Topic: Martyrs
"What are you willing to die for"
August 29, 2014 ·
Fr. Shay Cullen “What are you willing to die for “, It was a very challenging question that Pope Francis presented to the thousands of young people gathered for the beatification of the 130 martyrs in Korea last week. And it is also challenging for all of us who claim to be Catholics and Christians. […]
Read More...Solidarity for Philippine Fair Trade
August 12, 2014 ·
Shay Cullen Mssc. Fairness and justice is what the poor and the oppressed need from those elected to protect and serve them. When the people are in greatest need and government officials turn away then the people have been betrayed ,abandoned and left without help. This is what I experience everyday in our struggle to […]
Read More...No pain for the poor no gain for the rich
July 8, 2014 ·
One of most important things for a happy, meaningful life is to have a goal, a positive purpose that is good for both others and ourselves. It can be helping in the community, volunteering in a Fair Trade shop, supporting a shelter for the homeless, or raising funds for a worthy cause.
Read More...SHOUTING INTO THE SILENCE
June 4, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen – One of most important things for a happy meaningful life is to have a goal, a positive purpose that does good for others and for ourselves. It can be helping in the community, volunteering in a Fair Trade shop, supporting in a shelter for the homeless, or raising funds for a worthy cause.
Read More...The Meaning of Easter
April 14, 2014 ·
Fr.Shay Cullen This is the sacred time of year when we recall the life and death and resurrection of Jesus,the man from Nazareth. His life commitment to goodness and self-sacrifice as a champion of the poor and the oppressed led to his arrest torture and execution at the hands of the unjust and cruel authorities. […]
Read More...An eyewitness account on the funeral of Romy Capalla
April 4, 2014 ·
By Alex Corpus Hermoso I took a taxi cab from the airport of Iloilo to join the motorcade that was organized by the civil society organizations, NGOs, POs and sympathetic political organizations to demand justice for the slain leader, Romeo Capalla. Upon boarding the cab, I immediately started conversation with the driver to ask about […]
Read More...Philippine Fair Trade Manager Assassinated
March 28, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Fair trade is all about working for justice, for the poor, the downtrodden, the impoverished and exploited people. It strives to lift them up to a life of dignity and greater opportunity in a non-violent, peaceful way through economic development. Fair Trade is a practical way to respect the rights and […]
Read More...FAIR TRADE PIONEER ASSASSINATED
March 25, 2014 ·
Militants say death squads behind killing of Panay fair trade manager By Nestor P. Burgos Jr. Inquirer Visayas 12:04 am | Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 OTON, Philippines‹Why did they have to kill him? He was good person who had helped many of us who are poor, said Ma. Theresa Mediavilla. Mediavilla said workers of […]
Read More...Father 'Pops", before his assassination by suspected paramilitary k contract killers.
October 22, 2013 ·
Spokesperson, Auckland Philippines Solidarity (APS) 18 October 2013 New Zealanders Press for Justice for Italian missionary gunned down in Philippines two years ago. Two years since the killing of Fr. Fausto ‘Pops’ Tentorio, PIME, Auckland Philippines Solidarity (APS) together with church leaders in New Zealand gathered at St John’s Presbyterian Church to remember the martyrdom […]
Read More...Why Father Pops left the way he did
October 18, 2013 ·
By Cecilia B. Langlois (aka Geejay Arriola) Inquirer Mindanao 7 343 314 (Editor’s Note: Following is a tribute to Italian priest Fausto Tentorio, who was murdered on Oct. 17, 2011 by still unknown assailants near his parish church in Arakan, North Cotabato.) When a priest leaves the comforts of his First World convent to go […]
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