Colm Meaney continues his series on rural life in the Philippines
We have to stay strong.
Colm Meaney continues his series on the Philippines
I remember a colleague recounting an anecdote about an election in England. During the campaign period the Labour candidate accused his Conservative counterpart of going around the constituency “whipping up apathy”! Well there’s no need to whip up any apathy among a recent mission area of mine: it lies thick on the ground and the […]
Being zealous for the Lord might sound like a good thing, but the line between being zealous and being a zealot is a thin one. Just a few verses before his pious profession of loyalty to the Lord, the prophet Elijah had been instrumental in the killing of some four hundred and fifty prophets of […]
Education in the Philippines, focusing on my visits to schools out in the hilly areas
Continuing his series on being a priest in the Philippines
Life in a Filipino jail is not a pleasant experience, unless you belong to the rich; then, though your movements may be somewhat curtailed by four walls, you might as well be living in The Ritz, luxuries on all sides: air-conditioning (vital in this climate), food fit for a king, sleeping quarters fit for a Cleopatra, […]