October 2009
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The Far East magazine is published by St Columbans 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.
From the Director - Recently I went home
28.09.2009Recently I went home - to Gympie, the Queensland country town where I was born and reared but which I left 47 years ago. more
Editorial - The way we were
28.09.2009Jamaica's caste system in the January/February 1990 issue jumped out at me. more
Sold like a chicken
28.09.2009Sex trafficking is a lucrative business that must be opposed by all decent societies. more
D.I.Y. Missionary
28.09.2009Fr Cairns tells us how 'crises' effect all of us and how the power of Christ is with us. more
Whose version of Islam?
28.09.2009Is Islam a violent religion or a religion of peace?
More than one war is being waged in Pakistan. more
Greener Papal Message
28.09.2009The environmental aspects of Pope Benedict's encyclical 'Caritas in Veritate. more
Reflection - Spirit and mission
28.09.2009The Holy Spirit is the principal agent of Mission. We need to remember this important truth. more
TB Pioneers
28.09.2009Seven Columban Sisters, all of whom had worked at the Ruttonjee Sanatorium, joined in the 60th anniversary celebration of the Hong Kong Tuberculosis Chest and Heart Diseases Association during October. more
Paro in Peru
28.09.2009Small farmers and their livelihood are under threat. People protest and fear for the future. more
Tears for my brother
28.09.2009Crisanto was a trainee in the Subaanen Crafts project and
the money he earned paid for his schooling. Like his sister Rodilyn, Crisanto was a gifted artisan.
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Mission World - October, 2009
28.09.2009The root of the problem is that first one must produce if one is to consume: One consumes if one produces, and in poor countries not enough is produced to maintain the rate of growth of the population. more
Calendar Ad
28.09.2009These paintings and images have inspired and nourished Christians for centuries. They can give us an insight, sensitivity, the energy and vision to keep working for a united, just and sustainable world. I hope the 2010 calendar helps you become better people with bigger hearts. more
The old and the new
28.09.2009Fr Scanlon describes the part Columbans played in the rise of the Korean Church. more
The Way We Were - Jamaicas caste system
28.09.2009Slavery is blamed for many things. It is often said "Why not forget it and get on with living". This is easier said than done. Attitudes are deep and don't die or change easily. This is true of the descendants of the slave owners. more
