Fr. Shay’s Articles
"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...Shining a light on pedophilia in the Philippines
August 29, 2014 ·
Fr Shay Cullen, Olongapo City Philippines August 1, 2014 The good news is that hundreds if not thousands of children will now be safe from abuse and molestation after some 660 British subjects were arrested in the United Kingdom for accessing images of children on the internet a few weeks ago. Many more suspects […]
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...Justice and injustice have their own zones
August 1, 2014 ·
The huge mega-brothels conveniently situated near European international airports have hundreds of young girls trapped as prostitutes. Prostitution has been legalised in most European countries and, while this protects European Union women who have freely chosen to be sex workers from harassment and abuse and gives them rights, it gives little or no protection, medical help, or human rights guarantees to undocumented migrants.
Read More...THE CONFLICT IN GAZA
July 31, 2014 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen 28 July 2014 The death toll is at least 1,360 Palestinians killed, mostly civilians, women and children, and hundreds more have been injured. 58 Israelis killed, 56 soldiers, 2 of them civilians. 16 Palestinians were killed when an Israeli shell hit a UN school where 3000 refugees were sheltering. UN Secretary […]
Read More...LIGHTING A CANDLE IN THE DARKNESS
July 23, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The good news is that hundreds, if not thousands of children will be protected from abuse and molestation by some of the 660 British subjects arrested for accessing unlawful images of children on the internet by a coordinated police action throughout the United Kingdom a few weeks ago. Many more suspects […]
Read More...EIGHT MONTHS AFTER TYPHOON HAIYAN
July 18, 2014 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen In the middle of the rubble and dirt of the aftermath of the most devastating typhoon to hit the Philippines last November 8, 2013, we found children still able to smile, standing as they did with ragged torn T-shirts and dirty faces and legs in the mud. They were covered in […]
Read More...Path to Freedom
July 15, 2014 ·
by: Father Shay Cullen July/August 2014 Far East Magazine (Magazine of the Columban Missionaries) As if the upheaval, death and destruction of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) was not enough suffering for up to a million survivors, we are trying to protect the children and orphans among them from exploiters and traffickers. For example, Reggie, 17, is […]
Read More...Is independence just a ghost?
July 15, 2014 ·
Just before Independence Day was celebrated on June 12, a group of newly enrolled children from a shelter excitedly set out on their first day to walk to school at Gala, Sacatihan, Pamatawan, Subic town, Zambales. The road up the hill would give them an easy walk to freedom through education—the great liberator. But then, […]
Read More...THE RESCUE
July 11, 2014 ·
Fr. Shay Cullen – The dilapidated house and few small cottages falling apart made up what was called S.C.O.T.S. Foundation for abandoned children. It was set up by Lilian May Thomson, 65, from Dunfermline, Scotland. According to her US passport she is named as Lilian May Zimmer. Her house is in a remote place at the end of a small, narrow valley in Subic, Philippines.
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