It had been a busy day, and I was tired. Returning in darkness from the shop to my rented house I hoped that none of my neighbors would see me. "Father is passing by,"…
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I took up the peaceful parish routine: daily Mass, hearing confessions, visiting the sick. I began to wonder, was this to be my life? I taught teenagers in the parish…
As we enter the new year, I ask myself what it means for me.
Kashi Ram was lucky to be accepted into Xavier College, Ba, Fiji, in 1954, in only the second year of its existence. There were no other secondary schools in the Ba area…
Joti Educational and Cultural Center, or as it is usually called, “Joti Center,” is the catechetical center for the diocese of Hyderabad, Pakistan. Joti, or its proper…
The stirring words of the prophet Isaiah (9:1-7) reminds us that a people who once walked in darkness have seen a great light and they will be a people who will rejoice…
After 15 months here I had settled into my ministry among the Indo-Fijians in Naleba, Fiji.
My name is Francesco Pio. I am from the island of Fiji which is located in the Oceania region. I am 28 years of age, and I was born in Fiji.
Matthew 21:28-32 is one of the most heartening texts in the Bible. Jesus tells a simple story about a man who had two sons.
An old man and his faithful friend, their steps may falter, but they amble along, each step, a dance with the years gone by, underneath the open, endless sky, in the quiet…
I was warned beforehand. They had ambushed Columban Fr. Ed Quinn when he was serving at Nabala/Vudibasoga. While drinking yaqona after Mass someone distracted him. Yaqona…
I remember when I arrived in Pakistan that I was struck by how it was such a very different environment. I sensed I had to be cautious all the time. People were staring at…