Past Magazine Stories

I met the Columban Fathers for the first time in my hometown, Seoul, during the summer of 1953. Korea was at war then.

Pope Francis continually reminds us that the Church is missionary and is called to reach out to the poor, to sinners, to unbelievers and to those who live on the margins…

My only contact with the Columbans before going to the seminary in Suva, Fiji, was when Columban Fr.

The Ai Jia Development Center was founded by the Hsinchu Catholic diocese in Taiwan to help and support mentally challenged adult students.

Audy was a bright-eyed, smiling three-month-old baby who arrived at church for her baptism in the arms of her proud father, Jason.

My name is Evangelyn Gawason. My friends call me Vangie. I'm a Subanen.

Sociologists claim that one of the major problems in much of the world is that nowadays people only listen to, read of and converse with people who think the same as them…

I first encountered Tien in Tokyo. He had traveled there from Australia, while I had come from Ireland.

​Veidrala is located on the Northeast of Vitilevu under the province of Nakorotubu in Ra.

Chile is very far from my native land, with different people, language, culture, climate and food. It is a Catholic country which is very abundant in resources.

One of the many gifts and blessings I experience in the United States as I travel during the summer for the church appeals is the universality of the Church and meeting…

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second…