The Far East Magazine

In this issue we look at the vocations of Columban priests, Columban Lay Missionaries and Columban supporters whose vocations are diverse, but…
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It was a wonderful and fitting celebration of 100 years of Columban mission and an occasion for ‘Sharing Gospel Joy’.
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If I had a wish-list for the church today, it would include a request for three saints of old to re-appear in a new guise. What the Church needs…
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While hosting these visitors, Fr Frank spends much time in a ministry to migrants and by helping out in parishes and convents all over the diocese.
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Your stories are key to our past and our future. With your permission we would like to publish your Columban story in The Far East and on our…
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Fr Andrei Paz is a Filipino Columban missionary who hopes to use his skills as an occupational therapist to help those marginalised by their…
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Lay Missionaries Gilda Comayas and Lorna Cañete from the Philippines share their experience of working in shanty towns in Alto Hospicio, 700…
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"I came for the poor, not for you," a smiling Pope told Cardinal Krajewski, as he dined with the poor and spent about two hours chatting with…
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Columban Fr Colin McLean shares with us the background of why São Jorge (St George) is venerated on Tide island where there are no cars and…
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By trusting your unknowing, your old standards of progress dissolve and you become eligible to be chosen by new, larger standards, those that…
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With the help of many donors, including the generosity of Columban donors, we have enabled many marginalized people to assume their national…
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Over and over again Endo used the Japanese word ‘dohansha’ – one who travels a journey with us. This aspect especially appeals to Japanese…
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Leave a gift to Columban Missionaries in your Will.
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