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Many people closed their shops the first day of the Water Festival but in a culture where you live in your shop, it’s not likely you’ll keep things closed up the full three days of the holiday.  Click here to see some people in action on the third day of the Water Festival.

Today the Phnom Penh Catholic Church invited all the different Catholic language communities to come together for a joint Pentecost celebration.  Click here to see some of the scenes from the liturgy.

“Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.” ~ Henry James

“Our defense of the innocent unborn…needs to be clear, firm, and passionate. Equally sacred, however, are the lives of the poor, those already born, the destitute, the abandoned.” ~ Pope Francis

The changing seasons have brought another fruit to the streets of Phnom Penh, but I haven’t a clue what it is.  It’s bright yellow like a lemon and about the same size but it’s more like a small apple.

 

Holy Week services take a lot of time, preparation, and practice, and all of that was in short supply for our Holy Thursday service.  I was on the phone all day to three countries working with refugees and didn’t have time to organize things like a photographer for this evening’s service.

Here is a really powerful article about the shooting in Florida and about the controversy with guns in the United States.  I recommend that you click on the picture and read it:

Today Cathy Hammond from the Caritas Australia office in Sydney took Charlie to a secondary school to address a group of student leaders.  Then it was back to the Caritas office to work.  Click here to see the leadership day at De La Salle College.

Today was a free day to recover from travel fatigue and finish up our presentations but it turned into a travel and sightseeing day.  Click here to see where we went.

Off to school:  Where’s YOUR helmet, Dad?