2016

  From the Director - The work of Christmas

Nov 24, 2016
Christmas is a holy feast when we contemplate the amazing fact that Jesus Christ was sent by God to come and live with us and change the way we look at the world.
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  From the Director - Beware of the fundamentalists!

Oct 13, 2016
If Asia Bibi is found innocent of the charge of blasphemy, the Christian community will brace itself for retribution from mobs of extremists who will rampage through their areas.
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  From the Director - Is it time for the Church to try another way?

Sep 14, 2016
Change will not negate the need for military defence but the Church especially needs to explore the nonviolent resistance way.
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  From the Director - After all these years we are still afraid

Aug 19, 2016
It is my burning desire that, during this Jubilee, the Christian people may reflect on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
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  From the Director - When the unexpected breaks through our defences

Jul 20, 2016
I found it incredibly painful to witness the grief of the widow who sat silent with her heart breaking, and to listen to the young children who prayed for their father.
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  From the Director - To go or stay

Jun 14, 2016
Ultimately, people of faith leave their decisions, once made, in God’s hands. Who knows where the decisions we make will lead us?
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  From the Director - Part of the bargain

May 10, 2016
Some of those killed were unfortunate victims of robbery or a kidnapping that failed, but some were ‘martyrs' in the true sense of the word; they were killed because they were Catholic priests.
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  From the Director - After Easter

Apr 11, 2016
Easter is a wonderful celebration of the surprising nature of God. Who would have predicted or expected the resurrection of Jesus?
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  From the Director - A new life in China?

Mar 07, 2016
Easter is the most important feast day in the Catholic calendar and people in all parts of the world will celebrate the belief that death is conquered by Jesus Christ.
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  From the Director - Violence ‘up, close, and personal’

Feb 04, 2016
Our Columban Christmas Appeal last year was on the theme of ‘Jesus is the light’ linked to a project to supply light to a village in Sindh Province, Pakistan, to poor people who have never had electricity at night in their homes.
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