When I joined the Columban Lay Missionaries I was 24 years old. My first mission assignment was to Taiwan, and my ministry was in the field of HIV…
O Lord, into Your handsand into the hands of Your holy angels,
Mary, in the brilliant light of Easter,
Columban supporters rarely become famous, but they just MIGHT know people who do. I recently had the good fortune to deliver an appeal on behalf…
O God, the Rewarder of faithful souls,grant that by the prayers of St. Athanasius,
When Pakistani people first meet me wearing a shalwar kamiz (long shirt with loose fitting trousers) they think that I am a Pathan, from the north…
The pandemic has shown how unequal our world is, particularly for those suffering with a mental illness. Though mental illness is considered a…
There is an old saying, which some attribute to St. Teresa of Avila, which says that God writes straight with crooked lines. It means that though…
It was only recently that I first heard of “everyday mysticism.” It is such a perfect way to describe how many live. So often we think of mystics…
“I really only understood the Our Father when I became a father myself,” said the Anglican vicar to me. I believe he was just sharing something of…
