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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...
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The 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...
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Living 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...
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Living 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...
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Typhoon 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...
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Storms & 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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