Past Magazine Stories

I am not a writer, but I’m writing this reflection for myself and for others hopefully to be enlightened more about the Trinity’s love and God’s desire for each one of us…

Columban Fr. Donald Kill writes about the celebration of the Christmas season at the “Balay San Columbano” home in the Philippines. This home was founded by Fr.

The snow outside is tapering off. There is a Christmas concert on public television. Surely it is time for me to reflect as Christmas approaches.

How was it that Columban priest, Fr. Dick Ranaghan, spurred Bing Crosby into making his first record of Silent Night?

There are times when God is near to us and helps us through the day
No matter what the obstacles, the worries, the cares on top of us

There is something about life on an island. The past number of years I’ve been blessed to spend three weeks on an island called Negros Oriental.

On the night of December 16, 2011, a sendong or typhoon struck the northern coast of Mindanao, the main southern island of the Philippines.

The tall elderly man leaning slightly on his cane, stands out among the people of the Andes.

Aside from my parish involvement, one of the most memorable experiences that I had in Peru was my ministry in Manuel Duato, a special institution which provides basic…

I call this article “men of the road” because in all my years in Japan, only one woman came to me looking for a handout.

That encounter inspired me to be more with the people with my true self. You don’t have to pretend because people would notice it.

It would be a disservice to truth for me not to acknowledge that there have been and are serious challenges for religious and civil society in China from sections of the…