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May-June 2002

Remembering Pinatubo

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By Fr Frank O’Kelly MSSC

More than ten years have passed since the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo but for me the memory of that terrible day is still very vivid.

To Search is to Find

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We do not have the answers to every question – but the very asking of the question is the beginning of the answer.  So why don’t you send us you questions and let us together find the answers to our questions.

 

MONEY LENDERS

Because God is Wise

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By Fr Declan McNaughton MSSC

I came from a fairly typical Irish Catholic background and was educated at schools run by nuns, the Christian Brothers as well as a parochial school.  When I first became interested in the priesthood in my early teens, it was in my own diocese that I was interested in serving.  However, we received the Columban magazine, the Far East, so it was natural that I should begin to read the articles written by Columbans telling about the situations that they were working in.  What impressed me was the lack of priests in all of these countries, the plight of the people who were not able to receive the Sacraments regularly and thus was born my missionary vocation.

A Dragon Not for the Killing

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By Brendan Lovett

Fr. Brendan Lovett was interviewed by the Far East on his book A dragon not for the killing. Fr. Lovett is one of the leading theologians in Asia and this study on his thoughts on ‘consumerism’ will reward the reader with some very valuable insights. You may have to read it twice carefully, but it is worth it.

 

Dad, it’s ok to cry

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By Ma Teresita R. Santiago

Tes Santiago’s mother is an avid supporter of Misyon so Tes has come to love the magazine.  Because of the many inspiring stories Misyon has featured, Tes has been dreaming of becoming a missionary herself – and she is still praying about it.  Meantime, she wants to share her own story…

 

Daddy’s Girl

In August 2000, my father was diagnosed with cancer and the doctor advised that he only had six months to live. I had thought then that this was going to be the lowest point of my life.  I was so close to Pop.  My brothers and sisters always told me I was my father’s pet.  This is somehow true because since I was little, wherever Pop was, I always tagged along, giving up everything just to be with him.  He was a military man and he had a very strong personality.  We looked up to him as a very honorable man, very firm, someone who can never be swayed.  He had always taught us honesty, respect for others, hard work, generosity and frugality – these were never hard to learn because we saw these traits in him.

Father Joeker

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Father Joeker

Which is Which

Trying to welcome a group of elders who came to see me in my hometown during my last vacation I pulled out a bottle which I though was the lambanog whisky given to me by my benefactors in Baguio.  Everybody was commenting that the drink was perfect.  It was their first time to taste such.  The following day, as I was preparing for the Mass, I discovered the bottle I had offered was the Mass wine.  It was the bottle nicely covered with red Japanese paper, similar to the cover of the lambanog bottle.  What a costly mistake.  And no, I did not use the lambanog for the Mass.

Ghana won’t run out of Angels

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By Sr Rowena S. Cardinoza SSPS

 

It has been five years since I first came to Ghana.  I am assigned here in West Gonja Hospital in the accounting department.  It is the only hospital in the whole district.  The West Gonja District is interestingly the largest district in Ghana, over 130 kms away from the district capital Damongo.  As an agency hospital, it is assisted partly by the government.

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