Sister Anna Yang: My Faith Was Greatly Strengthened

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Jun 242010
Sister Anna Yang. Photo: UBSCP/Ms Yeo Tan Yan

Sister Anna Yang. Photo: UBSCP/Ms Yeo Tan Tan

I was baptized as a Catholic when I was a baby. My grandfather was a devout Catholic and he led our entire family to embrace the Catholic faith. Growing up as a Catholic did not necessary mean that I was strong in my faith then. It was during the time of the Cultural Revolution when I was only 6 years old that my young faith in God slowly took root. During those tumultuous times, all religious activities were conducted behind closed doors. Churches were shut and many believers in my hometown had to pray secretly at home. That was what my family did as we gathered for our prayer time daily: my grandfather would lead the prayer time, but not before ensuring that our doors are shut tight and locked. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 12:46 am Catholic, Shanghai 上海

Sister Clare Ren: My Story

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Jun 142010
Sr Clare Ren

Sr Clare Ren

My favorite verse in the Bible is found in Psalm 131:2, “Instead I am content and at peace. As a child lies quietly in its mother’s arms, so my heart is quiet within me.” (GNT) I like to use this Psalm to help me in my prayers. In His presence, I come before Him as His child, dedicated to Him and trusting Him. Family Devotion The Bible has already started its work in me since I was a child. My forefathers were all Catholics, so my family has a strong Catholic background. As far as I can remember, when I was a child, my parents had been extremely concerned about my spiritual growth. My maternal grandfather and my father would often tell me stories from the Old Testament (at that time my family only had the Old Testament, “OT in Broad Outline”). Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 7:31 pm Catholic, Shanghai 上海

Sun-dried Bibles – by Father Wang Yuliang

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Dec 022009
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Father Wang showing one of the sun-dried Bibles. Photo:UBSCP/Chris Neo.

SHANDONG - I always felt that there were never enough Bibles in the churches in China. I grew up in a village church in Shandong province. More than 20 years ago, there were not more than 20 Catholic Bibles shared among the 500-600 parish members. In those days, church members would read the Bible aloud through the amplifiers for the rest of the congregation to listen to God’s Word. A Bible, to me, was a rare and precious commodity. This leads me to share with you an incident in 2002… Then I was still working at the Beijing Catholic Seminary. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 6:18 pm Catholic, Shandong 山东
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