Author Archives: Linh Thuy

July Reflection

Immigrants

Immigrants arriving in London-1850s London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow in the 1850s onwards experienced a time of development and growth. Many of our museums, hospitals, libraries and railways in London were built by many immigrants during the Victorian era. Prince Albert and his team of architectural developers relied heavily on the skilled workmanship from Europe, Ireland and from the Empire. ...

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Training on Human Trafficking – JRS Europe- Brussels, June 6-9th.

On the afternoon of June 6 I travelled to Brussels via Eurostar for my first JRS training programme on Human Trafficking. The venue was Maison Notre-Dame du Chant d’Oiseau, a Diocesan Conference Centre, formerly a Franciscan monastery, just a few kilometres out of the city of Brussels; a fitting place for JRS Europe and for updates on Human Rights and ...

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EUPHRASIE – DEPOSED AND DISAPPOINTED

“When you find your path, you must not be afraid.  You need to have sufficient courage to meet difficulties.  Disappointments, defeat and discouragement are the tools that God uses to show us the way!”  [Paul Coelho] Have you ever felt betrayed, hurt, disappointed and let down by those whom you thought were your friends, people whom you trusted implicitly? This ...

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April Reflection

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April Music – Poem by S.J. Goldner I’d like to spend April, sitting on a hill, with a mushroom for a parasol and violets for a frill. And the wind for a violin, to play spring tunes, and the blossoms in the treetops, for gay balloons. I’d like to spend April sitting on a mound, watching for the flowers to ...

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Article for news and views

“A saint is someone who makes goodness attractive.” [Laurence Housman]  I know that, if asked, you would be able to give me a number of definitions of the word ‘saint’, however, the above definition is one that I particularly like. Down through the ages, however, there have been many saints who did not make ‘goodness attractive’, in fact made it ...

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EUPHRASIE – LONDON DAYS

“When you get lost in a really strange place, nothing is more comforting than finding a  friend [or friends] whom you trust and who can show the way.”                                    [Toba Beta]   The sisters had finally reached dry land.  As they took their first faltering steps, it seemed that the whole Island of England was heaving and dipping, knocking them ...

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Memories of Leyland: St Catherine’s, Secondary – “Oaklands”

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On Friday, February 5: 2016, 11 RNDMs gathered to celebrate our 68 years of presence and ministry, and pending closure in Leyland, Nr Preston, Lancashire. Gathering in St Mary’s Church, Leyland was like coming to an end of a journey. As a former pupil of St Catherine’s Secondary School, Oaklands, we used to walk to St Mary’s for various events, ...

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