The trip from Xi’an to Han Zhong took eight hours by bus. The distance between these two cities is not so great, about three hundred kilometers. However, the rode goes though the mountains and sometimes it gets so narrow that just one vehicle can get through...

Eyes without Hope  

On the morning of the 10th of August, I felt a bit nervous as I was going to say my first mass in Putonghua (Mandarin). The mass was going well until after the gospel reading when I had to stop. The reason was, one of the patients just died!

Planting a seed...

It was all systems go at Melbourne airport as members of our group arrived from 4 separate places. Fortunately the Aussie Oblates were there to meet us with a cheerful smile and the well-organized enthusiasm and drive that would carry us through the next few days...

Fr. Andrew Chen omi was born in southern part of China. When he was in his teens his family migrated to Australia, Melbourne. On 15th August 2008 he was ordained a priest.