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A Woman of Great Faith

Although my mother uttered her first words in the Philippine Ilocano language, we are a Chinese f

Counting Your Blessings

The Higher Education Center [HEC] is for poor but bright young women and men who cannot afford fu

An Easter Meal in Chile

The scene is one full of children waiting eagerly for their Easter meal. Noise levels reach a climax. In one corner the little ones are playing a…

Garage Sale in the Philippines

It all started as a simple idea. I remember Columban Fr. Dom Nolan and Lourdes de Guzman both of Mission Awareness asking us if we would accept…

Overcoming Fear

As he lies in his sick bed, Columban Fr. Frank recalls some of his mission outreach: The first time I went to the leper colony, I traveled…

The Fijian Seminarian Who Couldn't Dare to Sleep

I’m at the Namata Ashram running a Hindi-speaking lay leaders course. I’ve just had a meeting with a Fijian seminarian.  I was supervising…

From Microsoft to Mission

In 2010, Kevin Sheerin was working in Dublin for the high profile computer software giant Microsoft, earning a good salary and living a…

The Beautiful Game

Sport is always a great way to bring people together. This is especially important when you live in a barrio, an area with a high poverty rate,…

Commitment to Justice

Language is a basic skill we need to communicate, to express our feelings and to understand other

I Learned Love

"Lord, You created me through your love…" This is the first verse of a Korean morning prayer which I pray every morning. This beautiful verse has…