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Stories from Columban Missions

Pilgrims pause on their walk
City of Hope

“I smelled the Spring on the smoky wind, dirty old town, dirty old town.” These words from Salford songwriter Ewan MacColl’s classic 1949 ballad “…

A pot of soup
“Give them something to eat yourselves!” (Luke 9,13)

My name is Zenobius Cho, and I was born and raised in South Korea. I did not become a Catholic until I was an adult. Of course, my spiritual…

A farm field surrounded by mountains
Parish Mission

I recently finished as pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Fontana, California, after thirteen years. t was a great experience for me with 93% of the…

A shepherd and his flock in the mountains
Clear New Dawn

Water is a significant symbol in many cultures. We cannot live without water. Water is life. Indeed, in the Catholic and Christian Churches, we…

Lima, Peru
From Participants to Group Leaders

Just a few weeks ago, we embarked on a new adventure--our participants from various migrant nationalities, who participated in our pastry cooking…

A baker's hands kneading dough.
Life on a Platter

Among the seventeen women who had come to live in the city of Lima, Peru, several were migrants from Ecuador, while others had arrived from…