We are happy to offer this new Stations of the Cross for the Care of Creation. We hope that it will be of help to you in your Lenten preparations…
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A Memorable Easter in Lima
"Trusting the Holy Spirit"
As we prepare to celebrate Easter and our Risen Savior, I would like to share with you a reflection from Columban Fr. John Hegerty. Fr. John was missioned in Lima, Peru, for almost 50 years. Faithful Columban benefactors like you are what made Fr. John’s work possible for the people of Peru.
I have one blessed experience that spanned some 20 of my 49 years in Peru. In the mid-1990s, large swathes of land went up for sale offering …
Stories from Columban Missions
From the Director
Invitation to Mission
My vocational road to missionary priesthood had many invitations, but one of the most important invitations to mission occurred near the end of my first year in the seminary. As a freshman seminarian, the desire to be a missionary priest was there but doubts still remained if this was truly what I wanted to do. As the year was coming to an end, I had to contemplate on what I was going to do in the summer. Our summers were free, and we were encouraged to take temporary jobs and/or get involved in a ministry of some type. I had heard of some seminarians doing a mission exposure on the…