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The Far East - September 2009

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From the Director - The Church often needs apparent failure

t’s an irony of life that when we are successful we believe that God must be on our side and when our works fail then we despair and feel deserted…
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Editorial - Know your facts

We have to learn to live together both in our Church and also in our world.
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My mother’s insight Tae-moon Kwon

Now my prayer is not only for you but for all the people you encounter. I did not understand why the object of my prayer had changed in this…
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The Mix-up

“We discussed swapping the children so that we would both have our rightful sons but it was too difficult,” Sofia said later. “We both wanted…
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Return of martyr’s church

A group of guerrillas entered the church as Fr Leonard was beginning Mass. Sensing danger, he took the hosts from the tabernacle to consume them,…
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Celebrating 60 years

We congratulate Fr Hubert (Hub) Hunter on 60 years of dedication to God and St Columban’s Mission Society.
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Creation Christmas Cards

Creation Christmas Cards are handcrafted by disadvantaged Subanen women who live in the mountains of northwest Midanao in the Philippines.
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The circus is in town

f I was thinking of running away this would be a good week to do it as the circus has set up in our local park
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Father, I am not happy...

Does Professor Lovat wish us to believe that it was the ‘institutionalisation’ of Christianity that caused the Coptic Christians of Egypt to…
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Rain that thunders down

I continued with the Eucharist, maintaining as much dignity as I could whilst every few seconds slapping at little blood-suckers feasting on…
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Mayhem in Mexico

was approached by a young, tearful woman who asked me to pray for a special intention. I agreed to do so and enquired if she wished to share…
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Mission World - September, 2009

Children cut up pages of an old book to use as ticker tape to shower on the wedding party. They had unknowingly cut up pages from an old school…
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Beauty has its own authority

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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Breaking and entering

After about an hour, my entertainment was disturbed by a young couple. Initially they were angry to find a stranger in their home, watching their…
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No help to the poor

GM crops have made a fortune for biotech companies. Monsanto’s monopoly position has meant that it can increase both the price of its GM seeds…
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The Way We Were - Brazil welcomes Columbans

The Columbans were responding to a call to help the Church’s “most Catholic country” on earth – 120 million, or more Catholics than Mexico and…
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