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The Far East NEW Deacons COLUMBAN MISSION MAGAZINE in Manila August 2021 Jerry Lohera and Elbert Balbastro Were Ordained Deacons by Bishop Honesto Ongtioco The Far East NEW deacons COLUMBAN MISSION MAGAZINE in Manila August 2021 Jerry Lohera and Elbert Balbastro were ordained deacons by Bishop Honesto Ongtioco. PRICE $1.50 inc postage The Far East Contents August 2021 Vol 103, No. 7 THE FAR EAST is devoted to furthering the missionary apostolate of the church and has been published by the Missionary Society of St Columban since October 15, 1920. THE SOCIETY was founded in Ireland 4-5 6-7 in 1918 as a society of secular priests dedicated to the evangelisation of the Chinese people. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $4.00 per year + $11.00 postage (AUSTRALIA) AUSTRALIA St Columbans Mission Society 69 Woodland Street Essendon Vic 3040 Postal address: 20-21 PO Box 752, Niddrie Vic 3042 Tel: (03) 9375 9475 [email protected] www.columban.org.au NEW ZEALAND St Columban's Mission Society PO Box 30-017 Lower Hutt 5040 Tel: (04) 567 7216 [email protected] 10 -11 22-23 www.columban.org.nz Publisher: 3 From the Director 16 Mission World Fr Peter O'Neill The Church is a people The latest saint of modern India’s poor [email protected] 4-5 Constant flame of love 17 Hands of Mercy project 6-7 NEW deacons in Manila Editorial Committee: Columban Fr Martin Koroiciri Jerry Lohera and Elbert Fr Ray Scanlon explains how starting a soup Balbastro were ordained Fr Kevin O'Neill kitchen isn't enough to support deacons by Bishop Honesto the people of Chile during the Fr Jim Mulroney Ongtioco. pandemic. Mrs Maha Shawky 8-9 Like the lotus 18-19 St Peter and St Paul's Columban Sr Patricia Byrne Designer & Assistant: Embrace of Peace Mrs Assunta Arena notes how the blooming of a lotus flower resembles her 20-21 A fertile dig The Far East missionary work. NEW deacons COLUMBAN MISSION MAGAZINE Iowane Naio tells of his First August 2021 NEW deacons in Manila in Manila Jerry Lohera and Elbert Balbastro were ordained deacons by Bishop Honesto Ongtioco. Deacons Jerry Lohera (second 10 -11 World Day Against Mission Assignment in Peru. from left) and Elbert Balbastro (third from right), together Trafficking in Persons 22-23 A blessed life with fellow Columban Columban Fr John Hegerty students, walking along a 12-13 Missionaries are migrants celebrates 50 years of ordination bridge in the Philippines. Columban Fr Donal O'Keeffe to the priesthood. PRICE $1.50 inc postage Photo: Elbert Balbastro honoured as Immigrant of the Year in Korea. 23 Your Columban Legacy St Columbans Mission Property Association A.B.N. 17 686 524 625 14-15 Two communities, one Printed by Doran Printing, Melbourne Church From the Director The Church is a people here are plenty of people saying that there is a crisis As missionaries, we see the Church in the Church. Even before the Royal Commission Tinto sexual abuse here in Australia, the bishops had in other countries as similar but been discussing how to address different issues facing the different from the Church in our own Church. How many times have we heard parents talking about the difficulty of getting children to go to Mass or home places. priests asking why congregations are diminishing? No wonder we in Australia have much to talk about at For me, these reflections help me realise that improving the upcoming Plenary Council Assembly. The agenda for the Church in Australia is not just a question of changing the meeting has been published, and there are a lot of structures, developing new policies, or improving our questions for us to consider, most of them centred on how administrative procedures. All these things are necessary we can improve the Church. if we are to help a people grow and develop, but there are While there are plenty of things wrong with the Church, other matters. For example, the history of the Church in a and we would no doubt be in better shape if we could fix particular place is extremely important. The Korean Church them, I am still left with a sense that just fixing issues is not rightly rejoices in the fact that laypeople founded it on enough. Times of crises provide us with opportunities to returning home after being in China. The Church in Latin change, to go forward. America and the Philippines has been powerfully shaped by the culture of the Spaniards who arrived centuries ago. In preparation for the Plenary Council gatherings, I have been doing a lot of reading. Pope Francis says the Church To describe the Church in any country is difficult. Vatican II is “a people”. When I first read this, I said to myself, well yes, emphasised that it is the people of God. It seems to me that we have been talking about the People of God for a long this is a good lens through which to look at the Church. If time, since Vatican II. There is nothing new here. Quickly I we want the Church in Australia or New Zealand to grow, realised that I had made a mistake. I needed to listen more we should ask ourselves, “How does a people grow and to what the Pope means by “a people”. develop?” A people is not a nation. A people is not a school, nor a In Australia and New Zealand, we remember the story of business, nor a parliament, nor a local Government. It is the ANZAC experience each year. This helps our countries more than these. So, also, for the Church. It is more than the grow as nations, as a people. These important stories schools, the parishes, the hospitals, the bishops, and all the contain values that we esteem. We are presented with men other activities and members of the Church. The Church is and women who have sacrificed themselves for their fellow more than these parts, in the same way that the people of citizens. This can also become our story. In earthquakes, New Zealand or Australia are more than the parts that help floods and fires, as people rally to help those in need, often to keep us alive and well as nations. we hear the spirit of the ANZACS invoked. So, too, does reading the Gospels inspire us as Christians. As missionaries, we see the Church in other countries as similar but different from the Church in our own home “If we serve the people, we save ourselves” is another wise places. Yet no matter where we go to Mass on Sunday, saying of the Pope’s. Maybe this is all I need to know. Maybe we know that we are celebrating the same life, death and this is all the Church needs to know. resurrection of Jesus. Wherever we are, when we go up to Holy Communion, we know that we belong to the same people as the person in front of us. We are all baptised, we are all one people, we Fr Trevor Trotter are all Catholics. The Church has different faces in different Regional Director of Oceania cultures, but it is one Church. [email protected] The Far East - August 2021 3 Constant flame of love AMY WOOLAM ECHEVERRIA nniversaries frequently have symbols associated dialogue from the standpoint of solidarity with the poor and with them - like silver for 25 and gold for 50. When the integrity of creation … It means supporting the struggle of Athe Columban Missionaries celebrated 100 years the poor against injustice and for real participation in society of witnessing God's love through our relationships with … to thirst for God's justice and (be) peacemakers enamoured people, especially the vulnerable, and with the wounded of true God-given community. Earth, I was curious about what might represent 100 years. Moving beyond the pages of theory, Columban Justice, A quick internet search revealed no symbol for 100 years, Peace, and Integrity of Creation is flesh and bone, heart presumably because it is such a rare event. However, one and soul, hands and feet. Our commitments to issues comment about the diamond (60th) anniversary fits. like migration, climate change, peace, and inter-religious Diamond means unconquerable and enduring. Many dialogue are because behind each issue there are countless people believe that the fire in the diamond symbolises people with names, faces, and families that are marginalised the constant flame of love. It occurs to me also that the economically, socially, politically, and/or religiously. Human diamond is a stone known for its stunning and even overconsumption has wounded the natural world. blinding refractions of light. These images of fire and light Joining with national and international networks such that reflect a constant love seem most appropriate for 100 as Global Catholic Climate Movement and Pax Christi years of Columban Mission and illumination into the future. International, Columbans are helping to shape and It is fair to say that love was the spark that inflamed the implement Catholic Social Teaching through encyclicals hearts of our founders. One of my favourite quotes about like Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home, and Columbans in the early years comes from a book written by the Catholic Nonviolent Initiative. We lend our voices Fr James McCaslin called, The Spirituality of Our Founders. He to dialogue happening in national governments and writes in a section titled “Love and Service to the Poor”: This international institutions like the United Nations. We strive option in favour of the poor was in no way limited to this or to be links between local realities and structural change. that Columban. The cry of the poor has been in Columban ears We invite people to learn about Justice, Peace, and Integrity constantly from the beginning.
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