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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.

 

October 2016

It is said that history has a habit of repeating itself. This seems to be so in one particular case at least. In June 1920 when Columban Frs.

October 2016

Who stole away those golden leaves which recently had fallen from the trees
Decorating those tired and resting fields

October 2016

Each Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Seoul, Korea, believers come to celebrate the Eucharist in Kwang Hwa Mun Plaza in the center of Seoul.

October 2016

It is difficult for us in Myanmar (Burma) to get visas so we have to leave and go to Bangkok, Thailand, frequently to renew our visas.

October 2016

Prison ministry was my personal choice.

October 2016

I have often been asked, “What is the biggest change you have seen since you started working pastorally with people affected by HIV and AIDS?” I have pondered this…

October 2016

My name is Louis Ybanez, and I am a Columban seminarian from the Philippines.

October 2016

He's known as the white ghost! This tall, middle aged man with a fair complexion and salt-and-pepper colored hair, can be seen walking the streets of neglected…

October 2016

Observing the Sacraments, particularly the Holy Eucharist, is something I look forward to celebrating.

October 2016

I met Bishop Jin about 25 years ago on my first visit to China and dined with him in his former residence next to the Cathedral.

October 2016

My pilgrimage in – indeed conversion to – interreligious dialogue started even before I learned the phrase interreligious dialogue.

August/September 2016

On my first visit to Nagasaki’s Atomic Bomb Museum, the obscenity of the atomic bomb left me angry and disturbed.