E-News Vol. 2 No. 9

July 8, 2009

From the Director - Awake to our own beauty

An important lesson I have learnt in life is that we all need to receive love to be able to love in a healthy and lasting way. (more)

 

Rudd gets a quilting

He returned to St Peters with a photo of himself presenting Prime Minister Rudd with the quilt. (more)

 

Mayhem in Mexico

That grisly site will forever remain in my memory. As we say in Australian English, ‘this place gives me the creeps.’ (more)

 

 

A positive example of dialogue

While love of God and love of neighbour are very important in Christianity, the true foundation of Christianity is not our love for God, but God’s love for us. (more)

 

Breaking and entering

As a missionary who constantly meets new people in new places, I have found that a good laugh, sometimes at my own expense, is a special grace. (more)

 

 

God is a specialist

The great Benedictine monk, Dom Bede Griffiths, went to India to become a missionary. By the end of his life, he claimed to have learned much about God from Hinduism that he would never have learned had he simply been exposed to only Christianity. (more)

 

Reflection - Life is difficult

Anger, resentments, depression at our change of fortune will at times almost drown us. (more)

 

Columban Partnership Programme

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