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Vol. XVI × No. 11

DECEMBER 2004

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VOCATION STORIES

Generous Times

- by M. Cuarteros

Christmas time to ponder. Read

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WM REPORTS highlights

Korea - Pivotal Point - Family: good news for Asia

Sudan - Extreme Concern - Thousands flee homes in explosion of violence in South Darfur

Mexico - Working For Life - Feedback from the 48th International Eucharistic Congress

England - Wealth For The World - Catholic leaders discuss role of Christianity in Europe

World- What Can Be Done? Antipoverty fight off to a slow start

FILIPINO FOCUS National Obsession? - by O. Gomez Jr.

Few were surprised to learn it was the Philippines which led a successful 44-nation lobby in the United Nations to declare 2004 as the International Year of Rice (IYR). Rice after all occupies a critically important place in Philippine society. Read

CHINA WINDOW Changing Times - by R. Bettoli & F. Patt

5 years after its handover to China on December 20, 1999, Macao, the former Portuguese enclave is becoming and economic success story but the related social and cultural changes are challenging the local Church to assume a more decisive missionary role. Read

WM SPECIAL CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF PEACE

A Spiritual Quest - by Sandie Cornish

One of the big challenges in working for justice and peace is the magnitude of the problems to be addressed and the sheer number of issues. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and ineffectual. How do we maintain our sense of hope and purpose, our sense of making even a small difference, of achieving anything at all? Read more

MISSION TODAY

Eloquent Witness - by Fons Eppink

KENYA: Monastic life in Africa

MISSION and LIFE

Still, Small Voice

- by M. H. Brown

Haven't you ever wondered what "intuition" really means?