The Far East - Apr-09

For me the most moving day in Holy Week is Holy Saturday, the day preceding the wonderful Vigil ceremonies read more

The photograph on the cover of this issue of The Far East is a uniquely Australian symbol that points towards the Resurrection of Jesus Christ read more

Fr Sean McDonagh has a disturbing forecast about climate change in Australia. read more

Australia has another saint in the making in Dr/Sr Mary Glowrey. read more

Rachel Rodgers* is a lovely young woman from Portrush, in County Tyrone, Ireland who worked at PREDA in Olongapo City which is about three hours by car north of Manila read more

The poet, Emily Dickson once said that the only commandment she ever obeyed was, 'Consider the lilies of the field.' The invitation of Jesus to do just that all too often falls on deaf ears. But when it is heard and responded to, what joy ensues. read more

There is a link between the production and marketing of chocolate, slave labour and the debt burden of poor countries. read more

During my teaching I explained to the students the meaning of Holy Week and Easter. They had never heard of either. I told them how the people of Jerusalem had welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday and of his last supper with his disciples on Holy Thursday. read more

How does a practising Catholic artist find his identity in an overwhelmingly fundamentalist Muslim culture? read more

The Emmaus Story (Lk 24:13-35) is revealed as our own life story; Sr Kathleen helps us walk the road to Emmaus and understand what it means. read more

Shortly after I arrived in Chile 39 years ago I became acquainted with Fr Roberto Lebeque. He was a French missionary working on the northern fringe of the city of Santiago, an area still basically rural but gradually being settled by poor working class families in search of a place to live. read more

The photograph on the cover of this issue of The Far East is a uniquely Australian symbol that points towards the Resurrection of Jesus Christ read more

Our mission that day was to visit a sick woman in the suburbs of Hanyang. It was raining cats and dogs. In spite of the downpour the traffic was as heavy as usual. read more

The photograph on the cover of this issue of The Far East is a uniquely Australian symbol that points towards the Resurrection of Jesus Christ read more