In the parish of Hodogaya in Yokohama City, Japan, I was reaching a class of ten who were preparing for Baptism.
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It was one fine Friday morning on the 21st of August when a young Hindu couple arrived to the parish’s tuberculosis clinic with their tiny baby. When their turn came to…
The Covid pandemic instigated hardship and tragedy to countless numbers throughout the world. However, it also has had the effect of bringing out the BEST in many people.…
2020 marked the 30th anniversary of the Columban Lay Missionary (CLM) program.
The Sema Livelihood Program began as a recycling project for the interested women in the parish during the 2019 Season of Creation observation at St.
This was the scene when the first three intrepid Columbans arrived from Ireland in 1952 to start our mission in Lima. The words are those of one of this gallant band, an…
The pandemic impacted everyone; I saw it as a crisis, because it limited my experience in Peru.
My name is Iowane Naio, a Columban seminarian from Fiji, doing my First Mission Assignment program in Lima, Peru, with the Columbans. I live in a multicultural and…
In March 2020, I was enjoying the sabbatical program “Ministry to Ministers” at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, when the program was suspended due to…
Have you ever thought about whether you have a philosophy of life? For most people it would probably sound pretentious to say you have one.
I thought I’d share a few of my reflections with you concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. For me it has highlighted the vulnerability of humanity.
I never thought that my photo would be on the front cover of a book – admittedly with fourteen others! All of us, in our 80s, are foreign missionaries still working in…