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Stories from Columban Missions

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My Miracle Cure

Marion Carroll grew up in a very different Ireland, where the arrival of the Far East magazine every month was a highlight, providing a glimpse…

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A Priest Forever

John P. O’Brien was born in Donamon, Co. Roscommon, Ireland, on December 1, 1918. He wrote the following letter to Fr. John Blowick, Director of…

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The Golden Land

On May 13, 1947, four Missionary Sisters of St. Columban left Ireland for our first foundation in Burma (now Myanmar), a country that was once…

Painting of Giovanni Bellini, "St. Francis in Ecstasy," 1480-1485
No Words Needed

As Columban missionaries, we try to live out the Gospel message through witnessing the love of God to others, especially in responding to our…

Lilibeth Sabado
Stitch By Stitch

In August 2023, I arrived in El Paso, Texas, after a sixmonth language immersion in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Then I underwent a tedious, seven-month…

Reins Mosqueda and volunteers at the Hope Workers Center
Welcoming Christ in Every Stranger

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I…