Past Magazine Stories

I started to write these two poems last year during a workshop training on poetry writing in my ministry with asylum seekers.

"What do you know about Ireland?" I asked the third grade class that was excited to have just learnt that I was from there. "St.

In my early days as a missionary in Fiji, I worked mainly among the Hindu Indo-Fijians around the town of Labasa.

In the history of human life suffering is what every person will encounter in their lifetime.

Ethnic Indian people are traditionally obsessed with matters of pollution and purity. Purity is a central value in the culture. The caste system in India is based on this…

The Columban missionaries staffed the three parishes on Amakusa Island in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, from 1950 through 1997.

We all marvel at the deep and simple wisdom children hold in their hearts and on their lips.

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We were told that we would be spending about five days in Agoo (the Philippines).

While at my age being the main celebrant at the Holy Week ceremonies can be very demanding on a worn out body, it is more than compensated by experiencing first hand the…

Like the air we breathe, water is essential for our life and well-being. The average person here in the U.S. uses 80-100 gallons in a variety of ways throughout each day…

In the not-too-distant past it was almost impossible to get governments and institutions to discuss immigration and immigrant issues.