Justice in the World
Jim Hug & Maria Riley of the Centre of Concern reflect on the 1971 Synod of Bishops’ document Justice in the World in this You Tube clip
Jim Hug & Maria Riley of the Centre of Concern reflect on the 1971 Synod of Bishops’ document Justice in the World in this You Tube clip
I have held my grief privately. It is a disturbing, embarrassing, unseemly grief. One which feels inappropriate in my current context. And yet it is so. I’m heartbroken that my little dog has passed on and I wasn’t able to be there with him and my husband. Blaze had cancer and had reached a point where he was in significant pain. It was time for us to let him go. But I was unable to make that last trip to the vet with Blaze and Geoff because I am in Kuala Lumpur. Blaze ate more regularly than many of the people served… Read More »Vale Blazie Dog
The other day while eating chicken for lunch I recalled the horrified response of a colleague to a platter of pigeons served for lunch at a meeting in Java. “Arghh I’m not eating that – look at the heads! Look at the beaks!” Indeed, the entire little birds, complete with heads, beaks, eyes and feet, were laid out in rows like casualties. I regret to say that my response was somewhat dismissive of my colleague’s dismay: “They kill the whole animal in order for us to eat them you know – not just the legs and wings”. It is easy… Read More »Pigeon Platters, Alienation & Ethics