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Bend in the Road
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By Gil L. Casio SM
The author, a seminarian with the Society of Mary, is stationed in Thailand, having been in Myanmar for a while. He is from Surigao.
OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH GOD
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By Ma. Norma L. Plata
The author is a member of Christ the King Association International – Asian Region, popularly known in the
In 1983 I experienced a great stirring in my heart to serve the Lord full-time. After three years of discernment, I left my banking career and joined the mission team in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, a few months later. After two years in
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56 Days in the Thai Missions
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By: Rodora Ochoa Uguil
A Filipina visit her priest-uncle in Thailand
Rodora and Estrella mother and daughter from Isabela, Negros Occidental made a five weeks visit to Thailand to see Fr. Leo S.D.B who is Rodora’s uncle and Estrella’s younger brother. Rodora’s account below tells of how they also visited many of the Filipino missionaries in Thailand.
Visit of a Lifetime
Fifty-six passed swiftly but its memory still lingers on. The country was THAILAND THE LAND OF THE FREE. We thank God for this exposure and immersion course on missionlogy in action. Our main purpose was to visit our very own missionary and uncle-priest, FATHER LEO, S. D.B., who embraced Thailand since 1974. Then, we wanted to be one with him for some time in his vision and mission.
The Monk Who Ordains Trees
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The Venerable Phra Prachak is a quiet Buddhist monk. But for his effort to save the forests from destruction, he has become a target of the Thai military’s National Peace Keeping Council
In 1989, after 12 years in monastic robes, Venerable Phra arrived at a forest named Dong Yai in the Prakum district of northeast Thailand. With the encouragement of the villagers, he agreed to establish a monastery on the condition that the villagers help him protect 5000 hectares of forest for the practice of dharma, an aspect of the Buddhist religion, and ecological conservation.
