From the Editor - The Advent and Christmas Seasons

During the seasons of Advent and Christmas this year, we invite all our readers of The Far East mission magazine to take out gift subscriptions for special people in their lives.

Each year The Far East carries a variety of stories by Columban Missionaries from around the world. The Columban stories are stories of evangelization, parishes amongst the poor, dialogue and work for social justice.

This Advent and Christmas edition invites us to experience something of the wonderful celebration of Christmas in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Advent in a parish in Chile. Other stories include the support of a parish in Geelong for a Columban parish in the Philippines, the departure of the Columbans from a parish in Pakistan and the 90th Anniversary of the foundation of the Columban Sisters. We remember Columban Fr John Griffin who died recently in New Zealand.

The Jubilee Year to celebrate the 1400th Anniversary of the death of St Columban began with a three day celebration in Rome during October.

We are organizing a special pilgrimage In the Footsteps of St Columban through Europe as a way to participate in this year-long celebration.

Gifts subscriptions to family and friends are a wonderful way to support the work of Columban missionaries in situations of great need across the world.

Seasons Greetings for Advent and Christmas from everyone at the Columban Mission Centre and The Far East magazine.


Fr Dan Harding
TFE@columban.org.au


Read more from The Far East, November/December 2014