List of Fr Shay Cullen's Articles
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REAL
FAIR TRADERS WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE POOR
-08 May 2008
Fair-Trade week is a time to remember the global injustice that is causing the food crisis everywhere. The land grabbing to grow fuel crops puts the vehicles of the rich before the hunger of the poor. Read more...
PHOTO: A IP family which Preda supports through the Fair Trade project of recycling drink pouches and making into different products.
The
sexual enslavement of children 
-02 May 2008
Josef Fritzl, 73, imprisoned his own daughter and abused her as a sex slave for 24 years and she gave birth in the cellar dungeon to 7 children fathered by him. Read more...
PHOTO: Mr. Josef Fritzl is described as domineering and authoritarian. (Photo from BBC)
THE
POPE REACHES OUT TO VICTIMS
-23 April 2008
It was an unprecedented historical event when Pope Benedict XVI flew to the United States to express sorrow and pain for the victims of child sex abuse. Read more...
PHOTO: Celebrating the outdoor Mass, the Pope delivered a homily that dwelled at length on the sexual abuse scandal. (Photo: London Times)
A One-Sided Report
-17 April 2008
There was no comfort in the Philippine report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week for 14 year old Felix Avila, emaciated, half-staved, brutalized, shocked and dazed as he was helped walk from behind the bars of a police detention center in Metro Manila. Read more...
PHOTO: Children in a Detention Center in Metro Manila - Click HERE for more photos
The Flame of Pomp and Power
-10 April 2008
It's heartbreaking to see unarmed saffron robed monks kicked, clubbed, beaten, tortured, imprisoned and killed in Tibet simply because they want religious freedom and dignity. Read more...
PHOTO: Buddhist monks participating in a rally in Katmandu on Monday to protest against the killing of monks by the military regime in Myanmar.
The
Prophetic Voice and Deaf Ears
-02 April 2008
In times of injustice, structural tyranny and overwhelming a corruption, everybody longs for strong outspoken prophetic leadership in word and action. Read more...
PHOTO: The new cardinal from the Philippines is Gaudencio B. Rosales, 31st archbishop of Manila.
Graduation
- Light from Darkness
-26 March 2008
Its graduation time in the Philippines, the most important day in the life for any aspiring student and especially for the children at the Preda home for girls and boys... Read more...
PHOTO: Mary Ann Salo speaks as the top student of their batch during her graduation last March 26, 2008.
Easter
Reflection 2008
-19 March 2008
"My God, my God, why did you abandon me?" (Mt 27: 46). There he was, Jesus from Nazareth, the son of a mere carpenter, the miracle worker, the man so loved by the poor and believed by many to be the Messiah. Read more...
PHOTO: The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
A brave and loving woman
-11 March 2008
Josie Magano is one of the bravest Filipino women I ever met. One day she came asking help to rescue her teenage daughter from the clutches of a Danish sex tour operator who owned a hotel. Read more...
PHOTO: Children rescued from sexual abuse having primal therapy.
FAIR
TRADE FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS
-07 March 2008
It is Fair Trade Week in Europe and hundreds of thousands of customers are committed to buying products that are produced justly and without exploitation and under proper working conditions. Read more...
PHOTO: One of the women helped by Preda Fair Trade.
Protect the Earth and
Ourselves
-28 February 2008
To care for the earth and all the living creatures on it is one of the most important responsibilities of humankind. Read more...
PHOTO: A forest which will soon be gone.
A
Day in the Life of Anna Maria
-20 February 2008
Anna Maria, 15, is recovering at the Preda Center. She goes to school and loves to learn. Read more...
PHOTO: Happy girls living at Preda, rescued from abuse.
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