary in Brazil. In addition to pastoral work, I was a member of the overseas training formation program team for seminarians. It was a wonderful time to be a young priest …
Categories: Fiji Updates, Fr. Arturo Aguilar, Reflection Writings, Reflections
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Columban History in Fiji
The Marist Fathers had been working in the Fiji Islands in the South Pacific Ocean for more than a century when 13 Columban priests joined them in 1952.
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