St Teresa of the AndesApr 12, 2022
Carmelite novice. Chile's first saint. Teresa was one of six children born in 1900 in Santiago, Chile, to a well-to-do family of mixed Chilean, English and Spanish blood. As a child she was very devout, but her parents made sure she received ... Read more
Seeing the World with Tinted GlassesApr 12, 2022
21/11/1973, Learning a new language is only part of the challenge for missionaries. Local people have their own cultural values and see things differently from outsiders ... Read more
A ‘Hopeful’ Start to Holy Week in BaApr 11, 2022
Today was Palm Sunday, and a very busy one for me, serving as the lone priest here in Christ the King, Ba. We have three Masses each Sunday, one in the main town church followed by 2 in village churches. Today’s liturgies were obviously longer ... Read more
PCID 2022 Ramadan and Eid MessageApr 11, 2022
The Missionary Society of St. Columban here in Suva, Fiji joins with Pope Francis and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue wishes all Muslim brothers and sisters a fruitful month of Ramadan and a joyfilled Eid al - Fitr ... Read more
An Interview with NovicesApr 11, 2022
14/6/2014, The Good Shepherd Sisters from Australia contacted me some months ago. They asked if I could do personality assessments for three I Kiribati girls who had applied to enter their novitiate. Sometime later I visited Tarawa, the main island ... Read more
