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March-April 2006

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TRIBUTE TO A TEACHER
By Cherry Mee T. Degoro

One of the best features of Misyon is the youth page. I wish, one day, through this best feature I could pay tribute to my best teacher.

Since I became aware of my reading and writing skills, and of certain habits and attitudes, there has been a deep and sincere longing to express deep gratitude above all to God and my mother, but also to my teachers, most especially my Grade One teacher, Ma’am Leliosa B. Adolfo.

Your Turn

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In the September-October 2005 issue we published a letter from a student to Sister Grace Dorothy Lim about her article Strange Encounter.

FILIPINA MOTHER GIVES LIFE FOR HER CHILD

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By Father Seán Coyle

Bernadette Mimura, known as ‘Milai,’ a Filipina living in Ingleby Barwick in the north of England, was faced with a stark choice last year. Aged 37, she discovered she had breast cancer. At the time she was one month pregnant. The doctors told her that they could cure her – but that the drugs they wanted to use would be very strong and affect the baby.

PATRICIO: MY FATHER’S NAME

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by Father Patricio de los Reyes SVD

Father de los Reyes is Provincial of the Botswana-Zambia-Zimbabwe of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), www.svdbotswana.com . He has been recovering well from a brutal attack in December at his residence that left him gravely injured.

When I was born on 14 July 1956, everyone in the family thought I had inherited my father’s physical features, and so I inherited his name as Patricio de los Reyes Jr. But I was never meant to be just like my father. After high school graduation, my father suggested I should become a lawyer like him. But I said I wanted to become a missionary priest. So I did. I joined the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in Cebu City and started my training as a Divine Word missionary.

INSPIRED BY ST BERNADETTE

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By Father Chris Saenz SSC

Father Saenz, who spent part of his formation in the Philippines and has written for Misyon before, is Vice Director of the Columbans in Chile and Rector of student formation there.

Q. How and when did you experience God calling you to the priesthood?

A. I first received my call to the priesthood when I was about 20 or 21. I was working for UPS and going to college part-time, studying engineering and computers. I had attended the US Merchant Marine Academy, but was expelled because of low grades. I hadn’t attended Mass since I was 14. I was living from one weekend to the next, looking for the next party and taking nothing seriously. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.

FIRST FIVE MONTHS AS A MISSIONARY

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by Monsignor Allen A. Aganon

Monsignor Aganon, ordained 18 September 1982, has been rector of San Carlos Major Seminary, Makati City, and was the first Filipino parish priest of St Joseph Parish, Las Piñas City, home of the Bamboo Organ, Diocese of Parañaque, before leaving for South America. He is now studying Quechua, in preparation for working in a small town in the southern Andes.

Lessons Learned from Joseph

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By Sister Angela Battung RSG

 

Sister Angela, from Tuguegarao City, is a regular contributor to Misyon. You can learn more about the Religious of the Good Shepherd at www.goodshepherdsisters.org.ph

 

‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me’ (Luke 22: 19).

 

When I read the account of the Last Supper, I almost feel the tension and heaviness in the Upper Room. Jesus is saying, ‘goodbye,’ not a final farewell, because he promises to come back. But his disciples are slow to understand. Jesus knows each one of them well and he loves them. In their own way, the disciples love Him, too. The Last Supper was Jesus’ way of expressing his love for them and for us.

 

Father Joeker Pinoy in Ghana

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MALARIA CHILLS

At the height of my malaria, I was chilled and shaking violently. Mr Charles Kudawe, our cook, spread two more blankets over me and held me tightly to stop me from shaking. I mumbled, ‘Charles, what are you doing to me?!’ He must have thought he could stop malaria this way.

TRUST WALK

One of our activities in our Biblical Course in Nemi, Rome, was a ‘Trust Walk’ – but not the usual one. We were in pairs – as usual – but this time it was the blindfolded person leading the other. Almost everybody in the group found the activity easy except me. Do you know why? The one I was directing was our Director!

WYD DIARY

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By Maricel Bedra

The author, from Victorias City, Negros Occidental, takes care of an elderly couple in Dublin, Ireland, where she is also actively involved with the Legion of Mary.

‘VENIMUS ADORE EUM!’ ‘We have come to worship Him!’ The World Youth Day (WYD) gathering of young (and old) in Cologne, focused on faith that is centered on Jesus and the Eucharist, wasn’t for my group just a day event but twelve days of prayer, worship and friendship.

Why WYD was special for me

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