E-News Vol 1 - No. 16

An irony of modern Western life is that as our families get smaller and more nuclear, people feel increasingly isolated. Yet we have never been more dependent on one another. (more)

She can talk for hours. I always felt tired each time we had a chat. She could only speak a few words in English and my Chinese was insufficient for long conversations. Zhao Laoshi, on the other hand, was reserved, he seldom talked. Perhaps this was his way of dealing with his exceptionally talkative wife. (more)

Christianity in China is at present enjoying an unprecedented boom and it is fitting that Columbans, with their China background, should be involved in this development. Yet there are two aspects of the situation which deserve careful attention. (more)

For us Catholics, with our love of the blessed Mother, it is especially interesting that Islam regards Mary as the purest woman in creation. The Qur’an contains more passages about Mary than the New Testament. (more)

The bankers were not fools. In the mid-1970s, when they lent the money, interest rates were low. However, the loans were borrowed at a variable rate, instead of a fixed rate of interest... (more)

Fr Kevin Mullins writes that all is not well and calm in Ciudad Juarez! There have been 820 drug-related murders this year in our fair city.  (more)

Why had her lovely young son got up from the table, this very table where she was now sitting, gone out to the barn and hanged himself? (more)

The Subaanen women have handcrafted Christmas cards that calls attention to the refugee status of the child Jesus. Click here to read about their work and to order your Christmas Cards (more)