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Columban Mission Magazine Stories

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.

By Monaliza Esteban

What is our contribution as Christians to the bigger Society? Perhaps there’s a lot to tell but nowhere to start! It was a blessing to listen to one of the older local…

By Fr, Robert Mosher

Alicia and her husband were good, practicing Catholics, in a working-class residential area of Chile’s capital city, Santiago, where the Columbans administered a parish,…

By Yo Sup Park

On the day I left for Chile from Korea, I really didn’t feel that I was going to Chile, even at the airport. Chile was too far from Korea, and it was a country I had seen…

By Fr. Daniel O'Connor

On May 20, 2023, the Diocese of Karachi reached 75 years. Established on May 24, 1948, the Inaugural Mass of the Jubilee Year was celebrated on Pentecost Sunday, May 28,…

By Fr. Chris Saenz

The South American country, Colombia, suffered a devasting bloody civil war for decades. The country experienced communities vs. communities, neighbor vs. neighbor,…

By Fr. Frank Hoare

It’s the closest I will ever get to feeling like a father! As I approach the end of seven years as a Columban formator in Suva, Fiji, I look back with affection to the…

By a Columban Missionary

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 Forgiveness is a profound act that resonates…