News from the Gwangju Area
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On November 24th Benefactors from Gwnagju and Jeonju went to Myeong Dong Cathedral in Seoul for the closing Mass of our 100th Year celebrations. There were thirty-nine from Gwangju and six from Jeonju.
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Tina and Bosco
October 29th: Sean Conneely, Michael Hoban and Gonzalo Borquez Dais stayed here over night.
October 15th: The Regional Director at the time, Kim Jong Geun Domingo (김종근), Donal O'Keeffe and Pat Cunningham were here to give feedback from the General Assembly and also to get feedback on the voting process for the new panel for the opinion poll for the election procedure for the new Regional Director. They were all here for supper.
October 23rd & 24th: While Gonzalo Borquez Diaz who was showing his mother and sister around the Land of the Morning Calm they spent two nights here as they visited people in the vicinity. Then they left for Mokpo on the 25th to catch the ferry to Jeju.
November 13th to 19th: Our lay missionary Bosco (긴중웅) and wife Tina (이지영), who is in the preparation program, were in Gwangju to get a taste for the missionary activities in the area. They spent a day working with Columban volunteers putting 12,000 Christmas cards into envelopes which were then sent along with the winter edition of the Columban magazine in early December.
On 18th November Tina and Bosco accompanied Michael O'Grady to a parish in Jeonju city to help with an appeal for benefactors
On November 24th Benefactors from Gwnagju and Jeonju went to Myeong Dong Cathedral for the closing Mass of our 100th Year celebrations. There were thirty-nine from Gwangju and six from Jeonju.
On the 19th November the St. John of God community celebrated the 60th anniversary of their arrival in Gwangju. They came in 1958 at the invitation of Archbishop Harold Henry. Brother Brendan is the only surviving member of the first group that came sixty years ago. Brother Timothy, the then prior, used to consult with Pat Brandon on how better to approach certain issues in the light of Korean culture.
October 15th: The Regional Director at the time, Kim Jong Geun Domingo (김종근), Donal O'Keeffe and Pat Cunningham were here to give feedback from the General Assembly and also to get feedback on the voting process for the new panel for the opinion poll for the election procedure for the new Regional Director. They were all here for supper.
October 23rd & 24th: While Gonzalo Borquez Diaz who was showing his mother and sister around the Land of the Morning Calm they spent two nights here as they visited people in the vicinity. Then they left for Mokpo on the 25th to catch the ferry to Jeju.
November 13th to 19th: Our lay missionary Bosco (긴중웅) and wife Tina (이지영), who is in the preparation program, were in Gwangju to get a taste for the missionary activities in the area. They spent a day working with Columban volunteers putting 12,000 Christmas cards into envelopes which were then sent along with the winter edition of the Columban magazine in early December.
On 18th November Tina and Bosco accompanied Michael O'Grady to a parish in Jeonju city to help with an appeal for benefactors
On November 24th Benefactors from Gwnagju and Jeonju went to Myeong Dong Cathedral for the closing Mass of our 100th Year celebrations. There were thirty-nine from Gwangju and six from Jeonju.
On the 19th November the St. John of God community celebrated the 60th anniversary of their arrival in Gwangju. They came in 1958 at the invitation of Archbishop Harold Henry. Brother Brendan is the only surviving member of the first group that came sixty years ago. Brother Timothy, the then prior, used to consult with Pat Brandon on how better to approach certain issues in the light of Korean culture.
During the last four days of November we had four one day retreats for our benefactors. One day each in Mokpo, Sunchon, Jeonju and Gwangju. Fr. James Nolan directed each of the four days.
MISSION PROMOTION
As we come to the end of another year, mission promotion can report that there were twenty-three parishes visited during the year. Now we go scouting out parishes for the months of January and February of next year. You have to be scouting two to three months beforehand if you wish to get an appeal at a particular time.
Thank you all for your prayers, support, and good wishes for the mendicants of our Society.
Thank you all for your prayers, support, and good wishes for the mendicants of our Society.