Memorial plaque to commemorate Andrea in Peru

Memorial plaque to commemorate Andrea in Peru

A memorial plaque commemorating Andrea Xiomara Alvarez Rojas will be officially unveiled at the Manuel Duato Special Needs School in Peru on the Feast of the Lord of the Miracles. The plaque recognises Andrea’s role in raising donations which helped finance recent...
Preda Ireland plays role in probe into youth detention centres

Preda Ireland plays role in probe into youth detention centres

Columban missionary Fr Shay Cullen reflects on the power of global advocacy and highlights the need to close the jail-like Bahay Pag-asa and other youth detention centres in the Philippines. The power of global advocacy has ignited an investigation by the Philippine...
Fr John Boles mourns the passing of Andrea

Fr John Boles mourns the passing of Andrea

I am writing to you from Lima with the sad news of the death of Andrea Álvarez. She was the severely disabled girl in Peru that I wrote about in my article, ‘A Life for Andrea’, which was published in the May/June 2020 issue of the Far East magazine, and which...
San Benito: Community Kitchens in Times of Covid-19

San Benito: Community Kitchens in Times of Covid-19

Columban missionary Fr Ed O’Connell writes from Peru about the desperate plight of the people of San Benito, a township on the outskirts of the capital Lima, who have been severely affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Mass unemployment connected to the Covid-19...