Fr. Shay’s Articles
The Courage to Survive
July 19, 2019 ·
The Courage to Survive Fr. Shay Cullen 19 July 209 He is only 13 years old and we can call him Jaybe. He has no formal education, cannot read or write and is one of hundreds of thousands of lost children of the Philippine slums. His father left the family for another woman and abandoned […]
Read More...Crimes Against Humanity
July 12, 2019 ·
Crimes Against Humanity Fr. Shay Cullen 12 July,2019 It’s a grim gruesome record of murder, assassination and massacre that we must condemn, denounce and learn from. The man, a leader accused of giving orders to target and kill civilians with impunity, is legendary. He convinced them that they were doing a “good” thing killing any […]
Read More...Child Captives of the Migrant Camps and Jails
July 4, 2019 ·
Child Captives of the Migrant Camps and Jails Fr. Shay Cullen 4 July 2019 They are held in captivity in small, over-crowded, jail-like pens. The unsanitary and dangerous cramped enclosures are their prisons. That was until the photo images of their confinement went viral on social media and there was an international outcry for them […]
Read More...Who Doesn’t Want Peace and Reconciliation?
June 28, 2019 ·
Who Doesn’t Want Peace and Reconciliation? Fr. Shay Cullen 28 June 2019 Who doesn’t want peace, harmony, and reconciliation in their lives, their family, personal relationships, their nation and the world? Only those who can make personal gain from chaos. Jenny May (not her real name) is 14 years of age and wants peace above […]
Read More...For What Do They Live and Die?
June 21, 2019 ·
For What Do They Live and Die? Fr. Shay Cullen 21 June 2019 Many people believe in some kind of “God,” that which they worship in their own way, which they make the priority of their actions, pursuing their God. It can be money, power, wealth, property, prestige, drugs, alcohol, pleasure, possession, domination, violence, abuse, […]
Read More...When the Truth Will Set us Free
June 14, 2019 ·
When the Truth Will Set us Free Fr. Shay Cullen 14 June 2019 If there is one thing that humans hunger and thirst for, it is the truth. Knowledge is vital for human learning, survival, safety, progress and interpersonal and social relationships. At the beginning of human kind, knowing where in the forest to […]
Read More...The Organic Mangoes of the Aeta People
June 7, 2019 ·
The Organic Mangoes of the Aeta People Fr. Shay Cullen 07 June 2019 My hands are sticky from sorting the freshly-harvested, organic fair trade mango fruits of the Aeta indigenous people of Zambales and Bataan. We were gathered in a group surrounded by crates of mangoes and working hands-on with the people and the Preda […]
Read More...The Drug Corporations that Kill
May 31, 2019 ·
The Drug Corporations that Kill Fr. Shay Cullen 30 May 2019 His name was Arnel. He was a bright, intelligent, fun-loving student and he was brilliant at math. He wanted to be an engineer and work in the US Navy Base at Subic Bay. He was my student. But the fun and happiness went out […]
Read More...The Curse of Sex Tourism Part 2
May 24, 2019 ·
The Curse of Sex Tourism Part 2 Fr. Shay Cullen 24 May 2019 Hundreds of thousands of young girls and boys are lured, forced or trafficked into the sex industry every day worldwide. Human traffickers are the curse of the nation but they operate with relative impunity and sell the youth into the sex bars […]
Read More...The Curse of Sex Tourism Part 1
May 17, 2019 ·
The Curse of Sex Tourism Part 1 Fr. Shay Cullen 19 May 2019 The depravity of human nature reveals itself in the most shocking way as sex tourism. This phenomenon has become a government-supported and encouraged form of personal and national income generation in many countries that exploits and abuses millions of people around the […]
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