Typhoon Nesat / Pedring
It is the first time I have had twigs, leaves and branches in the shower with me in the morning, although I know for many others it is a lot worse. Now the wind seems to have calmed down now in...
View ArticleThe Clean Up Begins
They say that you only see somebody’s real character when they are really up against it. This is also true of a group of people, The British often talk about the Blitz Spirit in the dark months of...
View ArticleLiving with the Fishermen
I spent some of the dying days of August with the fisherman of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Looking after a couple of parishes up there I always jump at the chance of going out in boats with some...
View ArticleLiving on stilts!
AMDG I have just arrived back from a very special 10 days of ’Phillipino Life Experience‘ living with two families in Navotas – which is effectively a shanty town in the North of Manila. As in many...
View ArticleTyphoon Washi – Response
AMDG You may remember the terrible tragedy before Christmas in the South of the Phillipines – due to the Tropical Storm Washi (or Sendong as it is known in the Phillipines). The Death Toll has...
View ArticleStorms & Solidarity
AMDG Two years ago – as part of my ‘tertianship’ (last year of Jesuit formation) in the Philippines, I lived for a few weeks in Navotas, one of the shanty towns in Manila. Some of the families lived...
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