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December

December 26, 2006

• OSAKA DIOCESAN UNIVERSITY JOINS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, CHANGES ENGLISH VERSION OF ITS NAME
• CBCJ COMMITTEE ISSUES PAMPHLETS ON SOCIAL ISSUES

December 19, 2006

• PILGRIMS FROM BRAZIL VISIT NAGASAKI
• FRIENDS OF POKHARA SUPPORT POOR IN NEPAL

December 14, 2006

• NAGASAKI MARKS END OF XAVIER ANNIVERSARY WITH COMMITMENT TO EVANGELIZATION
• PERMANENT RESIDENCE, STATELESSNESS AND ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGNERS ARE TOPICS AT COMMISSION MEET

December 8, 2006

• SPANISH JESUIT RECEIVES AWARD FROM EDUCATION

December 4, 2006

• NAGASAKI CATHOLICS TAKE PART IN PROGRAM TO BUILD 'CHURCH OF COMMUNION'
• KOREAN AND JAPANESE SISTERS PAY JOINT VISIT TO CHINA

November

November 29, 2006

• HOSPITAL PLANS TO INSTALL 'BABY BOX' FOR ABANDONED INFANTS

November 28, 2006

• JLMM SENDS TWO NEW MEMBERS TO CAMBODIA, THAILAND

November 24, 2006

• PRIEST KNOWN AS 'FATHER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES' RECALLS QUARTER-CENTURY OF SERVICE
• KOREAN, JAPANESE BISHOPS EXPLORE POSSIBILITY OF BISHOPS' EXCHANGE AT EAST ASIAN LEVEL

November 21, 2006

• CBCJ BOOKLET SAYS CATHOLICS SHOULD NOT VISIT YASUKUNI SHRINE

November 20, 2006

• COMMISSION FOR MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND PEOPLE ON THE MOVE SPONSORS SEMINAR AND SEAFARERS' MEETING
• THREE NOBEL LAUREATES ATTEND HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE, JOIN PRAYERS AT CATHEDRAL
• MEGURO YOUTH GROUP PROVIDES PROSTHESES FOR RWANDA

November 17, 2006

• JESUIT UNIVERSITY FACULTY, STUDENTS COMMEMORATE XAVIER WITH A PLAY
• JAPANESE SISTER IN PERU SAYS PROSTITUTES 'JUST LIKE OURSELVES'
• DEDICATION OF NEW CHURCH IN RURAL OKINAWA HEARTENS CATHOLICS

November 9, 2006

• NIIGATA BISHOP DESCRIBES ASIAN MISSION CONGRESS
• JAPAN DELEGATES TO ASIAN MISSION CONGRESS DESCRIBE 'MOVING EXPERIENCE'

November 7, 2006

• FOREIGN STUDENTS IN JAPAN FACE LANGUAGE BARRIER IN CHURCH
• PASTORAL AGENTS WHO SERVE BRAZILIANS GATHER IN NAGOYA

October

October 31, 2006

• ECUMENICAL CHURCH BODY PROTESTS NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST
• PARISH SPONSORS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CARE GIVERS
• MISSIONERS FROM AND TO JAPAN COMMENT ON THEIR LIVES AND WORK

October 24, 2006

• JAPANESE CATHOLICS IN OVERSEAS MISSION TOTAL 361
• BISHOP BLESSES NEW CHURCH SITE AND COMMUNITY

October 19, 2006

• GRATEFUL BUSINESSMAN SETS UP SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR MEXICAN STUDENTS

October 18, 2006

• JAPANESE PRIEST IN ARGENTINA FIGHTS DRUGS AND CRIME WITH PRAYER

October 17, 2006

• YOUNG CATHOLICS FROM HIROSHIMA AND BUSAN MEET FOR SOCCER MATCHES

October 13, 2006

• JAPAN DELEGATES TAKE PART IN CONFERENCE ON PHILIPPINE EMIGRANTS
• CATHOLICS, OTHERS IN KUMAMOTO PRODUCING 18TH-CENTURY OPERA ABOUT JAPANESE MARTYR
• SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WORK ON BEHALF OF REFUGEE EDUCATION

October 10, 2006

• OSAKA GROUP SELLS TOWELS FOR SELF-HELP GROUP IN PHILIPPINES

October 3, 2006

• CATHOLIC DRUMMER AIDS ZAMBIA, DREAMS OF WRITING JAPANESE DRUM MASS

October 2, 2006

• FOR BETHLEHEM FATHERS IN JAPAN, DISAPPEARANCE 'ONLY A MATTER OF TIME'
• JESUIT RESIDENCE FOR ELDERLY A PLACE TO 'FIND THEMSELVES AT EASE'

September

September 28, 2006

• EXHIBIT AT EICHI UNIVERSITY RECALLS WAR SUFFERING
• JAPAN CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ONCE AGAIN SENDS TEAM OVERSEAS
• FILIPINO MISSIONARY PRIESTS WORK IN OKINAWA TO SHARE JOY
• JAPANESE FRANCISCAN WORKS WITH DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES

September 21, 2006

• KAGOSHIMA CATHOLICS WRITE LETTERS TO XAVIER
• MORIOKA SCHOOL USES OVERSEAS STUDY, RELIGIOUS ED TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
• DIOCESES RESPOND TO GROWING NUMBER OF ELDERLY, RETIRED PRIESTS
• TEACHING BY DISCIPLINE, EXAMPLE AND EXPERIENCE IS KEY AT NOTRE DAME SCHOOL

September 15, 2006

• PRIEST REFLECTS ON TEAM MINISTRY AS JAPANESE REPLACE FOREIGN MISSIONERS

September 12, 2006

• LATE SWISS PRIEST'S PAINTINGS DISPLAYED IN IWATE
• JAPANESE CATHOLIC GROUP IN HONG KONG A FAST-CHANGING COMMUNITY

September 11, 2006

• JAPANESE AND KOREAN STUDENTS GATHER IN YAMAGUCHI
• A NEW PRINCE FOR AN OLD COUNTRY
• PRIEST, OTHERS, FILE SUITS AGAINST YASUKUNI SHRINE AND GOVERNMENT

September 4, 2006

• WORLD RELIGIOUS LEADERS GATHER IN KYOTO FOR ASSEMBLY OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE
• NAGASAKI RECALLS ATOMIC BOMBING WITH TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION, MASS

August

August 28, 2006

• JAPANESE SISTERS SPEND MORE THAN 30 YEARS ON MISSION IN MACAO

August 21, 2006

• 61 YEARS AFTER ATOMIC BOMBING HIROSHIMA STILL PRAYS FOR PEACE
• ASIAN YOUTH DAY IN HONG KONG DRAWS 800 TO REFLECT ON FAMILY
• CARDINAL REFLECTS ON NEW POPE, WORK IN ROME, CHURCH IN JAPAN

August 14, 2006

• TRADITIONAL KYOTO SILK ART ENRICHES LITURGY
• BELGIAN TAPESTRY WITH BIBLICAL THEME IS PART OF ANCIENT KYOTO FESTIVAL

August 11, 2006

• LATEST STATISTICS SHOW PRIESTS GETTING OLDER WHILE BISHOPS GET YOUNGER
• LAND PURCHASED FOR BRAZILIAN-INSPIRED PARISH IN SAITAMA DIOCESE

August 2, 2006

• TO BUILD PEACE, 'START BY LOVING YOURSELF,' STUDENTS TOLD

July

July 31, 2006

• FORMER JAPAN JESUIT TRAVELS WORLD TO HELP BUILD HOUSING FOR POOR

July 27, 2006

• NAGASAKI WILL BE SITE OF BEATIFICATION CELEBRATION
• CHURCH WEDDINGS FOR NON-CHRISTIANS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUPLES TO REFLECT ON MARRIAGE
• BRAZILIAN BISHOP VISITS IMMIGRANTS IN JAPAN

July 26, 2006

• ELDERLY PRIESTS AND SISTERS EXCHANGE VISITS
• JAPANESE CATHOLIC ORGANIZES ATOMIC BOMB EXHIBIT IN BOLIVIA
• ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE TRAINS LOCAL LEADERS FROM ASIA, AFRICA

July 13, 2006

• CBCJ DESK FINISHES OPERATIONS AS VIOLENCE RETURNS TO EAST TIMOR

July 11, 2006

• CARMELITE SISTERS SUPPORT THEMSELVES BY MAKING SLIPPERS

July 11, 2006

• TOKYO ARCHDIOCESE SPONSORS STUDY TRIP TO OKINAWA FOR CHINESE, KOREAN AND JAPANESE STUDENTS
• JAPANESE PRIEST TELLS OF CHURCH THAT SIDES WITH THE POOR IN BRAZIL

July 10, 2006

• DESCENDANT OF XAVIER'S FAMILY JET SKIS FROM CHINA TO JAPAN

June

June 30, 2006

• OITA DIOCESE ISSUES BOOKLET TO HELP FILIPINOS PARTICIPATE IN JAPANESE MASS

June 29, 2006

• TEACHERS FROM CATHOLIC COLLEGE VOLUNTEER IN INDONESIA QUAKE ZONE

June 27, 2006

• JAPANESE CATHOLIC HELPS BUILD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN

June 23, 2006

• NUMBER OF CATHOLICS HAS INCREASED,
  BUT MASS ATTENDANCE, NUMBER OF BAPTISMS ARE DOWN

June 20, 2006

• SEMINAR IN NIIGATA LOOKS AT PASTORAL CARE OF FOREIGNERS
• NANZAN GAKUEN TO OPEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NAGOYA
• 'ODD-JOBBER' IN PALESTINE TELLS OF CHALLENGES FACING THE POOR

June 20, 2006

• 'MICHAEL WHO?' -- FAMED SINGER VISITS CHILDREN'S HOME IN TOKYO
• NEWLY ORDAINED PRIESTS OFFER MASS AT LEPROSY SANATORIUM TO THANK PATIENTS FOR SUPPORT
• YOKOHAMA DIOCESAN PRIEST RETURNS FROM UGANDA

June 14, 2006

• FIRST STEPS TAKEN IN FORMATION OF NEW PARISH IN SAITAMA DIOCESE

June 12, 2006

• THE DA VINCI CODE IS A CALL TO CONVERSION

June 9, 2006

• CENTENARY OF JAPANESE EMIGRATION TO BRAZIL APPROACHES

June 8, 2006

• CATHOLICS IN HIROSHIMA DIOCESE USE LOCAL RADIO FOR EVANGELIZATION
• "SEAFARER'S DAY" MESSAGE

June 7, 2006

• UN INVESTIGATOR SAYS DISCRIMINATION IN JAPAN 'MUST BE FOUGHT'

June 5, 2006

• BISHOP MATSUNAGA OF FUKUOKA DIES DAYS BEFORE HIS JUBILEE CELEBRATION
• JAPANESE STUDENTS VISIT CAMBODIA ON STUDY TOUR

June 1, 2006

• VIETNAMESE BISHOP IN TOKYO TALKS OF PIGS AND HERBS AS MEANS TO HELP POOR

May

May 30, 2006

• BEATIFICATION OF 188 MARTYRS MOVES CLOSER TO REALIZATION

May 29, 2006

• KINDERGARTEN FACING CLOSURE FINDS A WAY TO STAY OPEN
• CATHOLIC DOCTOR HONORED BY CAMEROON GOVERNMENT

May 25, 2006

• STATUES OF XAVIER AND YAJIRO BOUND FOR MALACCA
• BIBLE FORUM IN TOKYO DRAWS 2000

May 22, 2006

• CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES PROVIDE PASTORAL CARE, SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS

May 16, 2006

SPECIAL SERIES: JAPAN'S MILLION-MEMBER CHURCH

• FILIPINOS FIND INTEGRATION WITH CHURCH IN JAPAN A CHALLENGE
• INDONESIAN CATHOLICS KEEP SENSE OF COMMUNITY THROUGH FAITH PRACTICE
• POLISH CATHOLIC COMMUNITY GROWS BUT FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE

May 10, 2006

• HIROSHIMA CATHEDRAL DESIGNATED NATIONAL CULTURAL ASSET

May 8, 2006

• PAULINE SISTERS PROVIDE DAILY BIBLE READINGS VIA CELL PHONE

April

April 27, 2006

• SCRIPTURE GROUP KEEPS PRIESTLESS PARISH ALIVE

April 26, 2006

• FIVE YOUNG CATHOLICS EXPLORE MARTYRDOM ON PILGRIMAGE THROUGH HISTORY

April 24, 2006

• BISHOPS PREPARE FOR STATEMENT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND STATE

April 20, 2006

• ENGLISH-LANGUAGE CHAPEL HELPS ORPHANS SET OUT ON THEIR OWN

April 17, 2006

• FLOATING CHURCH GIVES COURAGE TO IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY
• YASUKUNI SHRINE VISITS, A CATHOLIC DILEMMA

April 12, 2006

• 'ONE HUNDRED SACKS OF RICE' PRIZE FOR PRIEST
• CTIC SEEKS FUNDS FOR REFUGEE'S MEDICAL EXPENSES

April 11, 2006

• SENDAI DIOCESE MAKES MOVES TO ORGANIZE PASTORAL CARE OF FOREIGNERS

April 10, 2006

• AFTER EIGHT YEARS AT VATICAN, CARDINAL HAMAO ADVOCATES SOME CHANGES

April 7, 2006

• BOOK COMMEMORATES 'WALKING MISSIONARY' OF AMAMI OSHIMA

April 5, 2006

• EVANGELIZATION IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE, EVANGELIZATION IN JAPAN

April 3, 2006

• ' STROLLING TOUR' FEATURES RELIGIONS OF NAGASAKI

March

March 29, 2006

• SISTERS DISCUSS CARE OF IMMIGRANTS IN JAPAN

March 27, 2006

• NPO THAT CHANNELS SURPLUS FOOD TO POOR WANTS MORE CHURCH ACTION
• PARISH MARKS 50 YEARS BY CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF AID TO INDIA

March 23, 2006

• SALESIAN SCHOOL ADAPTS TO NEW NEEDS
• PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DISCUSS FAITH AND DISABILITY
• INDIAN PRIEST DRAWS PEOPLE TO PRAYER WITH YOGA

March 20, 2006

• CATHOLIC TV PROGRAM ENDS AFTER 39 YEARS
• VIOLENCE NOT PART OF ISLAM, SAYS JAPANESE MUSLIM
• NEW BISHOP OF SENDAI SEES HIS ROLE AS 'ADHESIVE'
• PROFILE: NEW SENDAI BISHOP SURPRISED AT HIS APPOINTMENT
• ANNIVERSARY OF POPE JOHN PAUL VISIT MARKED BY HIROSHIMA DIOCESE
• PUTTING THE NET TO WORK FOR EVANGELIZATION
• LITURGY AND THE TRINITY IS THEME OF WORKSHOP
• RESTORATION, RENEWAL CONTINUE IN DIOCESE TORN BY DISSENT

March 16, 2006

• JAPANESE AND KOREAN CHURCHES UNITE TO DEAL WITH UNIFICATION CHURCH PROBLEMS
• 400-YEAR-OLD PAINTING USED BY "HIDDEN CHRISTIANS" RESTORED AND DISPLAYED
• PROFILE: KENJIRO KORIYAMA, NEW BISHOP OF KAGOSHIMA
• KAGOSHIMA GETS FIRST BISHOP WHO IS NATIVE OF THE DIOCESE

March 10, 2006

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