Fr. Shay’s Articles
THE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION
January 5, 2014 ·
THE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION By Fr. Shay Cullen The story of the rescue of Rosemary is heartening and encouraging. When we read about such stories of young children like that of Rosemary being helped and rescued from the clutches of depraved people who are arrested, we rejoice. But we may not […]
Read More...SEARCHING FOR ABUSED CHILDREN AND YOLANDA ORPHANS Dec.29
December 29, 2013 ·
By Fr.Shay Cullen 29 December 2014 Immediately after the Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), the strongest typhoon ever to hit land on 8 November this year, I wrote an article titled “The Lost Orphans of Yolanda” on 12 November in the knowledge that the children without parents are the most vulnerable to abuse, abduction, malnutrition and human […]
Read More...THE LOST ORPHANS OF YOLANDA
December 28, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen 12 November 2013 Besides the thousands that have been killed, injured, and made homeless by the most devastating typhoon known to humankind, the orphaned children are the most vulnerable. Their towns and villages and homes are no more and their parents are dead. They are threatened by malnutrition, kidnapping, and abduction. Horrible […]
Read More...THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
December 18, 2013 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen When I was growing up, Christmas was a lovely childhood story of the baby Jesus born in a clean looking stable surrounded by his loving parents in clean robes, singing angels, adoring shepherds, kings holding gifts and harmless adoring animals. Yet in reality, it was a hard, cold, miserable time for […]
Read More...NELSON MANDELA, CHAMPION OF PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
December 16, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen What made Nelson Mandela the most famous and revered leader world-wide, and perhaps the most respected leader in history was his unshakable commitment to human rights and dignity. He inspired his nation as a political prisoner for 27 years under the apartheid white minority regime of South Africa and he stood by his […]
Read More...THE HUMAN FACE OF PHILIPPINE POVERTY
December 12, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Reggie is the human face of poverty in the Philippines. He and his family lived on the edge of total poverty until typhoon Haiyan pushed him and his family into absolute poverty this November 2013. He is a 17 year-old jobless youth whose home was taken away by the 245 kilometer per hour wind. […]
Read More...THE DANGER OF GMO FOODS
December 3, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The pictures of the hungry children holding up placards with the single word “Food” and another that cried out “Help”, these among many others were heart-wrenching cries of hundreds of thousands of poor people whose lives, homes, and families were wrecked by the devastating, all powerful storm to hit the Philippines […]
Read More...EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON YOLANDA
November 22, 2013 ·
BY FR. SHAY CULLEN I flew into Cebu City, an hours flight from Manila and drove with two Preda staff starting 3 am to visit the northern towns of Cebu Island on Tuesday, 19 November. The goal was to reach Daanbantayan, Bogo,and Bantayan Island to assess the storm damage, visit their communities and understand the situation […]
Read More...THE LOST ORPHANS OF YOLANDA
November 13, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen 12 November 2013 Besides the thousands that have been killed, injured, and made homeless by the most devastating typhoon known to humankind, the orphaned children are the most vulnerable. Their towns and villages and homes are no more and their parents are dead. They are threatened by malnutrition, kidnapping, and abduction. Horrible […]
Read More...SAVING THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
November 8, 2013 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen Nov. 10, 2013 She was only 14 years old when brought from a distant town, and she was lured into a relationship with a middle-aged American and became his live-in sex partner. He called her “Chocolate”, a racist term. In a conversation with reporters from ABC Television New York using a hidden […]
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