Pakistan: Veteran Mill Hill Missionary Preparing to Bow Out
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Pakistan: Veteran Mill Hill Missionary Preparing to Bow Out

ByFons

The harvest is brought in. I was ordained a priest 56 years ago in Bolzano. After ordination I was sent on mission to Pakistan. The journey alone took two weeks – in contrast to air travel today: only one day. The arrival in the diocese was a culture shock: first the language, the poverty of…

‘Faith in Jesus is Rare, very Rare’ – the Case of Alfred Delp SJ
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‘Faith in Jesus is Rare, very Rare’ – the Case of Alfred Delp SJ

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Ruth Burrows is a Carmelite sister, a follower of Teresa of Avila, who lives in their convent in Quidenham, in Norfolk. She had written that ‘faith in Jesus is very, very rare’, by which I took her to mean not so much the intellectual assent to a God and to Jesus as the Son of…

After 53 Years Fr. Adolf Pöll MHM Bids Farewell to Kenya
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After 53 Years Fr. Adolf Pöll MHM Bids Farewell to Kenya

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On Tuesday, May 25, the humble father flew back to Italy after spending almost his entire life on missionary work in Kenya.  Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, Malindi wished him well in a statement released before his departure. The commission stated that “Fr Adolf, 80, packed all his personal belongings acquired during his more than…