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What the priests have brought us
[sample]The churches and other facilities built by the priests throwing their own fortunes, the manufacturing techniques passed on to the lay people, the spirit of service working for the disadvantaged. They are inherited by the people with their religions, and they are living in the present age as regional powers.
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天草本は当時のベストセラー!?
グーテンベルク印刷機を使って印刷された「天草本（ルビ：あまくさぼん）」。ローマ字書きの「伊曽保物語（イソップ物語）」なども出版された
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甦ったセビリアの聖母
16世紀末に有馬セミナリヨの画学生によって描かれたとされる銅版画「セビリアの聖母」復刻までのドラマ
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Nagasaki
バスチャンの日繰りとは？
外海の潜伏キリシタンが大切にしたというバスチャンの日繰り。一体、何が書かれているのか？
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Nagasaki
日本初の石版印刷はド・ロ神父が刷った教会暦
明治初期、カトリックに復帰したばかりの信徒のために暦を印刷したのは、のちに外海に赴任したド・ロ神父だった
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Nagasaki
17世紀に日本絵師が描いたマリア
17世紀に日本人絵師によって描かれた聖画「雪のサンタマリア」。映画「沈黙〜サイレンス〜」にも登場
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穴吊りの刑で殉教した中浦ジュリアン
数奇な運命をたどったジュリアンの最期は、拷問の中でも最も苦しいとされる穴吊りの刑であった
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ローマに行ったもう一人の少年
天正遣欧少年使節に随行したメンバーの中にドラードという15歳の混血児がいた。彼の使命は･･･
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Nagasaki
ド・ロ神父が開墾した土地を甦らせた「うーでーら」
一時は耕作放棄地となっていた「ド・ロさま畑」。今は息を吹き返し、賑やかな交流の場となっている
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Nagasaki
イナッショ様って誰のこと？
外海の潜伏キリシタンが、神様に見立てて拝んだ像は「イナッショ様」というユニークな名前で呼ばれた
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Nothern Nagasaki Prefecture
祈りの島の墓地をたずねる
黒島は天国のほうが人口密度が高い!？
十字架が密集するカトリック共同墓地 -
Goto Islands
五島の誇り、中村長八神父
列福運動も起こっている五島出身の中村長八神父
ブラジルでは「生ける聖人」と呼ばれた移民者の恩人 -
Goto Islands
奥浦は福祉事業の先駆け
五島市奥浦地区は、貧しい子を救済した子部屋と、
その事業母体となった女部屋発祥の地でもある。 -
Nagasaki
ド・ロ神父が伝えた最先端農業
教会や救助院をつくったド・ロ神父は、農業にも力を注ぎ、女性たちに土づくりから指導した。
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Nagasaki
聖なる木、バスチャンの椿
椿が長崎や五島のキリシタンゆかりの木として大切にされる所以は、バスチャンの伝説にあった。
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Nagasaki
忍者のような神父
禁教期に外海地方で伝道した金鍔次兵衛神父は、あるときは武士に変装し、金鍔の刀を差していた。
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「五足の靴」がめざした天草
「五足の靴」の旅の目的は、キリシタンゆかりの地・天草で親しまれているガルニエ神父をたずねることだった。
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天草弁で説教したガルニエ神父
天草の信徒のためにすべてを捧げたガルニエ神父は、天草弁で気さくに話しかける人間味あふれる神父だった。
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祭壇の絵はガルニエ神父の姪の作品
大江教会の装飾品には作った人のぬくもりが感じられる。祭壇に飾られた聖画もそのひとつだ。
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A gift from God called paaterazeri
The watercress which grows by Imatomi river is good for making both goma-ae and tempura
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The remains of an orphanage that were discovered deep in the mountains
A place where people tilled the land so that children could live, and where people prayed
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Shells and natural stones which were used as devotional objects
An unusual museum which tells of the history of the Christian faith in Sakitsu
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"Love your neighbour as yourself"
Love is central in Christianity. Within the Arima domain, the missionaries’ emphasis on this core aspect of the Christian Gospel made a profound impression on people
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Goto Islands
A child welfare institution on Goto
Children whose parents could not afford to raise them were cared for and brought up by women living on Goto. Today, the institution which was formed continues to retain its original ideals.
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Nagasaki
A unique church
Ono church’s structure resembles that of an ordinary house. Other notable architectural features include its "de Rotz walls" and its brick window frames, as well as the windbreak in front of the entrance.
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Nagasaki
Mass only once a year
Ono church is a peripatetic church of Shitsu church. Both churches were built by Father de Rotz. Nowadays there is only one mass a year at Ono church, which is held in commemoration
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Nagasaki
A 130-year-old organ
The old organ on the 2nd floor of Former Shitsu Aid centre was sent away for from France by Father de Rotz. Nowadays, Shitsu's nuns sometimes play the organ for visitors.
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Nagasaki
A variety of local produce
Father de Rotz, together with the local people, grew wheat which was used to make a variety of produce
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Nagasaki
Father de Rotz's numerous activities
When Father de Rotz was appointed to Sotome, he was shocked by how poor its inhabitants were. He gave the whole of the fortune which he acquired through inheriting his parent's house to Sotome.
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Nagasaki
Sotome's Kakure Kirishitan
n Sotome today, there still remain "Hidden Christians" (known in Japanese as Kakure Kirishitan) whose ancestors chose not to rejoin the Catholic Church once the ban on Christianity had been lifted.
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Nagasaki
Walls which have the air of southern Europe
After arriving in Sotome, Father de Rotz came up with a new way of building walls. These walls have become known as “doro kabe” (“de Rotz walls”) and were made using stones from the local area. They have the air of southern Europe.
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Nothern Nagasaki Prefecture
Financial obstacles during the church’s construction
Father Marmand gave his all to construct Kuroshima church. However, spiralling financial costs meant that construction had to be halted for a while.
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Nothern Nagasaki Prefecture
A church containing porcelain tiles from Arita
Local materials were used in Kuroshima church’s construction
