COUNTRY REPORT

JAPAN

Fr. Donnon Murray shared his insights into what is happening in Japan:

· If there is no experience of God in the family, we can talk about it no end and nothing will happen

· Has utilized programs on FIRES as a way of providing an experience

o thousands of baptisms in Japan after attending programs on FIRES

o the experience has made a number of sons and daughters into seminarians and nuns

o hundreds of marriages are saved

o Japan has only about 400,000 Catholics; FIRES has brought so many conversions in Japan

- Based on an Oral Report by Fr. Donnon Murray