From the Director - The mirror of our lives
God is present in situations which bring added challenge - we really have to be as respectful of the other as Jesus was. It is like looking into…
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From the Editor - Going forth
In this issue of The Far East, there are many stories of Columbans "going forth", of leaving their comfort zones to go to the peripheries with…
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The smell of the sheep
The story of Fr John O'Connell is the story of Columban Mission in Peru and indeed the story of every Columban and every Columban supporter and…
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Children living among the dead
How is that possible? I asked myself, aren't cemeteries for the dead, not for the living.
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Reflection - Leave your comfort zone
At Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on 24 November 2013, Pope Francis released the Apostolic Exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium", (The Joy of the Gospel).
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Columbans celebrate 80 years in Korea
Columbans celebrate 80 years in Korea
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Back on the road
Australian Columban Fr Kevin Mullins is parish priest of Corpus Christi parish in Juarez, Mexico. Due to poverty and the drug trade, life remains…
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Rebuilding after Typhoon Sendong
Fr Paul Finlayson, together with the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, has been involved in a project, partly sponsored by the Columbans, to provide…
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Mission World - January/February 2014
Vatican Radio hosts "Why Poverty?" Exhibition
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It's the small things that matter
Mission is not necessarily about sacraments (catechism, formation) or about construction (churches, parish buildings), but more often is about…
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A missionary from Burma
With this experience, I am sure that we now have a deeper understanding of Christian mission which will help us immensely in our work as Christian…
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A quiet gentle woman
December 14, 2013, marked the 30th anniversary of the tragic death of Irish Columban Sister, Joan Sawyer, in the Lurigancho Prison in Lima, Peru.
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A Cemetery school
A Cemetery school
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