Jan/Feb 2009 Issue Index
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The Far East magazine is published by St Columban's Mission Society. It features articles and photographs by Columban missionaries from those countries where the missionaries work. The magazine was launched originally to promote mission interest in Catholic homes in Australia and New Zealand. The Far East magazine in Australia was published for the first time on 15th October 1920 and sample copies were sent to every parish and school in Australia and New Zealand.
Editorial - Don't waste a crisis
18.10.2010What is going to happen this year? What has happened to you already? I hope it was something good. A friend of mine heard this comment, ‘Don’t waste a crisis.’ more
Why go back?
04.02.2009Staying with them, dying and being buried with them is a proven powerful witness. It denies we are there for some motive of our own. more
NZ link with Bishop Galvin
04.02.2009There is an interesting plaque beside a bell hanging in the grounds which tells a fascinating story of Catholic missionaries in China and their rescue by a New Zealander in the British Navy. more
Where women rule
04.02.2009With China's present rapid economic development, what might be the challenges faced by the indigenous peoples of the country? more
Greening Redemption
04.02.2009A few years back I wrote about two hundred years of Catholic attitudes to the environment in Australia. When doing my research it was a privilege to hear the stories of many contemporary Catholics who told of how commitment to environmental care became integral to their faith.
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Reflection - Keep your eye on the ball
04.02.2009Our capacity for self-delusion is seemingly endless and never more pronounced than when it serves to distract us from the inevitability of death. more
An a.m. with the P.M.
04.02.2009Last Saturday morning 22nd November Kevin Rudd the Australian Prime Minister left the bitumen roads of the city and followed the rocky, dusty road that leads to the 'Cerro Candela' area in the slums of Lima. more
This is their clinic
04.02.2009Since 1929 Columban priests have served the people of Our Lady of Remedies parish in Malate, Manila. This was the first Columban parish established in the Philippines and it remains in their care today. Malate is thus, the 'oldest parish' in the Columban world. more
Pakistan revisited
04.02.2009The further you go away from the cities you get a sense of little if any progress. Families are really struggling and live from day today. If a child gets sick, which is quite often, it puts terrible pressure on their meagre resources. more
Mission World
04.02.2009Catholics in Pakistan face up to challenges of living in a Muslim country. Iris George used to hide the chain with a cross around her neck to avoid questions from her Muslim colleagues. But after attending Pakistan's first Mission Congress, she has changed her mind. more
From the Director - Light and hope begin in darkness
04.02.2009The long cold, wet, dark nights not only made for a more festive atmosphere and keener appetites but they made more sense of Christmas and New Year spiritually and liturgically. more
Singing for the Lord
04.02.2009After the celebration of the Eucharist at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva, Fiji one Sunday morning, a few of us were exchanging pleasantries near the main door of the Cathedral when Fr Iosefo Tuvere came to say 'hello.' more
The wisdom of children
04.02.2009St Columbans Mission Society ran a competition in the Mission Activity Pack which was sent to schools in October for Mission Month. more
She was my cousin
04.02.2009An aspect of our work with immigrants in Ireland is educating Irish people on migration. more
The Way We Were
04.02.2009Throughout 2009 we will feature stories from the archives of The Far East. A page from the past helps us to remember people and events that were an important part of our lives. more
