Poverty

Warmi Huasi Marks 20 Years of Service to Peru’s Youth

Apr 16, 2024
Warmi Huasi celebrated 20 years of service to one of the most vulnerable sectors of Peruvian society, the children and adolescents at risk in the townships on the northern side of Lima and in the towns and villages of the Province of Paucar del Sara Sara up in the High Andes Department of Ayacucho, Peru.
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Fr Shay and Preda Celebrate 50th Anniversary

Apr 16, 2024
For 50 years, the Preda Foundation has been a leading child rights organisation with a long successful history of rescuing, protecting, healing and empowering abused and trafficked girls, saving innocent boys from unjust incarceration in jails, and giving a new life of freedom through residential care…
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Embarking on the journey

Mar 26, 2024
I think it is through a life of faith that God's will is accomplished through us.
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The 800th Anniversary of the Franciscans

Mar 26, 2024
Pope Francis and St Francis on the “periphery” of inter-religious dialogue.
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The potential of uncertainty

Mar 26, 2024
It was in that chaos and uncertainty that the spirit of creativity gave birth to new ways of looking at reality and ways of doing ministry.
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Parola - Manila's "beacon of hope"

Mar 26, 2024
How Columban seminarians are helping to bring true hope to one of Manila’s most notorious slums.
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Empowering Dreams

Mar 19, 2024
St. Elizabeth School of Midwifery in Hyderabad, Pakistan, trains young women from less developed areas and from marginalized communities to advance their socioeconomic position by enabling them to become trained professionals and qualified midwives for mother, neonatal, and infant care in Pakistan.
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Myanmar Reflection: “I Have Found My Map”

Feb 13, 2024
A reflection on the beatitudes by Columban Fr Kurt Zion Pala, who lives and works in Myanmar, marking the third anniversary of the country’s military coup, which has sent the country “into conflict and darkness”.
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Kachin Catholics make their mark on Myanmar’s Strife-Torn Frontier - Part 2

Jan 29, 2024
Sr Choi, from Korea, founded Community Healthcare and Development (CHAD), which has reached out to people in remote villages to provide basic health care and training for community health workers.
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Karachi Archdiocese Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Jan 29, 2024
On May 20, 2023, the Diocese of Karachi reached 75 years. Established on May 24, 1948, the Inaugural Mass of the Jubilee Year was celebrated on Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023.
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‘Moce Mada Vakalailai’ (Goodbye for the Moment)

Dec 18, 2023
The present leadership group are primarily the “old faithfuls” whose loyalty is an inspiration but who naturally don’t have the “tools” to deal with the new digital evangelisation. That’s where the youth are needed. Some cultural blocks are also present, such as the habit of ‘not talking to elders’ and…
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Columban Mission in the province of Kangwon, Korea

Nov 24, 2023
Fr Hong-Kison-Hijino, parish priest of the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Cheongdam-dong, marks 100 years of history and speaks of his relationship with the Columban Society.
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Kachin Catholics make their mark on Myanmar’s strife-torn frontier

Nov 24, 2023
Part 1: Origins of the Catholic Church in the Kachin state
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My life’s vocation as a guidance counsellor

Nov 24, 2023
I also discovered the warmth and care of many people I knew and loved. I accompanied young Koreans as they found their vocation as priests or lay missionaries.
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A young woman's faith journey

Nov 24, 2023
St Bernadette’s Children’s Home is the only institution of its kind in Peru
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Caught into healthcare in Pakistan

Nov 15, 2023
As the years moved on and especially since 2019, St Elizabeth has moved up and on and is now the leading Catholic healthcare institute in Pakistan. It is served by dedicated Muslim and Christian healthcare professionals and is led by young, competent professional Catholic lay people.
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Pursuing Higher Education despite challenges

Nov 14, 2023
Kenneth is now in his second year of college, taking up a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at Misamis University, Ozamiz City, Philippines. He is helping his mother in the Pedalling Eco-farm garden, where she works as a cleaner.
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The Mule´s Pass

Nov 14, 2023
Alto Hospicio is in the Atacama Desert and has a lot of space. People arrive, take a piece of ground, put up a shack of light material with some fence, and begin to live there. There is no electricity or sewerage. A municipal truck brings water.
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World Day of the Poor

Nov 14, 2023
Columban missionaries recognize the challenge of worldwide and local poverty and stand in solidarity with communities in their struggle against injustice.
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Proverbs in mission

Sep 27, 2023
When I looked back, it hit me that the suffering and sickness had matured me as a person, as a follower of Jesus, and as a missionary priest.
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