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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.

 

February 2017

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…

February 2017

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…

February 2017

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

February 2017

I can still vividly remember the day when we first opened Ladies' Day in Christ Church, Farm Road.

February 2017

It's been nearly six years since I arrived in Birmingham, England, as a Columban lay missionary.

February 2017

The other day I walked out of the church after Mass. There is a group of beggars there at the gate of St. Peter’s Church.

December 2016

Like the majority of Columban missionaries, it is usual for me to spend the Christmas season far from my family.

December 2016

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…

December 2016

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.

December 2016

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.

December 2016

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

December 2016

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