Fr. Shay’s Articles
THE CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE – Justice for Abused Children
August 29, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
THE CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE – Justice for Abused 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.) The Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has been appointed as the first female Chief Justice of the […]
Read More...NON-VIOLENT LIVING IS TO BE FULLY HUMAN
August 24, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
NON-VIOLENT LIVING IS TO BE FULLY HUMAN 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.) Those of us striving to make this a more peaceful world are dismayed and saddened by news of violent acts, cruel killings and atrocities […]
Read More...TWIN POISONS: MERCURY AND A COAL BURNING PLANT
August 17, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
When Joseph Artemio, a poor fisherman living on the shore of Subic Bay in the Philippines pulled-in his net from the murky waters of the bay, he found a few small fish not enough to feed his family of six children living in a hovel along the garbage strewn beach. But besides hunger and malnutrition, […]
Read More...PAPA, WHAT’S ON MARS?
August 9, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
It was a wet and gloomy day. The 6 year-old looked out at the torrents of rain that were streaming from the dark gray gloomy sky that were spoiling the European summer and wet down some of the Olympic events. In Asia, it was far worse. The tropical rain storms went on for days, the rivers […]
Read More...The Rich Grow Richer, the Poor Poorer
August 3, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Margie was just a young woman, about 23, freshly trafficked and lured from the province to the Philippine sex industry in Angeles city with the promise of earning money as a waitress to help her family. Still innocent in the ways of the lustful officials, sex tourists and bar operators, she applied last 25th June for a work […]
Read More...The Enemy Within
July 27, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Many people were inspired and uplifted to hear the resounding words of President Noynoy Aquino in his State of the Nation Address recently: “nothing is impossible to a united nation.” Millions of people wish it were so. For Filipinos to be united in bonds of fraternity, justice, equality, the rule of law, compassion and modest […]
Read More...The Olympic Game of Life
July 18, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Olympic Games are about to be declared open. The travelling Olympic Flame carried the length and breadth of England, Scotland and Wales; it is a symbol of freedom, enlightenment and a burning desire to achieve greatness in sport, in history, personal fulfilment and national pride. The Games inspire the Olympic Spirit whereby men and […]
Read More...The Presidential Mining E.O.
July 12, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Presidential Executive Order (EO) outlining the administration’s policy on mining is something to be welcomed as it shows a positive concern in protecting sensitive ecological areas that could be adversely affected by mining, especially the horrific open pit-mining that rips out the heart and soul of mountain-sides and forests, and does untold ecological damage. The […]
Read More...The brave non-violence of the Subaanen people
July 6, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Some thousands of indigenous people all over the Philippines, especially in Mindanao, especially the Subaanen people, on the Zamboanga Peninsula have struggle for years to stop mining corporations from moving in to explore and mine the mountains and hills. They are victims of corrupt government officials and even judges who are captivated by the vested […]
Read More...Coal and Mining – The Killing Industries
June 27, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Death came swiftly suddenly but not it was not unexpected. One day in October 2011the motor bike pulled into the open entrance in front of the church rectory of Italian missionary, environmentalist and human rights defender Father Fausto Tentorio.
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