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December

December 19, 2007

• POPE URGES VISITING JAPANESE BISHOPS TO ENLIVEN CHRIST'S MESSAGE
• PASSION PLAY MARKS 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF NANZAN GAKUEN
• CARITAS WORKSHOPS LOOK AT CHURCH AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

December 17, 2007

• INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING CALLS FOR SUPPORT FOR JAPAN CONSTITUTION'S PEACE ARTICLE
• JAPANESE SCHOOLS' AID TEACHES POOR FILIPINO CHILDREN THEY ARE IMPORTANT
• RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATIVES IN TOKYO LOOK AT ISRAEL-PALESTINE SITUATION
• CATHOLIC MASS AND JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY MEET

December 10, 2007

• SENDAI CATHOLICS LOOK AT PROBLEMS OF LEPROSY PATIENTS
• OVERSEAS MISSION AID ORGANIZATION MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARY
• J-CARM MEETING LOOKS TO CHURCH AS 'MODEL OF A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY'
• JAPAN BIOETHICS SOCIETY CONVENTION LOOKS AT 'LIFE' CRISIS

December 3, 2007

• BISHOP OTSUKA BRINGS KYOTO LACQUERWARE ALTAR TO VATICAN
• CATHOLIC/NCC DIALOG ASKS 'WHERE ARE THE HEARTS OF THE YOUNG?'
• SOPHIA UNIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM MARKS TAKASHI NAGAI CENTENARY

November

November 28, 2007

• JAPAN-KOREA BISHOPS' MEETING LOOKS AT MARTYRDOM, COMMEMORATES CARDINAL HAMAO
• NIIGATA CHURCH MARKS 80TH ANNIVERSARY
• BRAZILIAN CATHOLICS IN TOCHIGI MOVE CLOSER TO BUILDING NEW CHURCH
• HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN MINISTERS TO PATIENTS AND STAFF

November 19, 2007

• INTERVIEW -- 'AS CATHOLICS WE HAVE TO APPEAL MORE TO THE JAPANESE MIND'
• JAPANESE CARDINAL TALKS OF SECRET INVOLVEMENT IN AFTERMATH OF KIM DAE-JUNG KIDNAPING
• ASIAN CONGRESS ON PILGRIMAGES AND SHRINES HELD IN NAGASAKI
• CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS SHARE INSIGHTS, CHALLENGES
• JAPANESE ARCHBISHOP ASKS ASIA FOR MISSIONERS
• TRAINING PRIESTS AT FUKUOKA ST. SULPICE MAJOR SEMINARY

November 12, 2007

• CARDINAL HAMAO, FIRST JAPANESE TO HEAD A VATICAN OFFICE AND BISHOP EMERITUS OF YOKOHAMA, DIES AT 77

November 9, 2007

• HAMAO BULLETIN

October

October 30, 2007

• ICHIKAWA CHURCH USES INCLUSIVE PROCESS TO REWRITE PARISH BYLAWS
• JOINT CATHOLIC-BUDDHIST SERVICE FOR PEACE AT MARTYRDOM SITE
• KAGOSHIMA DIOCESE HOLDS FIRST 'DIOCESAN FESTIVAL'
• SIGNIS ASIA MEETS IN JAPAN FOR FIRST TIME

October 18, 2007

• SPECIAL MEETING OF BISHOPS PREPARES FOR SYNOD ON WORD OF GOD
• DIOCESE SPONSORS PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM ON MARTYRED TOKUSHIMA PRIEST
• ASSEMBLY IN HIROSHIMA FOCUSES ON 'BECOMING DISCIPLES OF PEACE'

October 15, 2007

• JAPAN'S SOLE 'RENTED PARISH' FACES ITS END
• LARGEST-EVER 'NETWORK MEETING' OF YOUNG CATHOLICS HELD IN NAGOYA DIOCESE
• FRANCISCAN PRIEST ON THE ROAD TO SERVE DAIRY FARMERS IN EASTERN HOKKAIDO

October 10, 2007

• VIETNAMESE CATHOLICS MARK A QUARTER-CENTURY IN JAPAN
• 'JESUS TABLE FELLOWSHIP COLLECTION' BRIDGES JAPAN AND PERU
• KANAZAWA CHURCH PRESENTS LITURGY OF THE WORD ON INTERNET

October 1, 2007

• DATE AND PLACE SET FOR BEATIFICATION CEREMONY FOR JAPANESE MARTYRS

September

September 26, 2007

• MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY IN JAPAN MARK MOTHER TERESA ANNIVERSARY

September 25, 2007

• YOUTH ENCOUNTER GOD, SELVES IN SONS AND DAUGHTERS PROGRAM
• CHURCH AND LOCAL GROUP HOLD RECONSTRUCTION FESTIVAL IN QUAKE-STRICKEN CITY
• FREE CLINIC MARKS 100,000 PATIENT VISITS

September 21, 2007

• CHURCH 'BRIDGE' CONNECTS FILIPINO KIDS WITH THEIR JAPANESE DADS
• KOREAN PRIEST IN HIROSHIMA LEARNS VALUE OF TEAM MINISTRY
• KYOTO TEACHERS LEARN ABOUT SPIRIT OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION

September 14, 2007

• CARITAS JAPAN REPS VISIT TWO COUNTRIES IN AFRICA

September 12, 2007

• CATHOLICS AT YOKOHAMA AIDS FORUM EXPLAIN CHURCH'S VIEW OF LIFE
• 'BOMBED MARY' LEADS TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION IN NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB CEREMONY
• HIROSHIMA CHURCH MARKS A-BOMB ANNIVERSARY

September 11, 2007

• KAGOSHIMA WELCOMES MISSION FAMILY
• OVER 2,000 ATTEND PRAYER FOR PEACE MEETING IN KYOTO, MT. HIEI

September 5, 2007

• SEMINAR LOOKS AT INTERNET AND CHILDREN
• YOKOHAMA BISHOP TALKS ABOUT PASTORAL CARE OF FOREIGNERS, RESTRUCTURING OF DIOCESE
• COUNSELING CENTER IN SAPPORO SERVES PEOPLE IN NEED
• FRESH VEGETABLES AND FREEDOM AT 'FIREFLY FARM'

August

August 21, 2007

• BISHOP HIRATA OF OITA AND FUKUOKA DEAD AT 93
• YOKOHAMA PRIEST DESCRIBES HIS WORK IN BRAZIL BEFORE DYING ON RETURN TRIP
• CBCJ PLENARY MEETING LOOKS AT EVANGELIZATION, LITURGY, AIDS
• CATHOLICS IN KAGOSHIMA RUN LUNCH SERVICE FOR ELDERLY
• BRAILLE LIBRARIES TRANSCRIBE ELECTION MATERIALS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED
• SEVERE QUAKE LEAVES 15 PERCENT OF PARISH HOMELESS
• SYMPOSIUM LOOKS AT PERSECUTION FROM CATHOLIC, BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVES
• SAPPORO PRIESTS LOOK AT AGEING
• SEMINAR LOOKS AT ISSUE OF NURSES FROM PHILIPPINES
• SOPHIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT GROUP AIDS CHILDREN OVERSEAS
• NAGOYA AWARD GOES TO ACTIVIST FOR RECONCILIATION OF CRIMINALS, VICTIMS

July

July 25, 2007

• KOBE CHURCHES FOCUS ON CHILDREN
• YOKOHAMA DIOCESE ADAPTS TO NEEDS OF DISABLED
• BISHOPS' CONFERENCE ISSUES STATISTICS ON CHURCH IN JAPAN
• KYOTO DIOCESE COMMISSIONS NISHIJIN SILK PORTRAIT OF MARTYRS
• THE FAILURE OF SUCCESS
• SEVEN PARISHES UNITE TO ORGANIZE ORDINATION CELEBRATION IN YOKOHAMA DIOCESE
• HOSPITAL WITH CATHOLIC ROOTS USES GERMAN SYSTEM TO SAVE UNWANTED INFANTS
• ARSON VICTIM TRAVELS COUNTRY TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR LIFE IMPRISONMENT SENTENCES
• OKINAWA CATHOLICS MARK BATTLE ANNIVERSARY WITH PILGRIMAGE
• HIROSHIMA DIOCESE BUILDS FUTURE ON 'THREE PILLARS'
• SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES MARK SEMINARY LIFE IN JAPAN AND KOREA

July 11, 2007

• JAPAN BISHOPS WELCOME END OF LONG WAIT FOR BEATIFICATION DECISION
• SPANISH SISTER IN JAPAN FOR 70 YEARS MARKS CENTENNIAL OF BIRTH
• BISHOPS OF G8 NATIONS CALL FOR PRACTICAL MEASURES AGAINST POVERTY

July 4, 2007

• NEW CHURCH DEDICATED IN KOBE AS QUAKE RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUES

June

June 19, 2007

• OSAKA ARCHDIOCESE'S EICHI UNIVERSITY CHANGES NAME TO ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY
• HEAD OF VATICAN GOVERNMENT VISITS HOKKAIDO NUNS
• HOMELESS MAN FINDS CHRIST THROUGH CHRISTIANS' SERVICE
• VETERAN EDUCATOR CALLS FOR 'CATHOLIC MINISTRY OF EDUCATION'
• PARISH OF ONLY 30 HOUSEHOLDS BUILDS NEW CHURCH
• NAGASAKI PILGRIMAGE MARKS CENTENARY OF JAPANESE EMIGRATION TO BRAZIL
• TEACHERS, DIRECTORS, BISHOPS DISCUSS CATHOLIC EDUCATION AS TEACHING ORDERS LEAVE SCHOOLS
• RELIGIOUS PEACE MOVEMENT CALLS FOR REJECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

June 4, 2007

• POPE BENEDICT XVI APPROVED THE BEATIFICATION OF PETER KIBE AND 187 OTHER JAPANESE MARTYRS OF THE 17TH CENTURY
• MOTHER'S FAITH HELPED HER COPE WITH SON'S DEADLY DISEASE
• RELIGIOUS, PRIEST AND YOUTH COMMENT ON RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS
• PILGRIMS CARRY STATUE OF MARY TO MARTYRS' SHRINE IN OTOME-TOGE FESTIVAL

May

May 18, 2007

• JAPANESE CARDINAL BRINGS RELIC TO ORTHODOX CHURCH IN RUSSIA
• KAGOSHIMA CHURCH BEING REBUILT IN FUKUOKA
• ADVICE FROM A HOSPICE: HOW TO PREPARE TO VISIT A HOSPITAL

May 15, 2007

• FORMER HANSEN'S DISEASE PATIENT MEETS POPE
• BRAZILIANS IN IBARAGI MOVE AHEAD ON BUILDING NEW PARISH
• FORUM FOR RELIGIOUS AND MISSIONARIES LOOKS AHEAD 10 YEARS
• CURIA AND COLLEGE OF CARDINALS OVERLY EUROPEAN, SAYS CARDINAL HAMAO

May 11, 2007

• LAY MISSION GROUP CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

April

April 23, 2007

• FORMER GANGSTER FINDS JESUS TO BE HIS REAL OYABUN
• EXAMPLE OF WIFE AND KINDNESS OF CATHOLICS DRAW WIDOWER TO CHURCH
• OSAKA WOMAN PREPARES FOR DEATH WITH BAPTISM
• CARDINAL HAMAO LOOKS FORWARD TO BEATIFICATION OF NEW JAPANESE MARTYRS
• BISHOPS' TEACHING ON RELIGION AND STATE ISSUED IN SINGLE VOLUME
• STUDENTS AT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHEER CATHOLIC ROCK BAND
• POLISH EX-PRESIDENT VISITS JAPAN, CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY AND DIALOGUE

April 3, 2007

• A KIND SISTER DISPELS PREJUDICES ABOUT CATHOLICS
• OVERCOMING THE SADNESS OF LOSING ONE'S HUSBAND
• PERUVIAN IMMIGRANTS LEAD THEIR CHILDREN TO CHURCH
• TWO YOUNG MEN FIND A NEW LIFE WITH PARISH PRIEST
• HIS HEAVY BURDEN LAID ASIDE AT MASS: A SHUT-IN RETURNS TO SOCIETY

March

March 19, 2007

• OSAKA ARCHDIOCESE ISSUES SUPPLEMENT TO MANUAL FOR ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
• BLOGS BECOME POPULAR TOOL OF EVANGELIZATION IN JAPAN
• JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR TO THE VATICAN VISITS BISHOPS
• RETIRING JESUIT TEACHER REFLECTS ON ROLE OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES
• CARITAS JAPAN SUPPORTS EDUCATION FOR BANGLADESH MINORITIES

March 16, 2007

• BISHOPS' CONFERENCE CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF SEPARATION OF POLITICS AND RELIGION

March 13, 2007

• DISABLED YOSAKOI DANCERS OFF TO SWEDEN
• MIXED REACTIONS GREET PARISH'S ICONIC RICE CRACKERS
• Documents
  Message from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan:
  Freedom of religion and separation of Government and Religion

March 5, 2007

• SAPPORO PARISH ORGANIZES YOUTH VISIT TO PHILIPPINES
• JAPAN LAY MISSIONARIES CELEBRATE SILVER JUBILEE

February

February 26, 2007

• ROMAN CONGREGATION APPROVES BEATIFICATION OF 188 JAPANESE MARTYRS
• JAPANESE SISTER WORKS WITH HANSEN'S DISEASE PATIENTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• NAGASAKI CHURCHES INCLUDED IN PROVISIONAL LIST FOR WORLD HERITAGE SITES

February 22, 2007

• CATHOLIC MEDIA COUNCIL SPONSORS SEMINAR ON EVANGELIZATION ON THE INTERNET
• ECUMENICAL GROUP PROTESTS RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS

February 14, 2007

• AMATEUR THEATER GROUP TO PRESENT PLAY ABOUT CHRISTIAN MARTYRS

February 13, 2007

• TOKYO ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE FOLLOWS AFRICAN THEME
• CARDINAL HAMAO SPEAKS AT FOREIGN RESIDENTS' FUNDAMENTAL LAW MEETING

February 7, 2007

• BISHOPS' STUDY SESSION LOOKS AT FAITH AND STATE POLICY
• FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ASIA HOLDS TOKYO SYMPOSIUM

January

January 25, 2007

• JAPANESE PRIEST IN BOLIVIA FINDS POOR PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY RICH

January 22, 2007

• STUDENTS FROM CATHOLIC NURSING SCHOOL DO FIELD WORK IN MADAGASCAR
• FUKUI PARISHIONERS BUILD INTERNATIONAL PARISH WHERE CATHOLICS ARE RARE

January 15, 2007

• JAPANESE SISTER IN TANZANIA WORKS WITH VICTIMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL'NIGHTMARE'
• PARISHIONERS IN KANAGAWA FIND THAT HOMELESS ARE 'NOT JUST STONES ON THE ROADSIDE'