The snow outside is tapering off. There is a Christmas concert on public television. Surely it is time for me to reflect as Christmas approaches.
Past Magazine Stories
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December 2016
How was it that Columban priest, Fr. Dick Ranaghan, spurred Bing Crosby into making his first record of Silent Night?
December 2016
There are times when God is near to us and helps us through the day
No matter what the obstacles, the worries, the cares on top of us
December 2016
There is something about life on an island. The past number of years I’ve been blessed to spend three weeks on an island called Negros Oriental.
December 2016
On the night of December 16, 2011, a sendong or typhoon struck the northern coast of Mindanao, the main southern island of the Philippines.
December 2016
The tall elderly man leaning slightly on his cane, stands out among the people of the Andes.
December 2016
Aside from my parish involvement, one of the most memorable experiences that I had in Peru was my ministry in Manuel Duato, a special institution which provides basic…
December 2016
Like the majority of Columban missionaries, it is usual for me to spend the Christmas season far from my family.
December 2016
I am not a writer, but I’m writing this reflection for myself and for others hopefully to be enlightened more about the Trinity’s love and God’s desire for each one of us…
December 2016
Columban Fr. Donald Kill writes about the celebration of the Christmas season at the “Balay San Columbano” home in the Philippines. This home was founded by Fr.
November 2016
St. Columban, a great Irish missionary monk, died in 615 A.D. in Bobbio, Italy. Columban missionaries (who have St.
November 2016
Going on mission to Hong Kong in 1976 was both an exciting adventure and a shock to the system.