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  Getting A Good Night's Rest

Jun 27, 2022
6 October 1996, Our pastoral year seminarian confided in me today. I’m not sure why. Maybe it is because his time here is nearly finished and he is getting ...
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  A Seminarian Speaks Up

Jun 22, 2022
3 September 1996, I am enjoying being in Ba Parish as assistant priest to Fr Tom Daly. Fr Tom was known as a strict disciplinarian ...
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  University Student Retreat

Jun 20, 2022
23 students and one employee of the Fiji National University participated in a retreat day led by Fr Frank Hoare at the Nazareth Prayer Centre at Wailekutu ...
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  A Blast From The Past

Jun 16, 2022
11 August 1989, I am studying in London but I travelled to Manchester yesterday to participate in a group dynamics workshop. There are about 25 of us and ...
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  A Deft Use of Culture

Jun 13, 2022
25 August 1984, Raksha Bandhan is a two week period in the 5th month of the Hindu calendar. Sisters visit their brothers and tie a yellow thread (rakhi) ...
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  Style, Man, Style

Jun 09, 2022
7 November 1973, I arrived in Fiji for the first time about 10 days ago. Today I had my first Hindi class with Ms Uttra Singh in Nicolas House, the Archdiocesan Offices ...
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  The Professor and his Wife

Jun 06, 2022
4/7/1974, He got out of the car and stood on the kerb. His wife linked arms and they walked towards the steps. A brief pause, then they climbed ...
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