What's New

July

July 28, 2010

• On the Occasion of the 2010 Annual Ten Days for Peace
• SPREAD THE CIRCLE OF PRAYER

June

June 29, 2010

• GARASHIA HOSPITAL HOSPICE IS NOW 5 YEARS OLD
• HAITI AID PROJECT LAUNCHED BY OSAKA DIOCESE

May

May 28, 2010

• ONE STEP FORWARD TO A DREAM COMES TRUE

April

April 26, 2010

• ARCHBISHOP MITSUAKI TAKAMI OF NAGASAKI WILL VISIT U.N.

March

March 5, 2010

• DOCTORS FIND QUALITY OF LIFE OF RETIRED PRIESTS AND SISTERS TO BE POOR
• MOTHER TERESA FILM FESTIVAL DRAWS THOUSANDS

March 2, 2010

• Take A Courageous Step Toward The Total Abolition Of Nuclear Weapons

February

February 25, 2010

• CLERGY INITIATE ECUMENICAL ACTIVITIES
• NAGASAKI'S 'BOMBED MARIA' TO VISIT SPAIN
• 'CRAM SCHOOL' FOR TEACHERS HOLDS FIRST MEETING

February 15, 2010

• 'I HOPE KIDS WILL STOP RUNNING FROM ME NOW'

February 3, 2010

• JAPAN'S SUICIDE MISSION
• JAPANESE BISHOPS SET UP ACTION TEAM TO PROMOTE VOCATIONS
• SERVICE PROJECT FOR HOMELESS RECEIVES HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
• KOBE MARKS EARTHQUAKE ANNIVERSARY
• NAGASAKI MARKS BEATIFICATION ANNIVERSARY WITH ADVENT PILGRIMAGE
• BISHOPS LEARN FROM PIONEERING ACTIVIST

January

January 20, 2010

• CATHOLIC PRIEST TO SPEAK OF UNITY OF MIND AND BODY AT ORIENTAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE
• POLITICIANS, OTHERS MARK MISSION ANNIVERSARIES BY REFLECTING ON LIFE ISSUES AT CHRISTMAS DINNER
• THOUGHTS ON PREACHING GUIDELINES
• JAPANESE-FOUNDED AID GROUP MARKS 10 YEARS IN EAST TIMOR

December

December 15, 2009

• JAPANESE DELEGATION BRINGS RELICS TO ROME TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF MARTYRS’ BEATIFICATION
• NEW SEMINARY CARRIES ON TRADITION OF OPEN CAMPUS DAY FOR SUPPORTERS

December 8, 2009

• HAPPI-CLAD CATHOLICS HAPPY TO JOIN LOCAL FESTIVAL
• OSAKA SOCIAL ACTION CENTER SPONSORS SEMINAR ON 'SANCTITY OF LIFE'
• CATHOLICS JOIN ECUMENICAL SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR NAGASAKI HOMELESS

December 1, 2009

• HUMPTY DUMPTY IN THE VATICAN

November

November 26, 2009

• POLITICIAN’S ANTI-CHRISTIANITY REMARK PROVOKES CHRISTIAN PROTEST
• ORIENS INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS RESEARCH CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

November 25, 2009

• Changes in connection with the resignation of Bishop Jinushi

November 19, 2009

• WORKSHOP LOOKS AT MIGRANTS’ PRESENT SITUATION AND HISTORY
• VOLUNTEERS WORK TO SAVE SUICIDAL PEOPLE

November 16, 2009

• DOCTORS, NURSES, CARE WORKERS COMBINE EFFORTS FOR BETTER SERVICES
• TOKYO CHILDREN APPLAUD ARCHBISHOP'S CRUCIFIXION
• CATHOLIC MEDIA SEEK BETTER INTER-DIOCESE COOPERATION
• NEWLY-DISCOVERED RECORD OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TRANSLATED INTO JAPANESE
• PARISHES IN SENDAI MAKE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY WORK
• VOLUNTEERS PRESERVE DESERTED CHURCH ON SITE OF KIRISHITAN REFUGE, MARTYRDOMS
• DON’T STOP THE PRESSES — YET

September

September 30, 2009

• PRINCES AND PRINCESSES — MISSION SUNDAY THOUGHTS
• YOUTH ACTIVITY FOR MIDEAST PEACE HOLDS TOKYO GATHERING
• CATHOLICS LEARN HOW SLAUGHTERHOUSE WORKERS FACE DISCRIMINATION

September 17, 2009

• BISHOPS CALL FOR MORE CONCERN, ACTION ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
• CHRISTIAN MEDICAL MISSION GROUP PREPARES TO CELEBRATE HALF-CENTURY
• TOKYO CHURCH MARKS 'YEAR FOR PRIESTS' WITH PRAYER, PILGRIMAGE
• 'AFRASIA' MUSIC SUPPORT HELPS STREET CHILDREN IN CONGO

July

July 24, 2009

• OKINAWA PRIEST LOOKS BACK AT 1945 BATTLE
• CBCJ PLENARY FOCUSES ON NEW JUDICIAL SYSTEM, ISSUES GUIDELINES FOR CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND LAITY
• WORRIES ABOUT LAY JUDGE SYSTEM CONTINUE
• PARISH HELPS BRAZILIAN STUDENTS AS RECESSION CLOSES THEIR SCHOOLS

June

June 26, 2009

• CHURCH AND VILLAGE HONOR KIRISITAN SAMURAI JUAN GOTO

June 24, 2009

• Letter from National Conferences of Catholic Bishops to the Leaders of the G8 Nations
• On the citizen judge system – to all the Catholic faithful in Japan

June 19, 2009

• FOREIGN AND JAPAN SIGNIS AWARDS TO JAPANESE FILM OKURIBITO
• CHANCERY OFFICIALS DISCUSS IMPROVING CHURCH STATISTICS
• HOSPITAL MARKS 120 YEARS OF SERVING HANSEN'S DISEASE PATIENTS

June 8, 2009

• JAPANESE CATHOLIC HELPS CREATE COMMUNITIES OF THE POOR IN PERU

June 3, 2009

• ECUMENICAL ASSOCIATION AWARD GOES TO WORK WITH DAY LABORERS IN OSAKA
• TAIWAN ARCHBISHOP IN TOKYO SPEAKS OF JOY OF FAITH, MISSION OUTREACH
• VOLUNTEER NETWORKING COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DISASTER PREPARATION

May

May 22, 2009

• MASSES IN KOBE CANCELED AS FLU STRIKES

May 12, 2009

• CARITAS JAPAN CALLS FOR EMERGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNEMPLOYED
• PILGRIMS TO TOKUSHIMA AND KAGAWA HONOR BEATIFIED MARTYRS
• NAHA DIOCESE ESTABLISHES MULTI-ETHNIC PASTORAL CENTER
• OPENING OF NEW SEMINARY CELEBRATED AT TOKYO AND FUKUOKA CAMPUSES
• CARITAS JAPAN CONTINUES ASSISTANCE TO MONGOLIAN CHILDREN

April

April 23, 2009

• BEATIFICATION PROCESS FOR JAPANESE MISSIONARY TO IMMIGRANTS IN BRAZIL
• YOUTH MINISTERING TO YOUTH ESSENTIAL FOR CHURCH, BISHOP SAYS
• TAKAMATSU BISHOP ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF NEOCATECHUMENAL WAY SEMINARY
• CATHOLIC, PROTESTANT SEMINARIANS MEET AT INTER-SEMINARY CONFERENCE

March

March 24, 2009

• 25 YEARS OF 'LEND-A-HAND' MOVEMENT
• FOOD AND FAITH LINKED AT PARISH COOKING CLASS
• CRITIC SAYS NEWS MEDIA NEED SELF-CRITICISM, NOT SELF-CENSORSHIP
• BISHOPS' MEETING LOOKS AT SYNOD, LITURGY, NATIONAL SEMINARY AND JAPAN'S NEW TRIAL SYSTEM
• CHURCH PROVIDES JOB SEARCH SERVICES TO LAID-OFF FILIPINOS

February

February 20, 2009

• NEW JOSO CHURCH TO BE EVANGELIZATION CENTER FOR MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
• JAPANESE SISTERS COMPLETE A DECADE OF SERVICE IN SIBERIA

February 13, 2009

• MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDED ON CATHOLIC PRINCIPLES TEACHES THAT CARE IS 'PART OF THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT'
• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COALITION LOBBIES FOR FOREIGN RESIDENTS' RIGHTS
• TOKYO GOVERNMENT BANS FOOD SERVICE FOR HOMELESS IN RIVERSIDE PARK

February 10, 2009

• JAPANESE LAY MISSIONER TEACHES, LEARNS AT CAMBODIAN DUMP
• COUPLE BUILDS FARM TO HELP MENTALLY ILL AND THEIR FAMILIES

January

January 28, 2009

• NOV.24 BEATIFICATION IN PHOTOS

January 26, 2009

• WIDESPREAD LAYOFFS IN SAITAMA DIOCESE DRAW CHURCH RESPONSE
• RECESSION HITS BRAZILIANS, PARISH PROVIDES EMERGENCY AID
• JESUIT RESEARCHER OF JAPANESE CHRISTIANITY DIES
• BEATIFICATION MARKS END OF A LONG PROCESS
• PILGRIMS TAKE PART IN EVENTS ON EVE OF BEATIFICATION