Fr. Shay’s Articles
CHRISTMAS IS FREEDOM FOR JAILED AND ABUSED CHILDREN
December 26, 2018 ·
Christmas celebrates the birth of the man who brought us the belief in human dignity, freedom, peace, the right of all to equality and justice and put children and women as the most important in the world. So much good to celebrate but much to regret since many people do not believe in those values […]
Read More...The Greatest Christmas Gift for Children
December 17, 2018 ·
The Greatest Christmas Gift for Children Fr. Shay Cullen Christmas is the celebration of the wonder and great value we have in children. We celebrate their rights and dignity. Every family ought to protect and care for their children, not to pamper and spoil them as objects and even victims of crass commercialization and […]
Read More...Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
November 30, 2018 ·
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Fr. Shay Cullen 30 November 2018 She was only 7 years old child, call her Angelica. She never knew or imagined the sexual violence that was to be done to her by her stepfather Apolonio Valdez. He took her from the small, two-roomed house to the nearby forest and […]
Read More...The Institutional Church Must Answer for Child Abuse
November 22, 2018 ·
The Institutional Church Must Answer for Child Abuse Fr. Shay Cullen 22 November 2018 The sexual abuse of children is everywhere- in institutions, in schools, gyms and in the institutional church. When children are abused, the people of God are abused too for we are one family of God. Hardly a day passes but […]
Read More...The Online Grooming and Abuse of Children
November 16, 2018 ·
The Online Grooming and Abuse of Children Fr. Shay Cullen 17 November 2018 Nowadays parents, teachers and police have to be alert and aware that there are thousands of pedophiles luring and enticing youngsters on-line over the internet to be their friends and confidants. Sometimes they poise as younger teenagers to attract a […]
Read More...All life is Sacred
October 31, 2018 ·
All life is Sacred Fr. Shay Cullen 3 November 2018 Unless we take as stand for life death will overwhelm us. That is the challenge that greets every one of us that has seen someone that we cared and loved pass from this life. It is the memory of that person that draws us back to the […]
Read More...The “Red-baiting” of the Innocent
October 26, 2018 ·
The “Red-baiting” of the Innocent Fr. Shay Cullen 27 October 2018 The branding and marking of church workers, religious sisters and priests today as “communists and Marxists” is a propaganda tactic that stems from the repressive Marcos era of martial law. Marcos and his cronies that ruled with fear and death had their own fears. […]
Read More...The Man Who Said, “You Shall not Kill”
October 19, 2018 ·
The Man Who Said, “You Shall not Kill” Fr. Shay Cullen 17 October 2018 He was born the son of poor farm workers and he grew up hungry and deprived and he was like the millions of poor who don’t know the root causes of their rural poverty. The poor struggle to overcome those sufferings and hardships as they bury […]
Read More...When children are set free
October 19, 2018 · By Father Shay Cullen, Manila for www.ucanews.com
We at the Preda Foundation, a rights’ protection organization, recently opened a new home for troubled boys in Liloan, a few kilometers outside Metro Cebu in the central Philippines. This was made possible by help from our supporters. The children in Preda homes can be from 10 to 15 years old. Even when they have not reached […]
Read More...The Courageous Testimony of Brave Youth
October 12, 2018 ·
The Courageous Testimony of Brave Youth Fr. Shay Cullen 8 October 2018 Makati, Metro Manila. The testimony of the five young boys in the Makati conference room on the 37th floor of a business tower was shocking and harrowing. Anyone reading the affidavits of the victims of Douglas Slade or listening to the sexual exploitation […]
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