The Far East - July, 2008
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The Far East magazine is published by St Columban's Mission Society. It features articles and photographs by Columban missionaries from those countries where the missionaries work. The magazine was launched originally to promote mission interest in Catholic homes in Australia and New Zealand. The Far East magazine in Australia was published for the first time on 15th October 1920 and sample copies were sent to every parish and school in Australia and New Zealand.
Editorial - Time and distance are safe
28.11.2008That Jesus could eat and drink with sinners was intolerable to the Pharisees. What further inflamed them was his opposition to them, righteous men who followed the Law of God. more
Lost for Over 12 Months
28.11.2008Some weeks ago two priests of St Columban’s dragged weary feet up to the Catholic church in Kunming, south-western China, finishing a trek that had begun 12 months earlier in the smoke of Burma’s battles, and had led them many a league through jungles and mountainous borderlands. more
How our six priests died in the Philippines
28.11.2008The five priests killed at Malate have been called the Malate Martyrs. Missionaries who stay with their people during war run the risk of being killed with them. more
Another diamond for Columbans
28.11.2008Fr Leo Baker was born on January 6, 1923 at Cobden in rural Gippsland, Victoria. He was the first in a family of 8, five boys and three girls. Their father, Jack, was a farmer from Pomborneit. His mother was the only daughter of Denis Thompson of Thompson’s Hotel, Cobden. more
A difficult ministry made worthwhile
28.11.2008Sainiana (Sai) Tamatawale is a young woman, a Fijian lay missionary from Tamavua parish in Suva. Lusio Navelinikoro is also a lay missionary, a young man from the Rewa delta, one of the magnificent rivers in Fiji. more
Reflection - Spare a thought!
28.11.2008China has been in our thoughts and prayers for a couple of reasons of late. Pope Benedict XVI made the recent feast of Our Lady Help of Christians (May 24) a day of special prayer for China. more
New lives for prisoners
28.11.2008It was the prisoners themselves who came up with the idea: they wanted to start workshops to occupy their time and help themselves and their families. They reasoned that if they could learn skills and share them with others, they would more easily find work when they were released. more
The disaster in Myanmar
28.11.2008Catholic Archbishop Charles Bo of Yangon is using diocesan funds to buy and distribute food and supplies to the stricken. In Buddhist-majority Myanmar, the three million Christians are giving aid. more
Dark paradise
28.11.2008Columban missionaries lend a helping hand on Easter Island, one of the most isolated and enigmatic territories on the planet. more
Mission World
28.11.2008Seoul (UCAN) - Although the number of priests and seminarians in South Korea increased from 2006 to 2007, Church officials say steady efforts to promote vocations are more important than numbers. more
From the Director Our God – a vulnerable lover?
28.11.2008I have a Leunig cartoon on my office wall in which a man meets God in the person of the wounded Samaritan lying on the side of the road. God says to the man, "Help me I am wounded." You’re not God," says the man, "God is all powerful." "I am all-vulnerable," says God, "I am in pain. more
‘Vosa Vakaviti’ the Fijian language
28.11.2008Word’ is translated into the Fijian language as ‘Vosa’, ‘Vosa Vakaviti’ means ‘the Fijian language.’ The Columban Fathers thought words were so important that they established the Columban Translation Service. This is a project of translating Catholic written material into the Fijian language. more
Pedaling to success
28.11.2008In the June 2006, April 2007 and October 2007 issues of The Far East we wrote about the Pedaling to Live Project and how it changed the lives of Filipino families. Here is the latest update about the project. more
A special day of prayer
28.11.2008The Marian shrine to Our Lady Help of Christians at Sheshan is on the only hill in a plain on the outskirts of Shanghai, China. It’s the premier place of pilgrimage in China for Catholic people. more
An honest man
28.11.2008I was spending time at the Hyderabad railway station waiting for the Jinnah Express due in at midnight, Pakistani time, to travel north to Lahore on a 16 hour journey. more
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