July is the coldest month of the year in Santiago, Chile, with the nearby Andes Mountain Range covered in snow. July is also time for the two-week winter school holidays.…
Columban Mission Magazine Stories
Children Delight in an Action-Packed Week
March/April 2025
The Columban, the Saint and the Hermit
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A Little Girl from Narulang
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The Crosses We Carry
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Writing Everyone’s Apocalypse — Again
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In This Issue
Here are the latest stories from Columban priests and lay missionaries around the world working with the poor, homeless and those in need. You can find these stories in the current issue of Columban Mission magazine. New stories will be added each week.
“Croeso y Cymru” (Welcome to Wales) announced the sign as we crossed the River Severn, reminding us that the Principality has a language, history and faith tradition quite…
When I attended Mass in Narulang, I noticed a little girl who was walking with difficulty. After the Mass, I had a conversation with the girl’s mother Jenny about her…
Myanmar, formerly Burma, was for a little while hopeful after it held its very first democratic elections after a long time. But it did not last long, soon after the…
The season of Lent invites us to alternate between meditating on Jesus as He embraces His cross going with outstretched arms to assist our neighbor in need. Can you…
Greetings friends of the missionaries of St. Columban. My name is Father Al Utzig. I’ve been appointed the new Director of the U.S. Region as of St. Columban’s Day –…
The Columbans sent me to study scripture in Rome back in the 1970s. Eventually, the Jesuits gave me a doctorate for finding “love” in the Apocalypse. I jest but did end up…