Being an ambassador for Christ Our first reflection for Lent 2014, to mark Ash Wednesday, is written by Fr Michael J. Kelly SJ, a well-known writer, speaker and researcher on HIV/AIDS and its interplay with education and social justice issues in sub-Saharan Africa. The Second Reading for Ash Wednesday tells
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AJAN Lenten & Easter reflections 2013
To read the reflection of Easter Sunday, please go here. To read the reflection of Good Friday, please go here. To read the reflection of the sixth week of Lent, please go here. To read the reflection of the fifth week of Lent, please go here. To read the reflection
Not just a medical problem
Before coming to Kenya, I thought I knew enough about AIDS especially since I had just finished studying for, taking, and passing my recertification examination in internal medicine. I knew about HIV and its effects on the immune system leading to opportunistic infections and cancers. I knew how it is
Putting Christian love to the test
“The spirituality underlying our ministry is the conviction that AIDS is not just a medical problem for us as pastors. Its prevention and treatment, as well as the human and spiritual accompaniment of sick people, pose a pastoral problem too. The presence of AIDS in the Church community demands that
Integral development and justice
“HIV/AIDS is a pandemic, together with malaria and tuberculosis, which is decimating African populations and severely damaging their economic and social life. It is not to be looked at as either a medical-pharmaceutical problem or solely as an issue of a change in human behaviour. It is truly an issue
An ethical problem
“Serious threats loom over human life in Africa… Malaria, as well as tuberculosis and AIDS, decimate the African peoples and gravely compromise their socio-economic life. The problem of AIDS, in particular, clearly calls for a medical and pharmaceutical response. This is not enough, however: the problem goes deeper. Above all,
Responding in charity and justice
“In the spirit of the Beatitudes, preferential attention is to be given to the poor, the hungry, the sick – for example, those with AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria – to the stranger, the disadvantaged, the prisoner, the immigrant who is looked down upon, the refugee or displaced person (cf. Mt
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