See you later
It took me a while after I arrived in Australia to realise that "See you later" has a number of meanings in the Aussie vernacular.
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Damming the Yangtze
We awoke next morning to a thunderstorm as we docked at Fengdu. Our first shore trip was to a hill containing many Buddhist temples known as…
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The Gospel amid uncertainty
I would not have been able to sustain myself in my work as a Columban missionary priest if I looked for immediate results during my 28 years…
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A glass and a half
It was a predictable response. While the major chocolate manufacturers said they were determined to do all they could to eliminate slave labour…
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Reflection - Fly with it
Our world is one that is marked by gravity. We confront serious issues on almost every side. People are working longer hours. It seems to be…
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My brother Rufie
That Rufus was murdered is hard, and the hardest part is not knowing why he died, or who really wanted him dead. You could call his death "martyrdom"…
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The hill of grace
At the end of the Korean war (1950-1953), during which nearly three million people were killed, there were just two small parishes on Jeju. In…
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Mission World - June, 2009
Police arrived on the scene and imposed a ceasefire in the neighborhood; the communities are asking the local government for protection and justice.…
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From the Director - To think generously of others
It is part of human nature that we are prepared to make all kinds of sacrifices as long as people respect and value them.
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A pastoral jackpot
These three women give witness to the Gospel doing as Jesus told his first disciples: "In this all will know that you are my disciples, in that…
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God's Earth is sacred
Solidarity is a concept much beloved by the late Pope John Paul II. Solidarity acknowledges that we are increasingly bound together as members…
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Three years on the road
Unlike the many other drivers Josefino, was doing this exhausting job with a severe disability; one of his legs was terribly shrunken by polio…
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The way we were - Home to roost
Certainly I had no intention of raising chickens. I am no chicken farmer. But what could I do?
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