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April 24, 2013 ·
Preda-Akbay youth utilizing theater to advocate for environmental protection on Earth Day at Harbor Point Subic, Apr 23,13
Read More...Philippine poverty incidence unchanged in past 6 yrs
April 24, 2013 ·
DESPITE ECONOMIC GROWTHS By Riza T. Olchondra Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:02 am | Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 Economic growth over the past six years hardly made a dent in poverty incidence in the Philippines, as the percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line remained practically the same between 2006 and 2012, official statistics [...]
Read More...Rolf Harris questioned in Yewtree sex offence probe
April 23, 2013 ·
19 April 2013 Last updated at 15:08 GM BBC UK News. The entertainer and artist has been granted bail until May Continue reading the main story Rolf Harris has been questioned by police over historical allegations of sexual offences. The 83-year-old entertainer and artist was interviewed under caution after attending police premises in south [...]
Read More...SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT AND SEX TOURISM MUST BE OPPOSED
April 19, 2013 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen The unwelcome truth that civilized people don’t want to hear is that the human race is not so civilized after all. Hundreds of thousands of wealthy males travel from rich to poor countries every year to sexually exploit and abuse children and women in a global phenomenon known as sex-tourism. Sexual [...]
Read More...April 18, 2013 ·
Social worker graduates with the help of the Jessica Smith Scholarship fund. The fund, in memory of a wonderful person dedicated to helping children in the developing world, is educating dozens of young people who otherwise would have no chance of an education or an escape from poverty.
Read More...April 18, 2013 ·
Preda staff take a break on the rapids to celebrate the birthday of Fr. Shay Cullen, founder of Preda
Read More...Letter from Anneluise,Volunteer at Preda Fair Trade.
April 17, 2013 ·
Dear Father Shay, it was in May 2012 at your visit to our Weltladen in Eisenstadt when you encouraged me to volunteer for Preda. It didn’t take a long time for me to decide to join your work. I have known Preda and its projects on the paper, but being part of it has exceeded [...]
Read More...OUR HEARTS ARE TROUBLED, OUR FAITH IS CHALLENGED
April 11, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Readers frequently share their comments and opinions, their problems and troubles about many things including the challenge to their faith. Before the resignation of Pope Benedict and the election of Pope Francis I received the letter below. Dear Fr. Shay, I would really appreciate your help. At the moment I feel [...]
Read More...REDISCOVERING THE HEART OF FAITH – SERVICE
April 4, 2013 ·
By: Fr. Shay Cullen When he bent down on his knees in the youth detention jail in Rome last Holy Thursday, washed and kissed the feet of the juvenile prisoners and also a mother and child and a Muslim, Pope Francis sent a message to Catholic Church leaders and to the world. It seems to say, change [...]
Read More...Resurrection for child prisoners
March 27, 2013 ·
Written by FR. SHAY CULLEN The rescue from the danger, humiliation and fear of life behind bars was like a resurrection, the start of a new life for the hundreds of children released from the death-like experience of prison life and brought to an open plan youth home. Misery, sadness and suicidal thoughts plague thousands [...]
Read More...THE BRAVE STRUGGLE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
March 19, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The pristine sands of Boracay Island, the popular Philippine tourist destination near Kalibo-Aklan, is stained with the blood of the innocent. Dexter Condez, a young 26 year-old lay missionary with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was shot dead on the island as he was returning home from a meeting [...]
Read More...THE NEW POPE’S GREATEST CHALLENGE
March 12, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen There are those Church leaders that exist in the present but their mind and heart is buried in the past. There are those that live in the present but cannot see the future and have forgotten the past. There are those who combine the best of the past and the present and [...]
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