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The Far East - August 2015

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From the Editor - Called by God to be a missionary priest

Let us pray to the Lord of the Harvest to send more missionaries- priests, lay and religious, because as Jesus told us, the harvest is ripe,…
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We don't need guns

'Yes, Father, we also heard and felt it. There were people from a drug cartel at that party nearby and they were firing rockets from one of their…
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Fr Philip Crosbie remembered

In his sermon Fr. Simon reminded the congregation of the great works Fr. Phil had accomplished since he came to Korea in 1940, the churches he…
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Reflection - Personal but not private

I stand before you humbly admitting that my growth in the priesthood is due mainly to you parishioners in this wonderful parish of Apollo Bay…
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Columban Missionaries welcome Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment

We wholeheartedly commit ourselves to working with the Church as well as with our ecumenical, interfaith, and grassroots partners wherever we…
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From Daejeon to Suva

Fr. Lee's family were quite surprised when he first told them he was considering applying to work as a missionary overseas for several years.…
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A missionary in his own country

“How can I be a missionary in my own country? This has been the question that has haunted me since returning home to Korea from Peru several…
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Mission World - August 2015

The overall finding of the report is that the Church is in the midst of a “dramatic realignment”. It is waning in its historical centre of Europe,…
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From the Director - Is God doing something new?

Today we are still experiencing new ways of being Church. The Catholic Church is no longer a European Church, it is a global Church. Our own…
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A ministry of gratitude

“What am I going to do now?” I asked myself after nearly 40 years of overseas appointments: Japan, Rome, Fiji. The answer wasn’t long in coming.…
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What am I to do in Pakistan?

In one of my afternoon walks here in Murree where I am learning Urdu, I met two Muslim men who approached me. I am always happy to speak with…
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