JPIC / MISSION PRIORITIES

JPIC / MISSION PRIORITIES

Prepare for Persecution: When Mission Becomes Witness for the Earth

By Marivic Mercene   “We need to prepare ourselves for persecution.” Fr. Brendan Kelly’s words hung in the air, heavy and unsettling. I had asked him how our two mission priorities—Biodiversity Protection and Migrants and Refugees—shape his ministry in Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental. His answer wasn’t theoretical. It was rooted in years of living with

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Rekindling “Care for the Earth”: A training on Regenerative Agriculture/Soil Regeneration

By Fr. Oliver McCrossan, SSC   A training on Regenerative Agriculture/soil regeneration was conducted and held at Living Soils Farm, Sitio Kakawan, Patrocenio, Claveria, Misamis Oriental on February 22-23, 2025. The training was attended by no less than 10 key leaders of organizations from different places in Mindanao. These key leaders from peoples, farmers, and

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Fr. Brian Gore, SSC

  FR. BRIAN GORE, SSC Brian Gore was born on 6 January 1944, in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia, to Frank Gore and Thelma Edwards.  Brian joined the Columbans in 1960.  He completed his seminary formation in Sassafras, Victoria, and Turramurra, NSW.  He was ordained in Fremantle on 29 June 1968, the 50th anniversary of the

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New Life in Sierra Madre

By Sr. Virginia Mozo, SSC   When I returned to the Philippines after working with refugees in Mexico, I had a month at the foot of Sierra Madre (the longest mountain range in the Philippines) to reflect and discern my future ministry. I felt so blessed to be surrounded by such a majestic and beautiful

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Letter from the Catholic Parish of Worthing and Lancing

Letter to Philippine Press This letter is from the Catholic Parish of Worthing and Lancing in the United Kingdom.  Each year we allocate money to help with projects across the world.  Our parish is supporting a joint project between the Higaonon indigenous people on the island of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and the Missionary Society of

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Pope Francis, Free Speech, and Social Media

By Fr. Shay Cullen, Founder of PREDA (est. 1974) When Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world, he delivered  a message of peace, dialogue and religious tolerance, along with a warning against extremism. In recent years, religious rivalry gave rise to extremism that distorted religious beliefs through “deception and

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