Past Magazine Stories

I grew up with nothing but fear and distance from my father. It seems there was a mountain between us. I envied my friends who had great relationships with their fathers…

Adai is a grandmother and faithful member of the Catholic community in TianGou village in the mountains of Taiwan.

I went to China because we used to get The Far East magazine (the magazine of Columban missionaries published in Ireland).

I clearly remember the first time I visited Julie Santiago. To reach her house, I had to pass by several narrow lanes in the area where I lived.

In late 1917, Fr. Edward Galvin landed in New York and began a long trek across the country in search of a suitable location for the U.S.

The blind beggar heard the crowd passing him on the road. Feet hurrying, people talking, all moving quickly along. What was going on?

Since 2014, St. Joseph's Parish in Ballymun, Ireland, started to look at ways to respond to the needs of young people in the parish.

"Houses of Horror" is how one visitor described the centers where children are held illegally behind bars or in cages.

Since first coming to Japan as a missionary 60 years ago I have had a cultural curiosity! It is still with me. It makes missionary life interesting.

One of my many blessings and opportunities as a missionary is to share the Joy of the Gospel.

"Abba, call me that," my host father responded when I asked him how I should call him. Abba is the Hindi (Indian) word for father.

I met the Columban Fathers for the first time in my hometown, Seoul, during the summer of 1953. Korea was at war then.