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  22 February 1981 Seniority holds Sway

Feb 06, 2023
How could this young inexperienced person challenge his elder who had served so long and so well!
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  19 March 2021 The Past Come Alive Again.

Feb 06, 2023
Memories are such precious things. They connect us vividly with friends from the past.
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  21/12/1975 Over-enthusiastic Celebration of Christmas

Feb 01, 2023
On the fourth evening of our Christmas pilgrimage Sog Lingam and I arrived at Wainikoro settlement where we met Ram Samuj in front of the store beside the road. He greeted us enthusiastically and invited us to sit in a shady spot on the grass.
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  19/12/1975 Explaining Christmas

Feb 01, 2023
On our week long journey walking from Naleba to Lagalaga, Sog Lingam and I explained to the families why we were making this journey. All those in the house and sometimes neighbors too would gather around us as I went through the routine. “You know that Christmas is coming?” “Yes”. “Do you know the…
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  17/12/1975 EXPLAINING THE GOOD NEWS OF CHRISTMAS

Feb 01, 2023
I am living in the settlement of Naleba about 10 miles from Labasa, the main town on the second-largest island in the South Pacific nation of Fiji a few years ago. The 40,000 Hindus and Muslims in the area weren’t beating a track to my doorstep to learn about Christianity. But I had one thing going for…
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  May 2020 On Being a Celibate ‘Father’

Feb 01, 2023
“I really only understood the Our Father when I became a father myself,” said the Anglican vicar to me. I believe he was just sharing something of his spiritual experience but it reminded me that, as a Catholic priest, I would never be a father.
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  July 2020 REUNION AFTER 40 YEARS

Jan 31, 2023
A couple approached me in Nadera parish hall after Mass. “Are you Fr Frank Hoare?” the lady asked. Something about the timbre of her voice stirred a memory. “You used to visit our house 40 years ago,” she said. “We have been searching for you in recent months because we heard you were here in Suva.…
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