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Twenty Years

More than 20 years ago, I left the Philippines for the first time as a Columban lay missionary as

A Belief Challenged

I arrived in Pakistan in 1994 after joining the Columban lay missionary orientation program which

Life Is a Mission

I am Irma Lara Cantago, a Columban lay missionary for many years. A high school teacher by profession, I was teaching for 15 years and at the same…

The Emmaus Story

"Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road?" (Lk 24:32)

Reflections on the Journey

As a Columban lay missionary, I have been working and living in a community in Puente Alto near S

My Home Is Your Home

I have been renting a room from a Fijian family in Kinoya for the last few months while I continu

Home-Based Palliative Nursing at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Hyderabad, Pakistan

In Pakistan, terminally-ill patients are treated as sources of income by the medical profession a

Music Eases My Journey

Learning a new language is really difficult.

Creating Bridges

As he ends his tenure as Columban Superior General, Fr. Kevin O'Neill, shares that the 2018 centennial was an opportunity to look to the past with…

Hope Center Reflections

I have just completed three months of pastoral work. Every Saturday I went to the Hope Center in Myitkyina. It is where HIV/AIDS patients are…