What's New

December

December 15, 2008

• CATHOLICS THROUGHOUT JAPAN JOIN BEATIFICATION THROUGH INTERNET, PRAYER

November

November 28, 2008

• TENS OF THOUSANDS JOIN BEATIFICATION RITES FOR 188 JAPANESE MARTYRS
• US BISHOP ADDRESSES MEETING ON ARTICLE 9, WORLD PEACE
• THEY WOULD NOT GIVE IN

November 19, 2008

• NEW PARISH IN JOSO IS ERECTING BUILDING, BUILDING COMMUNITY
• SAPPORO LAY ASSEMBLY LEARNS ABOUT MARTYRS, WYD
• PILGRIMS VISIT SITE OF NAGASAKI CHRISTIANS' EXILE
• FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR BEATIFICATION INCLUDE ORGANIZING FIRST AID TEAMS

November 7, 2008

• HECTIC PREPARATIONS IN NAGASAKI FOR NOV. 24 BEATIFICATION
• CHILDREN GATHER TO LEARN ABOUT MARTYRS

October

October 30, 2008

• RETIRED JAPANESE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND WIFE LIVE AMONG CAMBODIAN VILLAGERS

October 24, 2008

• BISHOP TALKS OF CHURCH RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• LITURGY CONVENTION IN SRI LANKA SEEKS 'LITURGY THAT EXPRESSES FAITH'
• BISHOPS' MEETING LOOKS AT BEATIFICATION, LITURGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
• BISHOP AT ECUMENICAL CONFERENCE EXPLORES FAITH OF MARTYRS
• ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHES GRIEF CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
• THE OMISSION OF MISSION?
• NAGASAKI PRIEST LECTURES ON THEOLOGY OF ATOM-BOMB SURVIVOR

October 2, 2008

• POLISH SISTERS IN NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY TO ELDERLY

September

September 26, 2008

• LANGUAGE TEACHER HELPS NEWCOMER FOREIGN PRIESTS SERVE IN OKINAWA

September 25, 2008

• KANAGAWA CHURCHES COOPERATE FOR INTERNATIONAL WELFARE
• PROTESTANT PASTOR USES FARMING TO REACH TROUBLED YOUTH

September 18, 2008

• TRAINING STAFF PREPARE FOR OPENING OF NEW NATIONAL SEMINARY
• CAPUCHIN IN OKINAWA MARKS HALF-CENTURY OF PEACE WORK
• CATECHISTS EXPLORE MISSION MANDATE IN SCRIPTURE, JAPAN CHURCH AND PAPAL TEACHING
• CAMBODIAN YOUTH'S FACE RESTORED THROUGH JAPANESE GENEROSITY
• PARISHIONERS INTRODUCE OWN 'CURRENCY' TO RAISE MONEY FOR NEW CHURCH
• DEACON PROVES HELPFUL FOR FOREIGN-BORN PASTORS

August

August 28, 2008

• ACTIVITIES FOR PEACE UNITE DIOCESES THROUGHOUT JAPAN

August 21, 2008

• WORLD YOUTH DAY INSPIRES YOUNG JAPANESE WITH JOY OF THE CROSS
• GROUP WITH CATHOLIC ROOTS BECOMES GOVERNMENT-CERTIFIED NPO
• ECUMENICAL PRAYER GROUP REMEMBERS MARTYRS

August 18, 2008

• THOUGHTS ON A PRIEST SHORTAGE
• CATHOLIC MOVIE AWARD GOES TO DOCUMENTARY ON SCHOOLGIRLS IN OKINAWA BATTLE
• CARITAS JAPAN HELPS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBODIA
• CATHOLICS OFFER SERVICES TO HOSPITAL PATIENTS IN KANAGAWA

July

July 15, 2008

• NEW MISSION TO THE GLOBALIZED BECKONS AS PAULINE YEAR BEGINS
• OKINAWA CATHOLICS MARK BATTLE ANNIVERSARY WITH PILGRIMAGE
• LAITY IN TAKAMATSU FIND INSPIRATION, PROBLEMS IN NEOCATECHUMENAL WAY
• CATHOLIC MEDIA PREPARE FOR NOVEMBER BEATIFICATION
• NEOCATECHUMENAL WAY SEMINARY TO CLOSE AS TAKAMATSU DIOCESAN SCHOOL

July 1, 2008

• PRIESTS WORKING IN TAKAMATSU OPPOSE NEOCATECHUMENAL WAY
• PARISHIONERS READ STORIES OF MARTYRS TO PREPARE FOR BEATIFICATION
• LATEST REPORT SHOWS DECREASE IN JAPAN'S CATHOLIC POPULATION

June

June 26, 2008

• LUTHERAN MISSIONARY USES HARP TO PALLIATE PATIENTS’ AGONY

June 24, 2008

• BISHOPS GATHER FOR ANNUAL PLENARY MEETING
• HOME FOR ELDERLY, YOUTH AIMS TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING COMMUNITY

June 20, 2008

• Documents:Letter from National Conferences of Catholic Bishops to the Leaders of the G8 Nations

June 16, 2008

• OREIGN WORKERS IN KYUSHU LOOK FOR MORE SUPPORT FROM LOCAL CHURCH
• 2,000 ATTEND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LIFE AND DEATH
• CONFERENCE ON CONSTITUTION'S PEACE ARTICLE DRAWS 20,000
• J-CARM CONDUCTS ON-SITE TRAINING ON HOMELESSNESS IN OSAKA'S KAMAGASAKI SLUM
• BEATIFICATION PREPARATIONS MOVE AHEAD IN NAGASAKI

May

May 29, 2008

• ATONEMENT FRIARS MARK CENTENARY OF ECUMENICAL EFFORTS
• BISHOP MIYAHARA INSTALLED AS NEW LEADER IN FUKUOKA
• BISHOPS' CONFERENCE MAKES DIRECT APPEAL TO POPE FOR CLOSURE OF TAKAMATSU SEMINARY
• NAGOYA DIOCESE CONFRONTS OPPOSITION TO SUPPORT CENTER FOR HANDICAPPED
• KOBE CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF EMIGRATION TO BRAZIL
• RESTORED BLACK MADONNA RETURNS TO TSURUOKA CHURCH
• FRANCISCANS WELCOME SEAFARERS TO PORTS IN NIIGATA

May 23, 2008

• SECRETARY OF VATICAN EMBASSY IN JAPAN APPOINTED NUNCIO TO GHANA
• SHARING HOSPITAL ROOM WITH NUN LEADS WOMAN TO FAITH AND CONVENT
• JAPANESE BISHOPS MEET POPE FOR SECOND TIME IN FIVE MONTHS
• ZIMBABWEAN GRADUATE OF JAPANESE UNIVERSITY DEDICATES HIMSELF TO WELFARE OF AFRICA
• CHOIR DIRECTOR AT CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHES GENUINENESS
• JAPANESE-BRAZILIANS MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO LAND OF THEIR ANCESTORS
• NEW STYLE OF BEING PARISH AS COMMUNITY CELEBRATES CENTENARY

May 19, 2008

• DIOCESE OF FUKUOKA , DIOCESE OF OITA

April

April 3, 2008

• NEW CARITAS JAPAN HEAD VISITS BANGLADESH
• SHROUD OF TURIN EXHIBITION HELD AT TOKYO CHURCH
• OITA BISHOP MIYAHARA APPOINTED TO LEAD FUKUOKA DIOCESE
• JAPANESE DELEGATION TO KOREA PROMOTES CONSTITUTION'S PEACE PROVISION
• FROM TERRORIST IN NORTHERN IRELAND TO MISSIONARY IN JAPAN
• DEAD AND LIVING SAINTS
• SISTER CONDUCTS FIRST COMMUNION CLASS IN BRAZILIAN SCHOOL

March

March 13, 2008

• NAGASAKI YOUNG ADULTS START NATIONAL CANDLE RELAY TO HONOR 188 MARTYRS
• LEAD-IN PLANS FOR BEATIFICATION CEREMONY OF 188 MARTYRS ANNOUNCED
• BISHOPS FINALIZE PLAN FOR FUKUOKA, TOKYO SEMINARY MERGER TO CREATE NATIONAL SEMINARY
• LAYMAN REFLECTS ON YEARS AS A SEMINARY TEACHER

March 7, 2008

• MEMORIAL SERVICE MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF 'THE MARY OF ANTS' TOWN'
• PARISH CONCERT RAISES MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER

February

February 27, 2008

• KYOTO CATHOLICS PRODUCE DRAMA ABOUT MARTYRS
• CATHOLIC BRAILLE LIBRARIES CALL FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS
• JUSTICE AND PEACE COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS NEW INITIATIVES
• PASTOR COOPERATES WITH TV DRAMA ABOUT A PRIEST AS MEANS FOR MISSION
• GALLERY AT CATHOLIC COLLEGE FEATURES WORK OF DOMINICAN ARTIST
• LAY GROUP PREPARES TO OPEN RETREAT CENTER IN KAMAKURA

February 12, 2008

• JAPANESE CATHOLICS IN ROME MAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRAY IN 'THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR HEARTS'
• CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY RUNS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
• JAPANESE BISHOPS CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH CURIA OVER MASS TRANSLATION
• JAPANESE SALESIAN IN BOLIVIA 'UNBELIEVABLY HAPPY' SERVING POOR
• BISHOPS PREPARE FOR HOKKAIDO G8 SUMMIT
• YOUTH AT MATSUYAMA CHURCH FORM PUPPET THEATER TO 'NOURISH HEARTS'
• RELIGIOUS LEADERS COMMENT ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

January

January 30, 2008

• WE NEED REAL JOURNALISM IN THE CHURCH
• SPEAKER STRESSES LINKS BETWEEN WAR AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
• 'GOSPEL IN BUNRAKU' PRESENTS LIFE OF JESUS THROUGH TRADITIONAL PUPPET THEATER
• JAPANESE LAY MISSIONERS MEET IN THAILAND TO REFLECT ON MISSION
• CATHOLIC NURSING SCHOOL USES FIELD WORK TO TEACH INTERNATIONAL NURSING AND DISASTER RELIEF