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July-August 1990

Shadow People

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By Sr. Ching Madduma, ICM

A Filipaino Sister working in India

 

Hidden in Backrooms

Sudha and Kavita are two Indian women -- bright, intelligent and ambitious. They are members of a high caste family in India but they are forced to live in the world “world of shadows” because they have a brother and two sisters who were handicapped. Their family is oppressed in silence and sadness. Inside and outside of their home there are no voices to be heard from the intellectually handicapped members of their family. They are voiceless people “without minds”. They are mere shadows hidden in the backrooms!

Lost in Japan?

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By Fr. Martin Dubuc

Nabeoka

Miyosaki Prefecture

Japan

 

No Road to Escape

When I was assigned as a missionary to Japan a little over ten years ago, little did I think that I would also be working with Filipinos, but for the past five years, besides my work with the Japanese, I have also been involved with migrant workers from other Asian countries, mostly from the Philippines. Most of these migrant workers were women, and the vast majority would be in Japan officially as dancers or singers. But some who come to Japan with a dream of making much money for themselves and for their families find themselves forced into prostitution with no road of escape.

Father Joeker Pinoy in Ghana

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Father Joeker

Pinoy in Ghana

Fr. Joseph D. Panabang SVD

 

Money Can’t Buy it

While at Language School, we do not stay at the school itself but we live with a Ghanaian family for six months to facilitate learning Twi, the local language. In the family where I stayed, my cook unfortunately was divorced by her husband. Our conversation:

Mysterious Macau Part 3

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Sr. Ines A. Tan, FMM

 The Singing Priest in Angola

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The Singing Priest in Angola

By Fr. Efren de Guzman, SVD

Is a Filipinos Priest in Angola

Josefa

One month after my arrival in Angola, I met a young catechist named Josefa. She was a good animator- active and joyful in the formation of the catechists.

Illness Strikes

One day she got very sick, a kind of ulcer with complications in the stomach caused by hunger. She brought to the hospital. We visited her, brought communion and prayed together.

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