Juarez / El Paso

My Friends Call me Crazy

By Ariel Presbitero | October 10, 2011

A few weeks ago I visited Rancho Anapra, the western part of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - known to be the most dangerous city in the entire world because of the competing drug cartels.  As I entered the place I never stopped thinking of the …

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Mission Exposure Team Leaves for China

| October 10, 2011

Five local Catholics flew out of the El Paso, Texas, airport this evening, bound for China.  “We ask for your prayers,” wrote one of the five, Eina L. Holder, shortly before boarding, “as we walk in the footsteps of the …

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As Mexican cartels respond to pressure, priests face death, extortion

By Joseph Kolb Catholic News Service | October 10, 2011

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — Ministering in a city where crime is pervasive and murders occur at an alarming rate, Columban Father Kevin Mullins knows he’s been very fortunate. While he has personally escaped the violence, …

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News from El Paso

By Heather Arkwright and Fr. Bob Mosher | October 10, 2011

In El Paso, the Columbans continue educating the community about migration.  On October 15th, a group of 12 students from Creighton University will arrive and spend a week in the Border Exposure Program, which will provide meetings with various local …

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Bishop Ochoa Blesses the Columban Mission Center in El Paso, Texas

Bob Mosher | October 10, 2011

Over one hundred guests heard languages from all over the world in the early evening breezes, transforming the outdoor Mass in El Paso, Texas, into a Pentecost-like event.  The wind made the paper flags of different countries ripple loudly over …

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Blessing and Official Opening of the Columban Mission Center

| October 10, 2011

The official opening of the Columban Mission Center will take place on October 8, 2011, at 5:00 p.m. At the celebration, we will give thanks for the Mission Center in the Eucharist, asking God to bless our community, these structures …

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Graduation Day

Cristina Estrada | June 6, 2011

Hello, Father Robert, Good morning. I hope you are in very good health.  I want to share something very special today with you and Padre Memo [Father Bill Morton] and with all the people who are kind enough to follow …

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Life’s Challenges in Anapra

Cristina Estrada | June 6, 2011

Before anything else, I would like to beg your pardon for not writing you for such a long time.  However, I haven’t written you because here things have not been very good.  First of all, I want to tell you …

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Mission Exposure Program

| May 5, 2011

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 …

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Planting a Garden, Growing a Community

Matthias McCoy-Thompson, Advocacy Intern | April 4, 2011

Father Morton feels the garden has been a success Upcoming Dates May 14 – World Fair Trade Day May 16 – Reception for Fr. Sean McDonagh, Washington, D.C. – email ccaoprograms@columban.org for more info May 21 – Dancing for the …

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