Skip to main content

Stories from Columban Missions

School desks with books on them
Encouraging Educators

Looking after the schools in six villages is a huge task that requires constant monitoring. There are many challenges we face, most of which have…

Nearby Andes Mountain Range covered in snow
Children Delight in an Action-Packed Week

July is the coldest month of the year in Santiago, Chile, with the nearby Andes Mountain Range covered in snow. July is also time for the two-week…

Adam Williams
The Columban, the Saint and the Hermit

“Croeso y Cymru” (Welcome to Wales) announced the sign as we crossed the River Severn, reminding us that the Principality has a language, history…

Ana Flores (front row, center) with women and children in Narulang community.
A Little Girl from Narulang

When I attended Mass in Narulang, I noticed a little girl who was walking with difficulty. After the Mass, I had a conversation with the girl’s…

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…