From the Director - Recently I went home
Recently I went home - to Gympie, the Queensland country town where I was born and reared but which I left 47 years ago.
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Editorial - The way we were
Jamaica's caste system in the January/February 1990 issue jumped out at me.
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Sold like a chicken
Sex trafficking is a lucrative business that must be opposed by all decent societies.
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D.I.Y. Missionary
Fr Cairns tells us how 'crises' effect all of us and how the power of Christ is with us.
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Whose version of Islam?
Is Islam a violent religion or a religion of peace?
More than one war is being waged in Pakistan.
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Greener Papal Message
The environmental aspects of Pope Benedict's encyclical 'Caritas in Veritate.
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Reflection - Spirit and mission
The Holy Spirit is the principal agent of Mission. We need to remember this important truth.
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TB Pioneers
Seven Columban Sisters, all of whom had worked at the Ruttonjee Sanatorium, joined in the 60th anniversary celebration of the Hong Kong Tuberculosis…
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Paro in Peru
Small farmers and their livelihood are under threat. People protest and fear for the future.
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Tears for my brother
Crisanto was a trainee in the Subaanen Crafts project and
the money he earned paid for his schooling. Like his sister Rodilyn, Crisanto was…
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About that sermon...
How Fr Paddy Clarke learned to pray for the preacher.
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Mission World - October, 2009
The root of the problem is that first one must produce if one is to consume: One consumes if one produces, and in poor countries not enough is…
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These paintings and images have inspired and nourished Christians for centuries. They can give us an insight, sensitivity, the energy and vision…
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The old and the new
Fr Scanlon describes the part Columbans played in the rise of the Korean Church.
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The Way We Were - Jamaicas caste system
Slavery is blamed for many things. It is often said "Why not forget it and get on with living". This is easier said than done. Attitudes are…
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