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Past Magazine Stories

Below are stories from past issues of Columban Mission magazine. The Columban Fathers publish Columban Mission magazine eight times a year. Subscriptions are available for just $15 per year. Sign up to receive our next issue. Read more about Columban Mission magazine.

 

August/September 2025

A training on Regenerative Agriculture/soil regeneration was conducted and held at Living Soils Farm, Sitio Kakawan, Patrocenio, Claveria, Misamis Oriental, Philippines,…

August/September 2025

It has been 80 years since two atomic bombs were detonated, one over Hiroshima and one over Nagasaki, Japan. On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the first of these explosions…

August/September 2025

When I asked, “Why did you choose to come to Taiwan?,” Adi, an Indonesian caregiver, replied, “To earn money for my family, to provide for their needs and well-being, to…

August/September 2025

Greetings to our Columban supporters once again. The theme for this month’s magazine is “Prayer and Spirituality.” Very profound and personal to all of us.

For many…

August/September 2025

“Priest of Jesus Christ celebrate this Holy Mass as if it were your first Mass, your last Mass, your only Mass.” This saying is on the vesting bench in the sacristy where…

August/September 2025

In the Catholic tradition, prayer and spirituality are at the very heart of our relationship with God. They are not peripheral practices but essential means through which…

June/July 2025

Near the intersection of College Avenue and Frazer Road in Malvern, Pennsylvania, you will find the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary cemetery. It is an…

June/July 2025

“Continue the dream for the family despite what happened in my life. Even though I lost one hand, I still have another one. I won’t give up. Just keep fighting. I believe…

June/July 2025

This is the question that has resonated in my heart, contemplating each evangelizing member in the parish area that I accompany. Each year, it is essential to provide the…

June/July 2025

When I look back over the past sixty years, or seventy, considering the years in seminaries, I feel deep gratitude. First, I am very conscious of how God, through Jesus,…

June/July 2025

This July (2025) the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians (LAOH) will hold its biennial meeting in Omaha. It could not be a more appropriate city to gather in for a couple…

June/July 2025

Shomo was a poor peasant farm laborer. In May last year, he was working alone clearing the thorn bushes from the side of a village track at the request of his boss when…