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Stories from Columban Missions

Christmas lights on arbor at Southbank in Brisbane, Australia
Happy Christmas

I like Christmas lights. In many suburbs of Australia where I live there are marvelous displays of Christmas lights. In the northern hemisphere I…

Diary - In So Many Words
A Christmas Present from St. Joseph

It was the second week of December! That especially busy season before Christmas was upon me. Besides that, the winter heavy grey skies were…

A dove flying among buildings
Peace and Understanding

A bomb went off during the celebration of Mass on the first Sunday of Advent last year in Marawi in the Philippines. Three people were killed and…

The Broken Bridge between China and North Korea
Peace Ministry

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, I had not been able to visit the border between China and North Korea since 2015. Fortunately, I finally got the…

Three burning candles in the darkness
With Great Love

What is our contribution as Christians to the bigger Society? Perhaps there’s a lot to tell but nowhere to start! It was a blessing to listen to…

Jesus on the Cross
A Step into the Light

Alicia and her husband were good, practicing Catholics, in a working-class residential area of Chile’s capital city, Santiago, where the Columbans…