Archive

The Far East - November/December 2011

Contents

From the Director - A new Director for Christmas

Fr Gary Walker is the new Regional Director for St Columbans Mission Society in Australia and New Zealand.
Read more

Editorial - Christmas is light and shade

For many Christmas is a happy time...
Read more

A Christmas revolution

Christmas is becoming a popular festival in China.
Read more

Silver for marathon man

Marathon running is in the family.
Read more

What is Advent all about?

For the Church, New Year’s Day is not January 1st but the first Sunday of Advent. For 2012, our liturgical New Year fell on November 27, 2011.
Read more

Reflection - The Magi

The Magi came from the East bringing gifts and worshipped the Child.
Read more

Let's get going

Fr Baker is campaigning for a custom-built bus for people with special needs.
Read more

Christmas with Jesus

Jesus visited villages which have been there for many generations.
Read more

No guards and gates

Children have no place in a jail with adults.
Read more

Mission World - Nov/Dec 2011

Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) distributed a statement attacking the inter-religious “pilgrimage for peace” that Pope Benedict XVI led on October…
Read more

I feel at home

At Christmas people go home to be with family, I feel at home and with family in Salvador, Brazil, where I have lived for the past 26 years.
Read more

Better than The Da Vinci Code

Art lecturer Claire Renkin helps us to appreciate the art in the Columban Calendar.
Read more

A special surprise

A Columban benefactor writes how the Columban Calendar has inspired her life.
Read more

New leadership team

Meet the new leadership team at the Columban Mission Centre and the Columban Mission Institute.
Read more

Awards for The Far East

The Far East wins two Highly Commended awards at the Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) Awards.
Read more

I was in prison...

Support Columban Mission
Read more