Past Magazine Stories

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.

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

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…

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

"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.

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

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

The Rainbow Community, a foundation offering services to peoples with intellectual disabilities in South Korea, founded by Irish-born Columban Fr.

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

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…