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Prayer of an Overseas Worker Father God, it’s so lonely out here. Many times I’ve asked myself why I had to go here in the first place, and why I can’t go back yet to where my heart truly is, where my true happiness resides. Why must I walk these streets alone? Why must I eat this bread without my family? Many sights have so amazed me since I got here and yet no beauty has ever succeeded in wiping away the tears from my eyes. For without my loved ones, what can all these things mean to me? I’d rather be blind, I’d rather tire myself to sleep so I won’t have time to remember, to cry, to long so painfully for the people I love so much. Help me O God. Give me strength to bear such a terrible longing. Give me hope so that the vision of your blessings for my loved ones always be before me. Give me faith so I can cling on that hope on my darkest and loneliest days. Let me never forget the reason why I came here for. Let me never forget who I am and to whom I really belong....

Ito po ay isa sa mga 607 videos ng Coca Cola. hindi po ako nagtratrabaho sa coke. Ako po ay natutuwa at may mga kumpanya katulad ng Coca-Cola na may ganitong ptograma para sa mga OFW (Oversees Filipino Worker). Ang parokya ay matagal ng kumikilos upang bumuo ng isang maliwanag na programa para sa mga kapatid nating mga naiwan ng mga OFW. So far, ang nasimulan pa lamang ay ang mga Anak ng Bay. Nagbigay ng seminar sa mga anak ng OFW sa pakikipagugnayan natin sa Natasha Goulbourn Foundation at Ugat Foundation noong nakalipas na dalawang taon. Ngunit nais pa rin nating palalimin ito sa pamamagitan ng isang grupo para sa mga naiwang mga asawa. Tulungan ninyo ako sa panalangin na ito ay magkaroon ng kaganapan.

(A repost from CBCPnews) HONG KONG, July 3, 2009--New communication technologies such as Facebook and blogs can be a powerful way for the Church to reach out to others, say priests and nuns at a recent workshop. The Church has explicitly said that the computer is "truly a gift to humanity" but people, especially the youth, should pay attention to how to utilize this gift, said vicar general Father Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, chairperson of the Catholic Board of Communications. Father Yeung was opening speaker at the local Church's celebration of the 43rd World Communications Day, held at the Holy Spirit Seminary on June 26. The theme of the event was "New Technologies, New Relationships, New Culture" and was co-hosted by the Catholic Social Communications Office, the diocesan Chinese weekly "Kung Kao Po" and the Diocesan Audio-Visual Centre. About 40 Catholic media workers attended the event. Father Yeung told them that computers have created fundamenta...