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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 2019

Shwebo dropped us at our last stop, and he headed off to return to his village, the Shwebo district from which he gets his name. We returned to the Sisters’ house and had…

August/September 2019

I arrived in Fiji as a Columban lay missionary in August 2017. Once in Fiji, I studied the language for three months. Studying a new language for the first time in my…

August/September 2019

One year has passed since I came back to Korea for my second term as a Columban lay missionary. Indeed, time has flown so fast.

August/September 2019

Being a stranger in a foreign land wasn’t always easy, in terms of learning and adopting not only the language and local dialect but also the culture. I was thinking about…

August/September 2019

After a 14-hour flight from Korea, with a fierce wind and torrential rain waiting to greet me in Dublin, I realized that I had finally landed in Ireland. It was the first…

August/September 2019

Each of us could write a book on disappointments, because there are so many in our lives.

August/September 2019

What makes a life a success in the grand scheme of things, that is, a success in God’s plan?

June/July 2019

I have just completed 40 years in Chile and for 25 of these I have been going to the oldest jail in Santiago called the “Peni,” which is pronounced like “penny.” It was…

June/July 2019

More than 20 years ago, I left the Philippines for the first time as a Columban lay missionary assigned to Brazil.

June/July 2019

I arrived in Pakistan in 1994 after joining the Columban lay missionary orientation program which included a focused study on Islam and the Pakistani culture.

June/July 2019

I am Irma Lara Cantago, a Columban lay missionary for many years. A high school teacher by profession, I was teaching for 15 years and at the same time involved in the…

June/July 2019

"Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road?" (Lk 24:32)