Missionary Society of St. Columban USMy name is Teakare Betero, age 28, and I have been with the Columbans for five years now. At the moment I am studying at the Pacific Regional Seminary.
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In 2007 my father talked to me about the possibility of going overseas as a lay missionary.
I came to live in Fujisawa after getting married 58 years ago. I have been fortunate with my health.
Tears flowed down the cheeks of Yudi’s face as he listened to the voice of his mother speaking through my cellular phone while he laid on his ICU (Intensive Care Unit) bed…
I left Taiwan three years ago and returned for a two-month refresher course in Chinese Mandarin in March 2015.
"What is it that keeps you going?" is a question that I frequently ask other Columban missionaries who live and minister in very difficult circumstances.
The Thar Parkar Desert is situated in the southeast of Pakistan in Sindh province.
When I was a very young priest just out of language school in Tokyo, my Japanese vocabulary was somewhat limited!
The Rainbow Community, a foundation offering services to peoples with intellectual disabilities in South Korea, founded by Irish-born Columban Fr.
Fr. Thomas Nan was ordained in 2002 and spent eight years in Peru as a Columban missionary. “When I was young I never knew the Columbans.
On September 6, 2015, I celebrated Mass for the last time in prison. For the past 22 years I have been working as a prison chaplain in Western Australian jails.
For many years, the Columbans have been sponsoring the Education Commission of Myitkyina and Banmaw Dioceses, in Kachin State, Myammar, in their provision of boarding…