Fr. Shay’s Articles
THE TIPPING POINT THAT HAS BEEN REACHED
January 4, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen There are certain tipping points in history that caused global upheaval and social unrest and political change. A tipping point is when a situation generates so much pressure of human emotion, anger and frustration, it causes an irreversible social reaction that affects a nation, a region or the human race and […]
Read More...HUMANITY, SPIRITUAL VALUES AND THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE
December 28, 2012 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen The slaughter of twenty children, 6 and 7 year-olds and seven teachers last 14 December, 2012 with a legally purchased high powered semi-automatic assault weapon at The Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut by the 20- year-old Adam Lanza is the worst massacre in modern history of the United States. It […]
Read More...A CHILD SURVIVOR FINDS FRIENDS AT CHRISTMAS
December 19, 2012 ·
One Christmas day during the children’s Christmas party at the Preda Home for Girls, I noticed the youngest group of three little girls (average 9 years old) who are survivors and making a great recovery sitting around; one very sad looking girl is called Angeline. They gave her their miniature stuffed toys that they had […]
Read More...THE LESSON AND SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
December 14, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The often told story of the young student, Francis, reading out an acceptance speech after winning a Christmas prize at school thanked his mother “for being the greatest inspiration and good example, and most wonderful mother in the world who is a virtuous self-sacrificing mother that could not be equaled as a”…..then as he peered closer to […]
Read More...The Great and the Good Defenders of Children
December 7, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Great and the Good Defenders of Children by Fr. Shay Cullen Email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) It’s great to have the good news of the rescue of children from sexual exploitation. The rescue this week of six trafficked […]
Read More...Oh! How well they protect the child abusers?
December 2, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Oh! How well they protect the child abusers? by: Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Perhaps the greatest social problem facing the administration of Philippine President Noynoy Aquino is the spreading corrupting influance of the violence and […]
Read More...Fair Trade Towns are a force for good
November 21, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Fair Trade Towns are a force for good by Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Last November 9, I was invited to Poznan, Poland to address the delegates from 23 countries representing the towns that had been certified […]
Read More...What an Obama Win Means
November 15, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
What an Obama Win Means by Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) It may be difficult to determine how many Filipino-Americans voted for Obama in the recently concluded elections. One thing is sure, if they have any relatives […]
Read More...We can all do justice as responsible consumers
November 8, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
We can all do justice as responsible consumers by Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Panfilo 57, is a carpenter, vegetable and mango farmer from Moriki, Kapalong, Davao Del Norte. In1986 he planted fifty one mango trees and […]
Read More...FAIR TRADE IS GIVING LIFE
October 31, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
If we go to church just to get to heaven is is not the best kind of faith.We need to be acting to help others It seems so selfish and self-centred. Jesus of Nazareth taught us to forget ourselves , loose our lives as it were and then we will find our true self and […]
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