E-News Vol 1 - No. 11

Most of us missionaries have a touch of the Messiah about us. We want to save or at least care for the world. Otherwise we would not be prepared to bear "the pangs of exile or stings of mosquitoes." (more)

These were the tales of adventure in an era of great missionary work that first inspired three brothers to become Columban priests and to enter a lifetime of service... (more)

They came at dawn, some turbaned, others with ragged military uniforms riding galloping horses and pickup trucks across the hard gravely desert of Darfur. Clouds of fine sand billowed behind their relentless advance on the defenseless camp of refugees. (more)

The textbook which the students use in the European Culture class, contains a section on the Bible and on the great Western composers. I decided to try a musical experiment to see how it would appeal to my students. (more)

In June 2008, the Mississippi River flooded and levees were breached in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. Houses were flooded, two million hectares of corn and soya crops were lost. (more)
 

The rumours of his nephew's recklessness reached the old monk. His relatives begged him to come and do something to stop the young man throwing away the family fortune on a life of debauchery. (more)

A series of prayer books for those who mourn, in times of illness, for cancer sufferers, and general prayers (more)