When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the Commandments, his face was radiant. It was so bright that he had to cover it with a veil. Radiant was the…
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After spending over a year in India from February 1979 to March 1980 I began to understand the reverence that Hindus gave to the cow and the importance for them of not…
Chile’s “Mega Drought” is the longest registered in its history, over fourteen years to date. In fact, Chile finds itself in the top ten countries most vulnerable to the…
Sukh Deo is a Hindu married to a Catholic wife. They live in an interior settlement far from town. As we chatted he told me of an incident when he was a boy. In those days…
Fifty years seems like a long time when you are young. I remember many years ago attending one Columban priest’s 50th anniversary celebration at which he said, “Half my…
Unless we are an exception to the rule, most people feel very happy when they are made feel welcome. One of the nicest things in life is to meet an open, warm, friendly,…
In Exodus 34: 8, Moses describes God as "a God of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in kindness and faithfulness." This is a God feels the pain of others, the…
The mata ni vanua (herald) has an important place in Fijian culture.
The Korean War might have ended seventy years ago, but memories of the victims are still fresh. Amongst those who died was Columban priest, hero and martyr Jim Maginn (…
I was preparing to say the monthly Mass at Votua village in Western Fiji. A family approached and requested me to accept a whale’s tooth at the beginning of Mass as an…
What happened at Antioch, as we read in the Acts of the Apostles 11:19-26, when some of the believers decided to go out and preach to the Greeks has been variously called…
Columban Father Michael O’Grady lived through the momentous events of May 1980 in the city of Gwangju, events which were to bring democracy to South Korea - but at a cost…