Father Joe's Articles
After the Floods: A Concert to Help Kids Go Back to School
15 October 2011
Dear everyone,
What about Mercy Centre & Floods in Thailand?
We are having a concert to help kids go back to school after the floods, and ask you to buy a ticket to help send a child back to school!!!!
A Teacher Like Her Mother Before Her
25 August 2011
Khru Lek, a gifted educator of sea gypsy children, was once addicted to drugs, but her mother's tough love helped her answer her true calling
Every Picture Tells a Story
11 July 2011
We've got the one family picture of baby Puk Pik. That's it - a picture that his dad somehow missed when trashing the rest. Taken eight years ago when he was a baby, maybe six months old,
Fr. Joe's Easter Message
19 April 2011
Blessings for Holy Week and Happy Easter everybody.
You know, I've been chilling out, looking around, walking the streets of Bangkok, the Slums, and the Slaughter House, these last few days, looking for Jesus. Our Scriptures say that He had to die and three days later would rise from the dead.
The Way We Fight Back In Klong Toey
11 April 2011
Violence and mayhem don’t just happen in our slums. It’s not how we handle our affairs. When it does, it’s almost always from outside causes.
Holding on to Pride and Hope
6 March 2011
Bu Breo has been broadsided by the realities of growing up in Klong Toey's Slaughterhouse slum, but somehow she's managed to steer her 10-year-old son toward a brighter future