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Sr
Inigo Joachim S.S.A. (India)
Choose
life - Re the death
sentence of three prisoners in India
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Vatican II & Renewal
(1)
16
Documents of Vatican II
A
Call to Action
Assn Catholic Priests Ireland
Bp Pat Power
Bp Geoff Robinson
Bruce Duncan
Catalyst for Renewal
Catholica
Catholics for Ministry
Catholics for Renewal
STANDUP4VATICAN2
The Swag
VII - Voice of the Church
We Are Church
Excellent
articles on Mission
Hugh McMahon SSC
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The
story of Ida B. Wells who
died in Chicago on this day in 1931
- an inspiration for investigative journalists and editors |
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The
story of Caroline Chisholm who
died on this day in Highgate in 1877
- an inspiration for people involved
in humanitarian work |
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Pope
receives Nigerian President Ebele Jonathan Goodluck
March
29-30 declared 'day of reconciliation' by Pope Francis
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13 of 14 warmest years on record occurred in
last 14 years |
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Child sex abuse royal
commission:
Cardinal
George Pell says he was not involved in discussions on compensation
payments |
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113. The salvation which God has wrought, and the Church
joyfully proclaims, is for everyone. God
has found a way to unite himself to every human being in every age.
He has chosen to call them together as a people
and not as isolated individuals.
No one is saved by himself or herself,
individually, or by his or her own efforts. God
attracts us by taking into account the complex interweaving of personal
relationships entailed in the life of a human community.
This people which God has
chosen and called is the Church. Jesus
did not tell the apostles to form an exclusive and elite group.
He said: “Go and make disciples of all nations”
(Mt 28:19).
Saint Paul tells us in the people of God, in the
Church, “there is neither Jew or Greek... for you are all one in Christ
Jesus” (Gal 3:28).
To those who feel far from God
and the Church, to all those who are fearful or indifferent, I would like
to say this: the Lord, with great respect and love, is also calling you to
be a part of his people!
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Annunciation joke:
Q: What did Mary say to the Holy Spirit on Pentecost
Sunday?
A: Not you again?!
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This website's Tanzania
File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into
bringing drugs to HK)
- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file
(stopping
South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters from South American inmates in HK prisons
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection - 397
Ecumenism is like Jacob's family coming together in
Egypt
(with Pope Francis video on this theme)
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John W
mini-Blog |
Happy Annunciation
today!
When Mary was asked by
Gabriel to be the mother of the Messiah,
Mary was only about 15 or 16 years old
Unlike Eve who said
"no", Mary said "yes"
May we say "yes"
to love of God and care for neighbour a bit more in our lives ...maybe
starting with more concern for the poor following the lead of Pope
Francis
Whether we are 15 or 50 or
85, may we always say "yes" |
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Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
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praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please bless the people of South
Asia
On this 25th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Ningxia
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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Darlene Starrs
(Canada) |
God
grant him many years!
Francis needs at least 10 years to
have a significant impact on the church. This would allow him to appoint
like-minded men to the College of Cardinals and to dioceses all over the
world
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Priests
and people - a reflection (Frank
Campbell)
Despite Gaudium Evangelii,
many parishes still exist to promote a one-to-one relationship with God
mediated by a priest. The gathered community is dedicated to personal
piety, worship and celebration - not to work for the transformation of
society. It is in this sense
that that I would describe many parishes an ‘unevangelized’
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What
It's Like to Be Right About the Big Bang: Genesis of a Viral Video |
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Indonesia's forest fires feed 'brown cloud' of pollution choking Asia's cities |
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Global warming to hit Asia hardest, warns new report on climate change |
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Vatican
names victim Marie Collins on child abuse commission |
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China
now has 3.5million websites (!) |
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Article of Fr Harry Winter O.M.I. Priority
of the Parish and Basic Ecclesial Community, from Vatican II to Pope
Francis, first published on this
website, has now also been
published on the website of USA Oblates |
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Google sent me a message
yesterday:
Your account could be at risk of state-sponsored attacks |
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Interactive
Bible Quiz - Two
John
Based on the actual words of the Bible.
How
many times can you get 3/3 ?!
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A
people for everyone
112. The salvation
which God offers us is the work of his mercy. No
human efforts, however good they may be, can enable us to merit so great a
gift. God, by his sheer grace, draws us to himself and makes us
one with him.
He sends his Spirit into
our hearts to make us his children, transforming us and enabling us to
respond to his love by our lives. The Church is sent by Jesus
Christ as the sacrament of the salvation offered by God.
Through her evangelizing
activity, she cooperates as an instrument of that divine grace which works
unceasingly and inscrutably. Benedict XVI put it nicely at the
beginning of the Synod’s reflections: “It is important always to know
that the first word, the true initiative, the true activity comes from God
and only by inserting ourselves into the divine initiative, only (by)
begging for this divine initiative, shall we too be able to become –
with him and in him – evangelizers”.
This principle of the
primacy of grace must be a beacon which constantly illuminates our
reflections on evangelization. |
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Hope yesterday's reports in South
China Morning Post and Ming Pao do
a bit of good for this website's anti-drug campaign. Only thing that
shocked me was the term "elderly priest" in SCMP. First
time in my life I've had that description!
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This website's Tanzania
File
(stopping Africans from being
tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file
(stopping South Americans from
being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from South American inmates in HK prisons
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection - 396
An ecumenical
Eucharist in Australia
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John W
mini-Blog |
Yesterday I heard of a number of fresh cases
of cancer. Some people see cancer as having only physical
causes. But the more I read and the more I work with cancer patients -
especially in the prisons - the more I see a link, not all the time but
frequently, between a lack of being loved and cancer. As a Chinese
saying puts it: "sickness often starts in the heart" |
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Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
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praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please bless the people of Europe
& North Asia
On this 24th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Inner
Mongolia
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month |
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Singing nun stuns judges on Italy's
The Voice – video
Has been viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube
The Voice audition makes nun internet star
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Pope
Francis:
Thank
you Holy Spirit
Inspiring photos:
Newness,
harmony, mission
Engagements
of Pope Francis
Many
thanks for checking
this website each day
St Paul on Metro/Tube/MTR!
Little
girl telling the story of Jonah - brilliant!
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Pope
Francis tells mafia to 'stop doing evil' or prepare for hell |
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Sydneysiders
break down cultural barriers at nationwide launch of The
Welcome Dinner Project |
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Migrant
Workers In World Cup Host Qatar 'Enslaved,' Living In Squalor: Report
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Pell
Must Stay And Answer For The Church's Crimes
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From a Lent hymn in the breviary:
Forgive us all the wrong we do
and purify each sinful soul.
What we have darkened, heal with light
and what we have destroyed, make whole
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The
Second Cover Up (Kieran
Tapsell)
The
cover up of clergy sex abuse followed the same pattern all over the world,
because it was underpinned by canon law
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Kenya's
parliament has passed a bill allowing polygamy without a wife's consent
(what's making African parliaments
pass strange laws these days?) |
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Activist
nun: Change in the church comes from the bottom up |
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The
entire people of God proclaims the Gospel
111. Evangelization
is the task of the Church. The Church, as the agent of evangelization, is
more than an organic and hierarchical institution; she
is first and foremost a people advancing on its pilgrim way towards God.
She is certainly a mystery rooted in the Trinity, yet
she exists concretely in history as a people of pilgrims and evangelizers,
transcending any institutional expression,
however necessary.
I would like to dwell briefly on this way of
understanding the Church, whose ultimate foundation is in the free and
gracious initiative of God. |
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To go with today's Gospel about Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well:
WIFE: “There’s trouble with the car. It
has water in the carburetor.”
HUSBAND: “Water in the carburetor? That’s ridiculous.”
WIFE: “I tell you the car has water in the carburetor.”
HUSBAND: “You don’t even know what a carburetor is. I’ll check it
out. Where’s the car?”
WIFE: “In the pool.”
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New letter from a Tanzanian inmate in a Hong Kong prison
(in Swahili, with English
summary)
- re the recent capture of Shikuba,
the biggest Drug Baron in Tanzania, responsible for most of the drugs
smuggled into the Mainland via HK
This website's Tanzania
File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into
bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file
(stopping South Americans from
being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from South American inmates in HK prisons |
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection - 395
Jesus was not harsh
with the Samaritan woman or the woman caught in adultery or the man
lowered through the roof or the apostles
One way to promote unity
among Christians: avoid harsh
words about and towards other Christians |
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John W
mini-Blog |
Many thanks to HK's
South China Morning Post
and Ming Pao
newspapers for today's reports about
this website's campaign to help Africans avoid the trap of being
"drug mules" bringing drugs to HK
Welcome to all new readers, especially folk who have
found this site via the SCMP or MP.
Hope you can often check this site's
daily menu
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Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless the people of Africa
On this 23rd
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Guangxi
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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Peter J Wilkinson
looks at ministry trends at parish level:
Who ministers in Australia's parishes? (a
similar scene to that in many countries...)
Local vocations to the priesthood remain low,
religious sisters will make a declining contribution, and
many bishops have not warmed to permanent deacons. Coupled with
the continuing decline in Mass attendance and the reduced number
of parishes, it takes great hope and faith to see an upturn in parish
vitality just around the corner
Peter's
previous articles |
The
unjust treatment
of Bishop Bill Morris
Tribalism
lives on, for better and for worse
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‘It’s
lonely at home’ says US president, as Michelle Obama kicks off China
visit with Peng Liyuan
(..next Vice-President?...with
HC as President) |
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Yesterday as I talked with a South African
inmate about President Zuma spending
US$23 million on his rural home, the inmate told me about Helen
Zille, the leader of the DA Party, premier of Western Cape, and
world "Mayor of the Year" in 2008 (for her successes in tackling
crime, drug abuse and unemployment). May South Africa soon have people of
her calibre to replace Zuma and his cronies |
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C.E.O.
Fr. Louis Lougen O.M.I. in Ukraine |
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A free program that lets you
edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files:
Open
Office
(6,551,057 downloads)
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110. After having
considered some of the challenges of the present, I would now like to
speak of the task which bears upon us in every age and place, for “there
can be no true evangelization without the explicit proclamation of Jesus
as Lord”, and without “the primacy of the proclamation of
Jesus Christ in all evangelizing work”.
Acknowledging the concerns of the Asian bishops,
John Paul II told them that if the Church “is to fulfil its providential
destiny, evangelization as the joyful, patient
and progressive preaching of the saving death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ must be your absolute priority.” These words hold true
for all of us. |
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A number of times I've mentioned the
experiences I've had with inmates whose first language is not
English....like the time I asked a guy from Pakistan "Are you a
refugee?" and he replied "No, I'm a Muslim".
Yesterday this one: I asked a man from a non-English speaking African
country to spell his name (so that I could help him get a book).
When I couldn't understand his diction I asked him to use the "A for
Apple, B for Boy, C for Cat" strategy. Was going well until he
bowled this curly one "G for Dog"! |
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The
horrific toll of America's heroin 'epidemic' (BBC)
Tomorrow:
a new letter from a Tanzanian inmate in a HK prison
Also tomorrow: HK's
South China Morning Post
and Ming Pao
newspapers will carry a report about
this website's campaign to help Africans avoid the trap of being
"drug mules" bringing drugs to HK
This website's Tanzania
File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing
drugs to HK)
- letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file
(stopping
South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection - 394
This article encourages Eastern Christians in
communion with Rome,
to do their best to promote unity with other Eastern Christians who are not in
communion with Rome.
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John W
mini-Blog |
No news is good news?
Jesus, MH370 passengers, crew and families ....and people involved in the
search
....all are in your hands....you for whom everything is possible
.... you who said to ask for anything good |
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Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
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praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please bless the people of Central
& North America
On this 22nd
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Zhejiang
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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Detained
human rights worker & O.M.I. priest freed in Sri Lanka
"The government does not want the true situation in
the northern part to be known to the rest of Sri Lanka and the rest of the
world."
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Ron
Schmit:
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Previous Smiles
file |
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Murky
law in Crimea land grab
Ukraine latest pawn in imperial game
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by a reader
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Pope
Emeritus Wrote Critique of Papal Interview at Francis' Request
c.f. Gänswein:
the mask slips |
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Melbourne
archbishop establishes old rite parish
(..will further the cause of
division?...) |
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| Joan
Chittister |
New
'religious' group just as deadly as the ones that preceded it |
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George
Pell's private secretary grilled over legal tactics in Ellis case
(Statements are being circulated to portray Cardinal
Pell in a favorable light, but the darkness is deafening. Next week at the
Royal Commission will be a fend off rather than a send off for Cardinal
Pell as he prepares to go to Rome) |
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108. As I mentioned above, I have not sought to offer a
complete diagnosis, but I invite communities to
complete and enrich these perspectives on the basis of their awareness of
the challenges facing them and their neighbours.
It is my hope that, in doing so, they will realize that whenever
we attempt to read the signs of the times it is helpful to listen to young
people and the elderly. Both represent a source of hope for
every people.
The elderly bring with them memory
and the wisdom of experience, which warns us not to foolishly repeat our
past mistakes. Young
people call us to renewed and expansive hope, for they represent new
directions for humanity and open us up to the future, lest we cling to a
nostalgia for structures and customs which are no longer life-giving in
today’s world.
109. Challenges
exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our
boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be
robbed of missionary vigour! |
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On menu of March 23 there will, DV, be a new letter from a Tanzanian
inmate in a HK prison
This website's Tanzania
File
(stopping Africans from being
tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file
(stopping
South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from S. American inmates in HK prisons
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During
the minister's prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the
back pews. Tommy's mother was horrified. She pinched him into silence and,
after church, asked, 'Tommy, whatever made you do such a thing?'
Tommy answered soberly, 'I asked God to teach me to whistle, and He did!' |
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection - 393
Catholic Church supports a fixed date for Easter
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John W
mini-Blog |
This coming Sunday, March 23, Hong Kong's South
China Morning Post and Ming Pao
will have a report on this website's campaign to help Africans be aware of
the dangers of being used as "drug mules" to bring drugs to
HK. Article interviews were approved by HK's Correctional
Service Department |
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Sun: Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
On this 21st
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Yunnan
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month |
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Pope
Francis: "Do more to help the poor".
One group taking these words seriously is the
Community of Saint Egidio (whose members help at Yau Ma Tei
Sunday night gatherings for the poor).
The group is now hosting regular meetings for the poorest of the Sunday
night guests at their centre in Jordan (a few minutes walk from my home).
Photos
from last night
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Refugees hail UNHCR Gateway programme as a British success story |
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Saint
Patrick's Day and new constitution
The author of this think piece was lucky to be invited
by the Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to the United Republic of
Tanzania, Fionnuala Gilsenan, at her residence, to partake in a great
feast to mark the occasion
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Asylum
seeker ethics is simple |
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Dear |
With
Archbishop Tutu in Cape Town |
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Yesterday I heard that a large
number of Chinese supervisors (very skilled, professional people) of
China's many projects in Africa are ....prisoners ....sent to Africa as
punishment/rehabilitation ....where they do a good job ....and start not a
few unofficial families |
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Don't blame foreigners for house prices
Shoddy tax laws, not Chinese investors, are driving up the
prices of new dwellings |
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107. Many
places are experiencing a dearth of vocations to the priesthood and
consecrated life. This is often due to a lack of contagious apostolic
fervour in communities which results in a cooling of enthusiasm and
attractiveness.
Wherever there is life, fervour and a
desire to bring Christ to others, genuine vocations will arise.
Even in parishes where priests are not particularly
committed or joyful, the fraternal life and
fervour of the community can awaken in the young a desire to consecrate
themselves completely to God and to the preaching of the Gospel.
This is particularly true if such a living
community prays insistently for vocations and courageously proposes to its
young people the path of special consecration.
On the other hand, despite the scarcity of
vocations, today we are increasingly aware of the need for a better
process of selecting candidates to the priesthood. Seminaries
cannot accept candidates on the basis of any motivation whatsoever,
especially if those motivations have to do with affective insecurity or
the pursuit of power, human glory or economic well-being.
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The preacher's 5 year-old daughter noticed that her father always paused
and bowed his head for a moment before starting his sermon. One day, she
asked him why.
'Well, Honey,' he
began, proud that his daughter was so observant of his messages.
'I'm asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon.'
'How come He doesn't
answer it?' she asked |
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Another
"Big Fish" caught at Tanzania's International Airport
- well done!
This website's Tanzania
File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into
bringing drugs to HK)
- letters from
Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file
(stopping
S. Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons |
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| Francis
wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection - 392
Asian and African churches should not have to slavishly follow
a European feast day calendar that often clashes with their own national
cultural days.
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John W
mini-Blog |
Yesterday I had the pleasure of
attending the annual graduation ceremony (the study variety) at Lo Wu
Women's Prison (on the HK side of the China border). More than 100 women
received certificates for their efforts over the past year. After the
ceremony the inmates were allowed to mix freely with their relatives and
friends ....even to give a hug and kiss ....very different from normal
visiting with communication on a phone through a window. Once again I had
the feeling: women (apart from very dangerous people) should not be in
prison. There should be some other arrangement. DV some day soon .... |
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Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Thursday,
please bless the people of South
East Asia
On this 20th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the prisoners of Sichuan
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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Chris McDonnell
(Wed UK blogger) |
A
principled man
Men and women of principle are needed more than ever in
a society that seeks a selfish goal. Maybe that is the underlying reason
for the huge impact that Francis has made in the year since his election
as Bishop of Rome, both within the Church and beyond
Chris' previous article A
thoughtful few days now also posted at Pray Tell
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Vatican II - Renewal (2)
Hans
Küng:
Letter
to bishops
Revolution
to stop authoritarianism
Fr Joseph Ratzinger:
Writings
on Vat II
Robert
Mickens:
Vatican Implosion
Nicholas Lash:
Vatican II:
Of Happy Memory - and Hope?
Robert
McNally:
Crisis & Criticism in the Church
Priests
9 Masses a day
- need to ordain married men
The
evil of compulsory celibacy
Link
between compulsory celibacy and sexual abuse
Why
are women not being
ordained to priesthood?
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Climate
change is putting world at risk of irreversible changes, scientists warn
- Rare intervention into a policy debate by the American
Association for the Advancement of Scientists |
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NCR
Report |
Catholicism
in Australia: Demographics, scandal underlie tectonic shifts
(Tom Roberts) |
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Andrew
Forrest's dream to stop all slavery - DG!
Pope,
Welby and Grand imam collaborate to eradicate slavery and human
trafficking ‘for all time’ |
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Latest
The
Good Oil
has many fine articles
- like these two: |
What
sort of change do we long for here in our country and more broadly in our
world, particularly for women and children
A
better way on asylum seekers |
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Questions from a
Ewe
Some
"theology of women" from a woman
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Big
Bang echoes from 14 billion years ago detected by US scientists |
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Chinese version of Dying
to be Me now available.
English version was on New York Times Best Seller List for many months.
An inspiring book about a Singapore-born Indian lady who grew up in HK,
developed cancer, "died" from cancer, but after her Near Death
Experience had no more cancer.
Most encouraging book for anyone fighting a big illness, especially cancer |
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March 21 |
Pope
to hold prayer vigil for victims of organized crime |
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Review
of Tony Flannery's A Question of
Conscience:
Trials
of a recalcitrant priest |
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106. Even if it is
not always easy to approach young people, progress
has been made in two areas: the awareness that the entire
community is called to evangelize and educate the young, and the urgent
need for the young to exercise greater leadership.
We should recognize that despite the present
crisis of commitment and communal relationships, many
young people are making common cause before the problems of our world and
are taking up various forms of activism and volunteer work.
Some take part in the life of the Church as members of service groups and
various missionary initiatives in their own dioceses and in other places.
How beautiful it is to
see that young people are “street preachers” (callejeros de la fe),
joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and every
corner of the earth!
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A
Sunday
School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most
quoted passages in the Bible - Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month
to learn the chapter.
Little Rick was
excited about the task - but he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After
much practice, he could barely get past the first line.
On the day that the
kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Ricky
was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and
said proudly, 'The Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know.' |
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This website's Tanzania
File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs
to HK)
- letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
This
website's South
America file
(stopping
South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons |
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| Francis
wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection - 391
May all Christians keep on
working for unity of sacramental life!
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John W
mini-Blog |
Happy
visit to Ricci Center yesterday by dear Macau friends Fran and Melanie
- who told me about this
beautiful organisation which I hope will take care of some
babies born in prison of mothers from overseas
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Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please bless the people of East Asia
On this 19th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Shanxi
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month |
