Missionary Society of St. Columban US
Fr. Andrei Paz, a native of the Philippines, is currently on mission at Our Lady of Remedies parish in the Malate district in Manila, Philippines…
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Fr. Martin Koroiciri, a native of Fiji, has been at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Iquique, Chile since November 2022. He is currently working to…
Fr. Rafael Ramirez, a native of Chile, is currently on mission in Myanmar (formerly Burma). He and the students of Palana Orphanage thank Columban…
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I am always grateful when our Columban missionaries write to me and share their mission experiences. So when they do, I can share their stories of hope, salvation, and the promise of a brighter future with all of you who make the good work we do possible. Columban Fr. Cireneo Matulac, who was ordained in 2002, did just that and related the following story.
When I am at home, I often say Mass in our barrio chapel (kapilya) on Sundays. One Sunday, I noticed that there were some new faces in the community, and I thought to myself, “I have been away a long ...
Stories from Columban Missions
From the Director
Interfaith Dialogue
My first contact with people who professed a non-Christian faith was on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. I had done a summer experience and encountered those who still practiced the traditional ways of the Lakota Sioux people. The most vivid memory was participating in a Sun Dance ceremony. The purpose of the Sun Dance ceremony was to reunite and reconnect with the earth and spirits. It calls for a renewal of life and a prayer for life. In the ceremony I attended, there came a moment of great prayer and the raising of the tree. However, the community misjudged the raising of…