Participants having a light moment.
The Holy Group with Bishop
Paul Tan.
Apartment at Cameron Highlands.
The Convent at Cameron Highlands.
Morning breakfast.
IJ Sisters from Singapore.
Exodus II seminar venue.
Bro. Patrick with Bishop Paul Tan.
MEMSA Team with Bishop Paul Tan.
Tea plantation in Cameron Highlands.
The Exodus program is organized by the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants & Itinerants.
"The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way
of the wicked." (Psalm 146:9, NIV)
Who is a refugee?
A refugee is a person who, "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such a fear, is unwilling or, avail themselves of the protection of that county..."
(The 1951 Convention relating to the status of Refugees)
Refugees are entitled to the protection of the approximately 150 countries which have signed the 1951 Refugee Convention. People who have applied for refugee protection, but are awaiting confirmation of their "refugee" status, are termed "asylum seekers.
Beyond Ideology.
"The soul of your work is a vision of human dignity which is based upon the truth of human person created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26), a truth which illumines the entire Social Teaching of the church. From this vision there glows a sense of inalienable rights which do not depend on any human power - to concerns or deny, for the rights which have their source in God."
Complied by Patrick.
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