Aristotle, ToRot and Momis July 21, 2017 The National Weekender Article Views: 214 By STEVEN WINDUO AT the St Joseph’s Catholic church, I had one of the most powerful homilies I ever heard with such tenacity and vigour. It was the Feast Day of Blessed Peter ToRot, whose life and death is celebrated after the late Pope John Paul II beatified him in Rome. The Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea, Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalungkal, highlighted the link between the life of Peter ToRot and the sacrament of marriage and what marriage life is in the Catholic Church. ToRot was imprisoned and killed by the Japanese invaders for standing up against polygamy and for practising his faith as a Christian during the World war II. He was a simple villager who lived as a catechist of the Catholic Church in those days. Archbishop Kurian’s point was that for a happy marriage three ingredients are needed: praying together, loving and caring for each other, and forgiving unconditionally. He l
Chronicles the stories of education, books, writing, and reading in the life of Steven Edmund Winduo, PNG writer extraordinaire, literacy advocate, social literary activist, literary scholar, & teacher. Fern Ridge is a translation of Safla Rama, where home is for SEW.