After completing my six year term as Regional Director for the Columbans in Ireland I had the opportunity to pay a return visit to Pakistan where I had worked for a number of years. Columban Fr....
In This Issue
Here are the latest stories from Columban 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 add each week.
Develop a Merciful Heart
March 9, 2020
Strolling along the path, I turned a corner and suddenly my eye caught a statue.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
March 5, 2020
For the past seven years, I have traveled on Fridays to the Carmelite monastery located in a mountain canyon known as the Cajon del Maipo.
A Meeting of Cultures
March 2, 2020
On August 1, 2017, I travelled from the height of the Korean summer to an equally hot Philippines to study English.
Loneliness for God
March 1, 2020
“Loneliness has become a silent epidemic; it is, as one doctor wrote, ‘the most unrecognized health crisis of this generation.’ ”
Three Important Hallmarks
March 1, 2020
Although all Columbans may not agree with me, I think our life as Columbans has three important hallmarks.
The first of these is our community life; despite living quite separately, we are...
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.