Seventeen years ago, Mum gave birth to a healthy son in a provincial prison hospital two hours outside of Bangkok. She nam

Long ago, on their way home from the slum slaughterhouse, a half dozen Kong Toey lads stopped in at a new neighborhood "beer hall" to enjoy a pint.

Before entering one of our class rooms, we politely ask permission from the children and of course their teachers, but the children first. Once permission given, we take off our shoes, because each class room is a sacred place – a place of learn

By Father Joe Maier

Published in the Bangkok Post, Spectrum Section, May 13, 2018