Follow the 11918 2018 YEARS September 2018 $1.00 Spirit ANNIVERSARY ISSUE This special edition celebrates the 100-year history of the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society. It is the final publication of Scarboro Missions magazine. September 2018/Scarboro Missions 1 “I have come that Volume 99, Number 1 they may have life, September 2018 Publisher: Scarboro Foreign Mission Society Editor/Designer: Kathy Gillis Website: www.scarboromissions.ca and have it to the full.” The Scarboro Foreign Mission Society (Charitable Reg. #11914 2164 RR0001) is a Roman Catholic missionary com- munity involved in mission overseas and in Canada. Founded in Canada in 1918 by Fr. John Fraser, Scarboro’s initial John 10:10 purpose was to train and send missionary priests to China. Forced to leave China after the Second World War, Scarboro began working in the Caribbean, Asia and Latin America. Scarboro Missions magazine publishes four editions each Photo above: Fr. Mike Traher at the blessing of a newly built chapel in the year, plus the calendar. The articles published represent the farming village of Malinaw (a name meaning “quiet, peaceful place” in opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the Cebuano) in 1982. Located in the hills of Hinunangan on the island of Leyte, official position of the Society. Philippines, this community of faith-filled people endured much suffering Please address all inquiries to: Scarboro Missions, during the country’s armed conflict but trusted in God to carry them through. 61 Fairfax Crescent, Scarborough, ON, M1L 1Z7 They dedicated the chapel to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Tel: 416-261-7135; Email: [email protected] (General) COVER (clockwise from top left): Msgr. John McRae and Fr. Ramon Serra in Printed in Canada and mailed from Toronto East L.P.P., China; Msgr. John Mary Fraser; some members of the 1938 mission band on Scarborough, ON. Return postage guaranteed. the Empress of Asia bound for China (L-R: Ben McRae, Michael Carey, Harvey ISSN 0700-6802 Steele, Tom Morrissey, Dan MacNeil, Gerard McKernan, Charlie Murphy, Ed Moriarty, and Grey Sister Mary Kenneth); Fr. Jack McIver, Philippines; Fr. Harvey Steele, Dominican Republic; Fr. John Carten, Japan; Bishop George Marskell, Brazil; lay missioner Beverley Vantomme, Malawi; staffperson Kathy Murtha, Scarboro Mission Centre, Toronto, Canada. New address as of November 2018: Presentation Manor, 61 Fairfax Crescent, Scarborough, ON, M1L 1Z7; Tel: 416-261-7135 2 Scarboro Missions/September 2018 CONTENTS Faithful to the Spirit The struggle for liberation By Jack Lynch, S.F.M. 5 Peruvians bring forth life in the desert Moments in mission: 1918-2018 8 By Rosina Bisci and Kim Paisley 89 A strange and distant land A diocese converted John Mary Fraser and his followers are off to China Chiapas Indigenous become subjects of their own history 92 By Danny Gillis 12 To be free of domination and dependence The heart of Scarboro Missions Witnesses to war and beauty in Nicaragua 93 Monsignor John E. McRae, co-founder 29 Together in mission as equals A door reopens Scarboro priests and laity in Ecuador 95 Scarboro missioners return to China 30 To witness the love of Jesus A better place to live A variety of ministries in Malawi and Zambia 97 Promoting the Antigonish movement 32 A rich interfaith experience A call from the Caribbean Support for the marginalized in a Buddhist country 100 Replanting seeds of Christianity in the Dominican Republic 35 Dignity denied The supreme sacrifice of Fr. Art MacKinnon 39 Working with migrants and displaced peoples By Luis Lopez, S.F.M. 102 Building community in Ocoa and Canada 41 Becoming Neighbours A profound evolution Catholic congregations respond to the needs of refugees Opening our eyes to the presence of God in Japan 42 By Peter McKenna, S.C.J. 103 To the land of many waters Working ecumenically for justice Encountering diversity in Guyana 47 The Justice and Peace Office Islands in the stream By Mark Hathaway, Ph.D. 104 Fifty-eight years of service in the Bahamas 52 Cry of the poor, cry of the Earth Breaking open the Word of God Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation The struggle for freedom and dignity in the Philippines 55 By Karen Van Loon 108 Autonomy in the local church Real commitment to faith Promoting lay leadership in St. Vincent and the Grenadines 60 A legacy of interfaith understanding and dialogue By Murray K. Watson, Ph.D. 114 Mission to Painted Rock A journey towards justice and peace 64 If these walls could speak Glimpses into the life of Scarboro’s Mission Centre Speak up! Language revitalization in Brazil By Kathy Murtha 118 By Ron MacDonell, SFM 67 Scarboro Missions magazine Talking with Diva Ninety-nine years of mission history 123 Fr. Ron MacDonell interviews Diva Eurico da Silva 68 Celebrating friendship Artisans of their own destiny By Frances Brady, O.L.M. 127 The Interamerican Cooperative Institute By Tom Walsh 69 Necrology 134 An invitation to laity The work of God’s Spirit continues Scarboro Missions takes the lead in church reform Building on our legacy 137 By Danny Gillis 71 Our heartfelt gratitude Finding a unique role Message from the General Council 139 By Gary Saulnier, Ph.D. 75 Health promotion through education By Carolyn Beukeboom 78 COLUMNS Dominican encounter with faith & hospitality Editorial By Dean Riley 80 By Kathy Gillis 4 Once a Scarboro missioner... In Memory By Danny Gillis 81 Rev. Kenneth Ignatius MacAulay By Frank Hegel, S.F.M. 128 Mission experience continues to inspire By Dan Anstett 83 Rev. Frank Anton Hegel By Louise Malnachuk 130 Signs of the times The impact of Vatican II on the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society Rev. Charles Joseph Hector Gervais By Michael Higgins, Ph.D. 86 By Danny Gillis 132 September 2018/Scarboro Missions 3 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK A labour of love and blessing By Kathy Gillis t’s hard to know what to say in the past 100 years of Scarboro’s thank. I’ll start with the brain- this, my final editorial. There mission history. There is so much storming done by the larger are mixed emotions—sadness to the Scarboro story both overseas Scarboro community at the 2016 Iat the ending of a 30-year vocation, and here in Canada. Even at 140 and 2017 Study Days, and at the a labour of love and blessing; and pages, it feels as though we’ve just 2017 General Chapter. These ideas a feeling of anticipation of things scratched the surface. Thankfully gained focus and momentum to come. What does God have in I did not do this work alone. At with the guidance of our Advisory store for any of us? my side the entire time was my Committee: Fr. Roger Brennan; This November, Scarboro husband and former lay missioner Anne-Marie Jackson, director of missioners will move out of their Danny Gillis. A gifted writer and the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith central house on Kingston Road, amateur historian, Danny also and Justice; and Joe Gunn, direc- their home for the past 94 years, brought his love for Scarboro and tor of Citizens for Public Justice where they first arrived as semin- wealth of knowledge of its mission and author of Journeys to Justice— arians, were formed and sent out and charism. Every article without Reflections on Canadian Christian to mission; the place where they a byline was written by him. Activism. A wonderful group of returned to on furlough, where We spent countless hours gifted people. they worked and did mission in poring over archival documents Many individual Scarboro mis- Canada, where they shared hos- with the help of Valerie Gauthier sioners and alumni contributed to pitality and friendship; the place in Archives. We cannot thank and reviewed articles on missions with memories of fellow mission- Valerie enough for her efficiency where they served. I cannot name ers long gone. and competency, for the historical them all for fear that I might forget The Spirit continues to lead as documentation she compiled and someone. Fr. John Walsh reviewed the Society enters a new phase in shared, and the files and photos the planning schema and early its journey of mission. Together she provided. Montreal-born drafts. Lay missioner Carolyn with three other religious con- Valerie came to Toronto to obtain a Beukeboom kindly helped with gregations, Scarboro Missions is Master of Information degree with the big job of proofreading. We moving to Presentation Manor, a a concentration in Archives and called on many people and all newly built seniors residence in Records Management. Archivist responded generously, especially Scarborough. Collaboration, soli- Fr. Dave Warren was fortunate to the writers, all of whom were darity, and simplicity of lifestyle welcome her to Scarboro Missions Scarboro missioners, alumni or have been some of the hallmarks after her graduation in 2016. She is associates with love in their hearts of Scarboro’s charism and will no a treasure. for this community and grateful doubt continue. We were also greatly assisted by for their experience with Scarboro I am filled with gratitude for having access to digitized issues Missions. the learning I have received, for of the magazine going back to We can only hope that we have the many prophetic, Spirit-filled the inaugural issue in 1919 and honoured this missionary endeav- people that I have worked with available on the Scarboro Missions our begun 100 years ago by the and met while at Scarboro. I will website. These provide an incred- esteemed founder, Msgr. John carry them with me always. ible 100-year history of mission. Mary Fraser.∞ I hope this issue does justice to There are so many people to 4 Scarboro Missions/September 2018 Faithful to the Spirit By Fr.