Editorial - The lives of the saints
I am writing this editorial on the anniversary of Fr Sean Lavery, an Irish Columban from Lurgan. I met him in Jamaica where we had the western…
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Leave the Calendar Alone
The message from the people is clear. Leave the Columban calendar alone, it belongs to generations of Catholic people.
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Reaching Every Postcode
St Columban's Mission Society might not be as much in the public eye as Vegemite but a product of its missionary activities shares a couple of…
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The rocky road from Bail
At the end of the Bali Conference Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention Conference on Climate Change…
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Where do you find hope?
Coming to Valparaiso after my first missionary experience in Santiago has been life-giving for me. It’s hard to grasp that I am now in my sixth…
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Reflection - That is where you belong
Others feel it more honest to give up religion because it would be hypocritical of them to go to church.
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A place of hope
Columban Fr Peter Hughes describes the Assembly of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean at Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil, last May,…
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Stones and tears that heal
Victims of Peru’s civil war are remembered and hearts are consoled at a park dedication in Lima.
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A journey to missionary Burma
The author tells us about a memorable visit to the lands where her uncle, Columban Fr Thomas Rillstone touched the lives of so many people.
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Mission World
Lima (FIDES) - The Bishops of the Ecclesial Jurisdictions of the Peruvian rainforest have issued a statement at the close of their Encounter…
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From the Director - Can you not see it?
I once heard a theologian describe some Christians as "so heavenly-minded they were no earthly good." There are many Christians who live for…
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Muslim Indian healed by Fijian Catholic
In the village of Natunuku life goes on. It's a small Fijian village about 12kms from Ba, partly visible from the Kings Road as motorists drive…
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Receiving enlightenment
Then I first came to China I couldn't help feeling that the statues of Buddha that I saw in temples were ugly. As time went on, however, I began…
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Sowing more than seeds
Tabitha Bark’s organic garden in Taiwan expresses an aboriginal people’s relationship with God’s creation.
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Daily pentecosts
Twenty-five years ago I began my second missionary journey. I had been away from Japan and its difficult language for 16 years. During my first…
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