Father Joe's Articles
It's our pride
2 October 2020
This junk dealer guy, a stranger, not from around these parts, tried to take away our pride. My own very pride, me, the teacher, and my class full of raggedy, rag-a-muffin six years old. But it didn’t work. Of course, it didn’t work. How could it?
When the children go back to the schools
3 September 2020
Dear everyone
To write to you at the end of a school day. The kids are fine. Everyone is healthy. True, they wear masks (most of the time – wash their hands proper – and are as cheerful and happy as five and six year olds can be / We strive for social distancing – and achieve it …. Somewhat …as much as can be expected at kindergarten level.
To write to you at the end of a school day. The kids are fine. Everyone is healthy. True, they wear masks (most of the time – wash their hands proper – and are as cheerful and happy as five and six year olds can be / We strive for social distancing – and achieve it …. Somewhat …as much as can be expected at kindergarten level.
BANGKOK — Redemptorist Father Joe Maier, 80, opened his first school in Bangkok’s market-side slum district of Klong Toey in a swine slaughterhouse more than 40 years ago.
Sea Angels in Rags
17 June 2020
Dear everyone,
We began the old fashioned way: food for our “Sea Angels in Rags” basic Thai reading & writing & arithmetic. Food because literally there was nothing to eat on that island, which the angels chose for us.
We began the old fashioned way: food for our “Sea Angels in Rags” basic Thai reading & writing & arithmetic. Food because literally there was nothing to eat on that island, which the angels chose for us.
Greetings at the end of Ascension Day
29 May 2020
Join one Infantry – Defend our Angels in Rags.
IT WAS LIKE CLARION TRUMPET CALL – WITH THE RISING OF THE EARLY MORNING SUN SHINING OVER THE RUSTY TIN ROOF OF OUR SLUM KITCHEN SCHOOL. BEFORE SUN-UP REALLY . THEY WERE ALL THERE.STANDING, SITTING, CANES AND WALKING STICKS , BUT ALL THERE. WE HAVE COME TO ANSWER THE CALL.
IT WAS LIKE CLARION TRUMPET CALL – WITH THE RISING OF THE EARLY MORNING SUN SHINING OVER THE RUSTY TIN ROOF OF OUR SLUM KITCHEN SCHOOL. BEFORE SUN-UP REALLY . THEY WERE ALL THERE.STANDING, SITTING, CANES AND WALKING STICKS , BUT ALL THERE. WE HAVE COME TO ANSWER THE CALL.
The Heroine and her Little Minnow keep their promises
17 April 2020
Temple kitchens are always off to the side, unnoticed unless you are part of the kitchen staff — those devoted ladies who cook and clean for every ceremonial meal. Auntie Grannie is one of the selfless.