Each one of us will have our own memories of the events that touched and made an impression on us this year.
Past Magazine Stories
Below are stories from past issues of Columban Mission magazine. The Columban Fathers publish Columban Mission magazine eight times a year. Subscriptions are available for just $15 per year. Sign up to receive our next issue. Read more about Columban Mission magazine.
October 2016
It is said that history has a habit of repeating itself. This seems to be so in one particular case at least. In June 1920 when Columban Frs.
October 2016
Who stole away those golden leaves which recently had fallen from the trees
Decorating those tired and resting fields
October 2016
Each Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Seoul, Korea, believers come to celebrate the Eucharist in Kwang Hwa Mun Plaza in the center of Seoul.
August/September 2016
Since I joined the Columban lay mission program in 2000, I have learned three different languages: English, Filipino (Tagalog) and Spanish.
August/September 2016
Growing up in New York City, summers for me were times for relaxing, recreation and fun.
August/September 2016
Almost six months ago, I arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, to begin my mission assignment.
August/September 2016
From our earliest days, almost a century ago, Columban missionaries have employed people to assist us in a variety of roles to support our mission.
August/September 2016
On my first visit to Nagasaki’s Atomic Bomb Museum, the obscenity of the atomic bomb left me angry and disturbed.
August/September 2016
Lumen Gentium emphasizes the “universal call to holiness” which applies to all the “people of God”– clergy, religious and lay people, stating that “all…
August/September 2016
Earlier this year, two Columban Fathers—an Irish farmer by way of decades of mission in Pakistan and an Iowa farmer by way of decades of mission in Korea—and I visited…