Editorial - Neither enemies nor friends
Such is the power of the media and the culture to keep us on the back foot. For a few days during World Youth Day we saw a different dynamic…
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Welcomed to Fiji
When 13 priests of St Columban's arrived at Suva on February 22, 1952 they opened a new chapter in our Mission's history. In addition to China,…
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Long captivity ends
On the first Sunday of Our Lady's month, May 2, the St Columban priest who had endured nearly three years of cruel captivity on the charge of…
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Test of faith
My family lives in Fiji. Its location in the South Pacific means that it's in the pathway of hurricanes that cause widespread destruction to…
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It was like a miracle
"When I was away for two years and eight months, nobody knew where I was, whether I was alive or dead. But I was in solitary confinement, that's…
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They are not conquered
Today Vietnam is a popular holiday destination for people from ANZ. Catholics are familiar with the faith of the Vietnamese people and the persecution…
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Reflection - Sane in an insane world
My experience of working as a Chaplain in a mental hospital back in the late 70s left many lasting impressions on me.
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Children behind bars
There has been progress in saving and releasing hundreds of small children and youth from stench-filled cells across the Philippines.
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You Dao - the migrant's friend
organisation You Dao in Shanghai, China. He lectures in Fudan University in Shanghai. After 10 years of living in Beijing and Shanghai he has…
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Bakers delight
Fording flooded rivers on horseback, travelling to remote places few missionaries had gone before, risking malaria & disease and spreading the…
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Mission World
Pakistan (UCAN) - Prince Naeem was overjoyed after his parish priest at the end of one Sunday Mass offered computer classes for the youth.
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From the Director - How do we face evil and maintain our joy?
For some time now Hugh Mackay has "credited" the growth of fundamentalism or the retreat into private spiritual worlds on the rate of change…
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Pilgrims of faith
World Youth Day (WYD) is the largest youth event in the world. This year it was held in Sydney from July 15-20 and attracted 223,000 pilgrims,…
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Musical bible
The textbook which the students use in the European Culture class, contains a section on the Bible and on the great Western composers. I decided…
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My life and smart kids
My First Holy Communion at age seven was one of the most important experiences of my life. After coming home from church that day, my mother…
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