I have been mesmerized by Fr Richard for many years and I had no idea he was a former Jesuit priest. It just goes to show you can serve the poor and the church without "Liberation Theology". With 500 members in his congregation it is numerically larger than the New York Province which has membership in the mid 400's.I pulled this from a longer article enjoy!
Father Richard Ho Lung (great link), 69, a former Jesuit college professor, founded the Missionaries of the Poor in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1981. The group, a "religious institute" in the eyes of the Catholic Church, now has some 500 members who work in the slums of Jamaica, Haiti, the Philippines, India and Uganda.
In addition to its charitable work, the group is known for its music ministry. Ho Lung has written numerous religious-themed, Caribbean-flavored musicals, including "Jesus 2000," which was performed in 2006 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank.
Link (here) to the full article.
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"It just goes to show you can serve the poor and the church without "Liberation Theology""?????? Are you kidding?
From the site:"In 1981 he made the difficult decision of leaving the Society of Jesus, which he loved, and founded a religious community of men who would dedicate their lives in the sole service of the rejected and the destitute."
This is Liberation Theology Joseph.
It is called being Roman Catholic
yes Joseph, to follow the Liberation Theology it is called being Roman Catholic.
Did you know Fr Jon Cortina s.j.,?
Search, he followed Liberation Theology as Fr Richard.
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