The commander of the expedition, Sir Francis Younghusband, brought along British civil servant and photographer John Claude White to document the campaign. The priest who is working in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara province, recalled the period of General Soeharto’s regime when political activity was silenced, the economy and education never developed, and culture was left behind.Fearful that the Chinese were on the verge of granting Tibet to Russia and endangering their Raj in India, the British sent a military expedition into Tibet to prevent the rumor from becoming a reality. Responding to the question of a reporter of the Indonesian Dominican-run website, Katolik about the increasing numbers of radical and fundamentalist groups, Father Prior said, “We have to listen to all voices, angry, cranky, bitter, and disliked voices, and understand well their backgrounds.” At least, added the priest, there should be a way to discuss with them. I now see the cross-cultural missionary vocation more in terms of an apostolate of listening and understanding through which barriers are broken down, and faith refuses to allow itself to become encapsulated within any particular personal, cultural, denominational or religious frame.” “However, the deep faith of the people among whom I lived led to an incessant questioning of my own faith, both as to its form and its depth. What is true and beautiful in the other clarifies and deepens what is true and beautiful in one’s own life and tradition.”įather Prior arrived Indonesia in 1973 when he viewed his vocation as one of giver, enabler and catalyst. In Asia, according to Father Prior, “we do not speak of mission or dialogue – following the Western logic of “either-or” – but of mission in dialogue, for dialogue is the mode of mission – following the Asian logic of yin-yang. The conference was held in Surabaya, Indonesia, August 11-16, 2014. “If dialogue is to be a model for proclaiming the Word, then we need one straightforward disposition: the willingness and ability to listen, to listen intently with the ears of the heart.”įather John Mansford Prior SVD spoke at the Joint Conference of the Justice, Peace and Care of Creation (JPCC) Asia-Pacific region and the Journées Romaines Dominicaines (JRD)themed “Dialogue as a way of Preaching”, August 12, 2014.
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