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Stories from Columban Missions

Fr. Kurt Zion Pala (left, in white)
The Crosses We Carry

Myanmar, formerly Burma, was for a little while hopeful after it held its very first democratic elections after a long time. But it did not last…

Fr. Donal McIlwraith holding books
Writing Everyone’s Apocalypse — Again

The Columbans sent me to study scripture in Rome back in the 1970s. Eventually, the Jesuits gave me a doctorate for finding “love” in the…

Diary - In So Many Words
A Neighbor in Need

The season of Lent invites us to alternate between meditating on Jesus as He embraces His cross going with outstretched arms to assist our…

Sunflowers in a field of wildflowers
Darkness Would Not Be Dark to You

Last April I sowed wildflower seeds — I just raked the ground and scattered the seeds, as did the Sower whom Jesus talks about in the Gospels. As…

Big water buffalo in the road looks at the photographer
Big Black Water Buffalo

When the Covid-19 pandemic and the political conflict happened in Myanmar, formerly Burma, many people suffered economically, physically, mentally…

Friendship border gate between Thailand and Myanmar.
A Tribute to an Unsung Hero

When the Covid-19 pandemic and the political conflict happened in Myanmar, formerly Burma, many people suffered economically, physically, mentally…