• mogrant

Last March when Columban Sister Tammy Saberon reported on the 2nd National Biblical Apostolate Workshop held in Chanthagone, Mandalay, little did she or any of us imagine that the title of the article

**************A NEW PENTECOST***************

would begin to herald something of a new Pentecost for the country of Myanmar at large.

Update: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/aung-san-suu-kyi-new-era-burma

Update: Aung San Suu Kyi on the election trail

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/daw_aung_san_suu_kyi/index.html?inline=nyt-per

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/07/aung-san-suu-kyi-campaign

Previous links …from BBC News ASIA and other websites for recent happenings and progress in Myanmar.

Profile: of Aung San Suu Kyi: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11685977

Timeline: Reforms in Burma: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16546688

Burma exiles watch and wait: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15956564

Hilary Clinton reaches out to her counterpart… http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-15/clinton-calls-myanmar-counterpart-suu-kyi-after-prisoners-freed.html

651 Prisoners released in major step towards democracy:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/9012099/Myanmar-releases-651-prisoners-in-major-step-towards-democracy.html