Summer 2013 - The Mill Hill Missionaries

MILL HILL NEWS
There is
Seven New Mill Hill Missionary Priests
• On 6th April two young Indians were
ordained to the missionary priesthood
at Ramanthapur, India: Fr Thomas
Yellavula and Fr Sleevaraj
Manchanappally.
• On 19th April, at Jakiri, Kumbo Diocese,
Cameroon, Fr Frederick Yangnyi and Fr
Anthony Emeka were ordained.
• On 25th April, at Kisumu, Kenya, Fr
Philip Odhiambo was ordained.
• On 27th April, in Iloilo, Philippines, Fr
Reynel Estroso Tanalgo, was ordained
• On 11th May, in Mukumu, Kakamega
Diocese, Kenya, Fr Francis Bitute
Makuba was ordained.
Our ‘MISSION DAY’ on June 1st was a
great success. This took the place of the
annual ‘Summer Fair’, and provided an
opportunity for many of our friends to
gather to pray for our missionary work,
and to celebrate our common
involvement in Mission. Fr John Kirwan,
from our Congo mission, presided at the
opening Mass and spoke movingly about
his work in that troubled land. After Mass,
tea and sandwiches were available, and all
were able to view the displays illustrating
our missionary work in Africa, Asia, and
Latin America. Many thanks to all who
worked so hard to prepare the exhibits,
to those who worked on the catering, to
the Sisters of Nazareth for the use of
their Chapel, and to those who provided
the music.
Fr Mark Connolly was with us in
Cardonald for a few months as he waited,
yet again, to renew his visa for India. He
returned to his post at Pargi on June 3d,
where he has been re-appointed Rector
and director of our ‘orientation’
programme, preparing young men for
possible acceptance as candidates for the
missionary priesthood. The proceeds of
the collection taken up at the Mission Day
Mass went to Fr Mark to assist in local
projects to assist poor people in the area.
P.S. I would like to thank the many people
who showed their concern and kept me in
their prayers during my recent illness.
Thankfully, I’ve made a good recovery.
Fr Bill Tollan
We all take Climate change
more seriously
We stop wasting billions on
nuclear weapons
We support the work of SCIAF
and other organizations to
bring about fair and ethical
trading
We realize our common global
citizenship
We become better informed
about world hunger and how
it can be tackled
REMEMBER:
• One in every 8 people around
the world don’t have enough to eat
• 870 million people in the world
are starving
• 2 billion people suffer from
malnutrition
• 1.4 billion people (mainly in the
developed Western countries) are
overweight and obese
• A child dies from hunger every 10
seconds
• 25% of children in the poorest
countries (165 million people)
are stunted in brain or body
(though this is an improvement on
1990 when the figure was 40%!)
“A future without hunger can
become a reality if the only
things we are hungry for are
sharing, solidarity and justice.”
Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga, President
of Caritas Internationalis
Our best hopes for solving World
Hunger lie (according to ‘The
Observer’ June 9th 2013) in:
• Support Small Farmers (there is
an 8 out of 10 chance of such efforts
succeeding)
• Target Infant Nutrition (there is
a 9 out of 10 chance of such efforts
succeeding)
“There are seven deadly social sins:
Politics without principle’
Wealth without work.
Commerce without morality.
Pleasure without conscience.
Education without character.
Science without humility.
Worship without sacrifice.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mission Day was a great success.
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