I was very proud to know a wonderful Columban Missionary.. FR Sean! I hope all of us might remember Fr Sean particularly in these days when many Christians are being martyred for the Faith..
Thank you, Jackie. I just added a short paragraph before the end, which I forgot to include when writing the post, on how the example of Brother Richie awoke the vocation of at least one young man to become a missionary priest. Thank you for sharing about Bro. Post a Comment. I haven't been able to post for more than a week as I was giving an eight-day directed retreat to eight sisters of the Missionaries of Charity near Manila.
While I had some access to the internet it was rather slow. As I was looking for a video about Father Fausto I came across one about Brother Richard Michael 'Richie' Fernando SJ, a Filipino Jesuit scholastic who died while trying to prevent a troubled and disabled young man in Cambodia from throwing a grenade.
That was in - on 17 October. Father Fausto gave his life exactly 15 years later. I remember the mixture of sorrow and pride I felt when I read of the death of Brother Richie, pride as a missionary in the Philippines that a young Filipino seminarian had given his life so spontaneously in order to save the lives of others while on overseas mission, and sorrow that a young life had been cut short.
I shared my feeling of pride and sorrow with him but he could only share his grief at the tragic loss of a brother. The video above is the first of a four-part production by Jesuits in Manila. At the end of each part you will find the link to the next. I read somewhere very recently that joy should be even more characteristic of Christians than love.
