Past Magazine Stories

Water is a significant symbol in many cultures. We cannot live without water. Water is life. Indeed, in the Catholic and Christian Churches, we enter into new, everlasting…

Just a few weeks ago, we embarked on a new adventure--our participants from various migrant nationalities, who participated in our pastry cooking workshops at CCEM, have…

What is the “spirituality” of the Columbans? “Spirituality cannot be understood simply as an individual and private relationship to God. Our response to God takes place…

Among the seventeen women who had come to live in the city of Lima, Peru, several were migrants from Ecuador, while others had arrived from Venezuela. Some were Peruvians…

After I finished my term as Columban Lay Mission Coordinator in Britain, I asked God: “What do you want me to do next, Lord? Which former ministry would you like me to go…

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with my fellow donor relations officer Angie Determan and Columban Lay Missionary Sainiana…

The Columban house in Myitkyina, Kachin state, Myanmar (formerly Burma), is in the compound of Eden. It is surrounded by bamboo and various types of trees that are more…

Recovering from hip surgery is a long process. I suspect that many of you reading this article know that firsthand or know someone who experienced it! The physical…

“There are no foreigners in the Church,” Cardinal Silva of Santiago, Chile, once proclaimed. He said this at a press conference that he convoked, in order to read his own…

Anyone who owns their own home is familiar with the ongoing demands of maintaining it, as well as the necessity of renovating it every decade or so in response to changing…

The Apostle Saint James, who, according to popular tradition, is buried in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, was a man chosen by Jesus and a favored witness to…

Ask anyone what they know about Bridgend in South Wales, and they’ll almost certainly mention the rugby team. Bridgend Ravens (formerly Bridgend RFC) have been stalwarts…