China
Steady Comeback
In the late 1940s, as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) advanced towards Wuhan, located on the Yangtze River 500 kilometers inland from Shanghai, Columban Bishop Edward Galvin met with the Sisters of Our Lady of Hanyang, a community he had …
Categories: China, Front Feature
The Work of the You Dao Foundation
You Dao was initiated in Shanghai when Columban Fr. Warren Kinne invited a group of friends to discuss the issue of migrant workers over dinner in June 2005. A lawyer at the dinner, Audrey Leung, later initiated a research project …
Categories: China, Front Feature
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A Church with Room for All
My village of 800 residents is 100% Catholic. It is in Shaanxi Province, 16 hours by train south west of Beijing. My Christian name was chosen for me by our parish priest when he baptized me. As a young boy …
Categories: China, Front Feature
Mission Exposure Program
From October 16-23, 2011, 9 students from the Creighton Center for Service and Justice visited the Columban Mission Center in El Paso, Texas. They learned about immigration, human rights, the environment in the context of the U.S.-Mexico Border. Upon their …
Categories: China Updates, Get Involved, Juarez Updates, Peru Updates
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A mother’s visit
On April 3, 2008, my mother came from Korea to China to see me. My plan wasn’t to go sightseeing but to let her see how we Columbans work in China. As a result, we met many of the people …
Categories: China Updates, Front Story
Christmas in China
From Father Warren Kinnie – Some pictures taken yesterday at Beiyaowan here in Shanghai where You Dao Foundation (www.youdao.org.hk) had a Christmas Party for some migrant kids. Lots of university student volunteers turned up to help – some 50 of …
Categories: China Photos, Front Feature, Front Story, Photo Gallery
China Bureau to host award dinner
The U.S. Catholic China Bureau will honor His Eminence Roger Mahony at a dinner on January 26 2011. Mahoney will receive the Matteo Ricci Award. The Columban Fathers have been a part of the bureau for nearly 20 years. The …
Categories: China Updates
24th National Catholic China Conference
“A Chinese Catholic Life of Faith” is the theme of the upcoming national conference sponsored by the U.S. Catholic China Bureau on September 24-26, 2010 in Belleville, Illinois.
Categories: China Updates, E-Newsletter
