Archive - Jun 2010

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Attack on priest who used to be a Columban seminarian

Fr Jose Francisco 'Joefran' Talaban, 43, from Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, is a priest of the Prelature of Infanta, in eastern Luzon. He was in the first group of Filipino seminarians to join the Columban college fromation program in Cebu in 1984 under the direction of your editor. He discovered later that his vocation was to be a missionary as a diocesan priest in a relatively under-developed part of his own country.

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Sheila O'Hara Visits the Sex Bars. Reflections No 491, 24 June 2010

Sheila O'Hara Visits the Sex Bars
Fr Shay Cullen's columns are published in The Manila Times,
in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and online.

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The Columban interest in the World Cup - La Copa del Mondo

 

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A Song of Life

Years ago I asked a six-year-old girl in a parish in Mindanao where I worked how many brothers and sisters she had. She told me that they were three: 'My older brother, me and the one with Mama' - meaning the one not yet born. This song by Aaron Lines, I Haven't Even Heard You Cry, reminded me of that incident. I found the link to the video in an email from LifeSiteNews.com.

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An Open Door and Home for Victims. Reflections No 490, 18 June 2010

An Open Door and Home for Victims
Fr Shay Cullen's columns are published in The Manila Times,
in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and online.

 

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Just found this article disturbing

Why Atheism will Replace Religion

Atheists are heavily concentrated in economically developed countries, particularly the social democracies of Europe. In underdeveloped countries, there are virtually no atheists. Atheism is thus a peculiarly modern phenomenon. Why do modern conditions produce atheism?

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Report on funeral of Columban Fr Thomas 'Tanvir' O'Hanlon in Karachi

This report was sent by Fr Tomás King, Columban coordinator in Pakistan. Father Thomas O’Hanlon’s family nickname was ‘Tommy’. Shortly after Father Tommy arrived in Pakistan in 1982 an old man gave him the name ‘Tanvir’, ‘Enlightened One’, and that is the name by which he is best known in Pakistan.

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