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A Visit to Fiji

The following is an account of a visit by Columban Fr.

A Different Summer

I usually spend my summer break walking the sands and enjoying the beach but this time around I d

A Pioneer Returns

It was a great joy for me to be invited, two years ago, to return to Santiago, Chile, to celebrat

Redefining Communication

As part of the on-going formation and education of Columban lay missionaries, I was privileged to

The Loving Father and Two Sons

Fifty years ago I was pastor of an "old Christian" community on Amakusa Island in the far south o

The Mysterious Journey

As a teenager I browsed whatever reading materials were left around my home: Sunday newspapers th

Border People Dream Too

In the 1980s before the onset of cheap air fares and the free movement of people introduced by the European Union Irish immigrants in London were…

Compassionate Mission

I still have vivid memories of my first awakening in Lima, Peru, on June 24, 1971.

Ditching the Desk

Now that I'm home, I realized I do not have a room to call my own.

Be My Feet and Be My Hands

I started to write these two poems last year during a workshop training on poetry writing in my m