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Autumn 2005 Vol. 25 - No. 138 25th Anniversary Holy Spirit Study Centre
Editorial
On October 1, 2005 the Holy Spirit Study Centre will be 25 years old. For one who has been here since the beginning, it hardly seems possible that 25 years have gone by already. It has been an interesting and multi-faceted experience......
Preface to Di Shang De Yan (Salt of the Earth)
Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
When anyone with a Christian mindset thinks of China, inevitably the image of a tragic history enters the mind. Perhaps one thinks of Francis Xavier waiting on Shangchuan Island for a Christian to take him to China ......
Shining Stars in My Life
John Tong
On January 6, 1966, the Feast of Epiphany, I was ordained to the priestly ministry. So the Feast of Epiphany, the celebration of the public manifestation of the promised Messiah to all the nations of the world ......
In Honor of Holy Spirit Study Centre's 25's Anniversary
Angelo Lazzarotto, PIME
Twenty-five years constitute but a fragment in the age-old history of China. But the developments, which have taken place in the New China during the last quarter century, make this short period an exceptionally ......
The Right Place at the Right Time
Elmer Wurth, MM
After a four-year stint teaching in our Maryknoll seminaries, a six-year experience of mission in the mountains of Taiwan, and a 13-year assignment on development and fund-raising work which included four years as our Society's vocation director ......
Twenty-five Years of Tripod
Peter Barry, MM
In January 1981, the first issue of Tripod was born. As editor of the English section of Tripod, I would like in this article to review the 25 years of English writings that have appeared in our journal. It is a great pleasure to look back from this vantage ......
The Church in China: 25 Year of Renewal
Jean Charbonnier, MEP
Information on the Catholic Church in China in the press and on TV can give Europeans [and other] readers a rather negative impression of the situation of religion in that country. The on-going arrests of bishops and priests......
From China-watchers to Partners in China Mission
Jeroom Heyndrickx, CICM
The Holy Spirit Study Centre has existed for 25 years. This silver jubilee offers us an occasion to celebrate the progress made by the China Mission during the past quarter century. Up to the time when Holy Spirit Study Centre started ......
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