The tall elderly man leaning slightly on his cane, stands out among the people of the Andes.
Past Magazine Stories
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December 2016
Aside from my parish involvement, one of the most memorable experiences that I had in Peru was my ministry in Manuel Duato, a special institution which provides basic…
November 2016
Over the course of nearly 100 years, Columban missionaries have been caught up in major wars and insurrections in the countries where we live and serve.
November 2016
I call this article “men of the road” because in all my years in Japan, only one woman came to me looking for a handout.
November 2016
That encounter inspired me to be more with the people with my true self. You don’t have to pretend because people would notice it.
November 2016
It would be a disservice to truth for me not to acknowledge that there have been and are serious challenges for religious and civil society in China from sections of the…
November 2016
St. Columban, a great Irish missionary monk, died in 615 A.D. in Bobbio, Italy. Columban missionaries (who have St.
November 2016
Going on mission to Hong Kong in 1976 was both an exciting adventure and a shock to the system.
November 2016
On a September morning in 2014, I arrived in Iquique in northern Chile on a flight from Santiago.
November 2016
I just came from town for a visit with an Indian family and sat down on the very comfortable chair in the mission house.
November 2016
A few years ago my priest companion in the Columban international seminary in Chicago, Fr. Leo Distor, and I were invited to join a pilgrimage in the footsteps of St.
November 2016
The Paris Foreign Mission Society handed over pastoral responsibility for Jeju Island to the Columban Fathers in 1933.