MASIPAG And The International Year Of Biodiversity
By Fr Oliver McCrossan
Philippines
Our Cover Story
Our cover features the Tinago Falls in Iligan City. It shows a man standing by the falls staring at the flowing water. The falls are comparable to God’s bountiful blessings flowing endlessly. The text from Revelations 21 verse 6, ‘To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life,’ tells of God’s reassuring love. It only takes humility for us to approach Him and drink from His spring.
Fr Michael Sinnott: A Valentine With Faith
By Richelle H. Verdeprado
The author will be starting her fourth year as a Social Work student at the University of Negros Occidental - Recoletos (UNO-R) in Bacolod City this June. She has written a number of articles before for Misyon.
The Heart That Pumps Water
By Pat McCarthy
Pat McCarthy is a well known New Zealand journalist and former editor of NZ Catholic newspaper. Fr Paul Finlayson, featured in the article is a New Zealander, ordained in 1975. He has spent most of his life as a Columban priest in Mindanao.
An Encounter With Father Mick
By Mary Joy Rile
Pedaling To Live: The Journey Continues
By Fr Oliver McCrossan
This report was sent in February by Father McCrossan and the Management Team of 'Pedaling to Live'.
'There are nine million bicycles in Beijing . . .' These are the opening words of a song of Katie Melua. That's Beijing! This is Ozamiz City, Philippines, and there are 74 tricycles, few by Beijing's standards, but providing a reliable, pollution-free transport service for hundreds of people, and a living for the drivers and their families.
Where The Poor Get More Than Enough
By Richelle Verdeprado
God’s ways in how He connects people with each other never fail to amaze me. Every time I discover links and relationships among mankind, I find myself so convinced that we are living in an interconnected world. That amazement and sense of being convinced is the same feeling I experienced when Father Seán Coyle asked me to interview Father Brian Gore to know more about Sister Felicitas B. de Lima DSA who was among the ten people the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE) awarded at St Paul College, Quezon City, on 5 October.
God’s ways in how He connects people with each other never fail to amaze me. Every time I discover links and relationships among mankind, I find myself so convinced that we are living in an interconnected world. That amazement and sense of being convinced is the same feeling I experienced when Father Seán Coyle asked me to interview Father Brian Gore to know more about Sister Felicitas B. de Lima DSA who was among the ten people the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE) awarded at St Paul College, Quezon City, on 5 October. Faith Of A Woman
By Nomy T. Muhal
Mrs Muhal is principal of Magballo Catholic High School, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
On 10 March 1982 news broke about the murder of Mayor Pablo Sola of Kabankalan in an ambush. Many rumors were heard but we didn’t expect that three priests and six lay leaders actively involved in the building of Basic Christian Communities, Kristianong Katilingban, would be accused.
True Happiness
By Vanessa T. De Guzman
‘There’s true happiness when you find your feet walking in your dream shoes.’
Happiness, according to Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary (1992), is the feelings of joy and pleasure mingled in varying degrees. But we can never define the true happiness of others, no matter how much we know them.