Before I become a lay missionary, I was a full-time volunteer at Jesuit Volunteer of the Philippines (JVP).
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Apart from my General Council work, I have found myself unofficial chaplain to foreign inmates in five Hong Kong prisons.
It all started about three months ago when catechist Timoci Matakiviwa turned up on our doorstep offering to compose a Centennial Meke for us.
The Portuguese have become a part of Rhode Island society, but not at the price of entirely losing their religious heritage.
When I was growing up in Ireland we used to hear about the bogey man – who would snatch naughty children and spirit them away.
A week-end retreat with the women
from the desolate city slum ??
delight in grass, and flowers and shrubs;
joy, to be free for two whole days
I have discovered
that a buttercup has five petals,
that several colors enliven a patch of moss
that grass comes in near-infinite variety
My main interfaith experiences in the Philippines were with Muslims; things in Myanmar are very different given the very large majority Buddhist population.
Church and police authorities and non-government organizations (NGOs) came together recently in the Vatican under the Santa Martha Group headed by Cardinal Vincent…
When I was told of the death of Asma Jahangir I thought that she may have been assassinated.
For Father Donal
Eyes clenched,
I conjure your grave,
White above Boyne grasses,
Stone processing
Like acolytes.
All questions buried,
Archbishop Petero Mataca confirmed about 50 young people at Nabala (Fiji) today. As part of the preparation we priests had invited Beniamino, a blind dau ni vucu…
