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Stories from Columban Missions

Nathalie Marytsch (second from left) with her husband Mauricio Silva, former Columban lay missionary Sophia Ting (left), and Faith in Action Volunteer Toby Oyedele.
Advent

Advent, a unique time of waiting and preparation in the liturgical year, can mirror the anticipat

Diary - In So Many Words
Longing for Light

As I reflect in our small Columban community of three sisters living in the heart of Mandalay, My

Snow blankets a cemetery
November Thoughts

November 9 each year is marked as Founders Day by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Not far from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,…

A golden statue of The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Fiji Pioneers

In October 1964, a group gathered around Columban Fr. P.J. Kelly in Lautoka Parish, Fiji, and the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the…

A cross overlooking the city of Livingston, Guatemala
Parish Mission Trip

Late last year, Yolanda got a call from Sr. Lili, a Colombian Daughter of Our Lady of Mercy. They had met in Costa Rica three years ago when…

Fr. Colin (third from left) with conference participants
Feeling Welcome

In 1993, while working in a predominantly Afro-Brazilian community with the descendants of the 40