Father Joe's Articles

Even in a slum, a mother with nothing can still hear her daughter's desperate cry for help and come to the rescue.
About two thousand years ago that raggedy handful of Jerusalem street kids saw it all happen.  The bad guys ordered their foreign occupying forces to capture him and execute Blessed Mary’s Son.  But they also made it look legal so these bad guys could get away with it and wouldn’t have to go to prison. Lots of people were shouting to get him up the hill for execution fast. 

Dignity on the Rubbish Dump

23 Febuary 2015

Born in a shack, half-blind and fearless, but there's still honour in a wasteland child.
Even in forgotten places, there’s a touch of Christmas in the moments families share together.

The Sea Gypsies' New Flag

30 September 2014

On an island near Myanmar, Moken children get not only an education but a sense of pride, and are taught it's not over until the fat lady apologises. 
Lovely Miss Sprite had the odds stacked against her before she was even born