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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.

 

March/April 2016

For many years, the Columbans have been sponsoring the Education Commission of Myitkyina and Banmaw Dioceses, in Kachin State, Myammar, in their provision of boarding…

March/April 2016

It's hard to remind yourself to have faith every day. Especially when it comes to having patience or to being confident in God's plan when it is unknown to you.

March/April 2016

I got off the minibus at the last stop on the hillside in Huaycan, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.

March/April 2016

Tears flowed down the cheeks of Yudi’s face as he listened to the voice of his mother speaking through my cellular phone while he laid on his ICU (Intensive Care Unit) bed…

March/April 2016

I left Taiwan three years ago and returned for a two-month refresher course in Chinese Mandarin in March 2015.

March/April 2016

"What is it that keeps you going?" is a question that I frequently ask other Columban missionaries who live and minister in very difficult circumstances.

March/April 2016

The Thar Parkar Desert is situated in the southeast of Pakistan in Sindh province.

March/April 2016

When I was a very young priest just out of language school in Tokyo, my Japanese vocabulary was somewhat limited!

February 2016

Socializing rarely energizes me. In fact, it usually drains me.

February 2016

The road from Lima to Samanco passes through a number of fast growing coastal towns but for the most part the traveler has no choice but to contemplate the bare rocky or…