These  are samples of the newsletters that Fr. Sean Dempsey sent to our benefactors during his term in the Mission Office for Scotland

This present Eastertide of 2005 is very eventful. The death of Pope John Paul II has affected all of us. It was of course Pope John Paul II who canonized Daniel Comboni in October 2003. As missionaries we remember his visits to Africa especially to the Congo, Malawi, Uganda and the Sudan where the Comboni Missionaries are present in great numbers. The poor of Africa couldn’t come to visit their Leader.  He went to them bringing the Christian message of Faith, Hope and Love...

On our TV’s we saw the Olympic Games, where young athletes competed against one another in grueling events that tested them, often beyond their limits. Many broke down in tears of joy and triumph or in tears of frustration and defeat. The media too, brought home to us the wars and famine ever present in our world. Our Scottish Catholics responded to the huge “humanitarian disaster” in Darfur with a £500,000 to succour the poor. The Olympics of joy and sorrow continue but let us reduce the sorrow and bring hope to the victims of famine and war...

These newsletters from Fr. Sean Dempsey are in PDF format