“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…
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.
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…
June/July 2025
On the first Saturday of January 2025, I took a group of our altar servers to a small town at the foot of Mount San Gorgonio near San Bernardino, California. The mountain…
June/July 2025
Some people say to me: “So, you live in Rome. You’re supposed to be a missionary. That doesn’t sound very missionary.”
It certainly wasn’t said to St. Peter when he…
June/July 2025
The members of the international Catholic community at the Holy Family Catholic Church, Wuhan, China, after processing out of the church, gathered in the church courtyard…
June/July 2025
I have had an interest in politics since my days in the Young Christian Workers (YCW), way back in the sixties. Many YCW members in the fifties and sixties, formed in a “…
June/July 2025
Where does my own commitment to justice and peace come from? Growing up in London, I was sensitized by my parents, inspired by their Catholic faith, showing compassion to…
June/July 2025
Justice is one of the four cardinal virtues, and there are many ways in which it is practiced. “Social” justice became important in our understanding beginning with the…
May 2025
Abi Yendole was the faith in Action volunteer for 2024 with the Columban missionaries in Britain. Her weeks were filled with engagements in the areas of JPIC and IRD.…
