From the Editor - Engaging with others
The January/February issue of The Far East magazine carries a variety of stories of the different ways and circumstances in which Columban Missionaries…
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Poni risks her life for her younger sister
Like many of the poor in Pakistan, Poni suffered a tragic accident. Columban Fr Dan O’Connor writes of her accident and his involvement in her…
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Bishop Edward Galvin remembered
In October 26, 2014, Holy Rosary parish, in Brooklyn, New York, celebrated the 125th anniversary of its foundation in 1889.
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Reflection - Equality in God's house
Pope Francis recently said that we Christians promote “a humanity for which every foreign country is a homeland and every homeland is a foreign…
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A close shave
What did I learn from this 'near encounter' with the Lord? I think at least three things. God must have wanted us to be around for a while longer…
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A short term mission experience in the Pacific
Short Term Mission (STM) experiences have always been offered by Columban Missionaries in many of the countries where they work. Patrick O’Dwyer,…
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Mission World - Jan/Feb 2016
Annual report concerning Indigenous women and girls in Peru:
victims of violence, atrocities and humiliations
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From the Director - Violence ‘up, close, and personal’
Our Columban Christmas Appeal last year was on the theme of ‘Jesus is the light’ linked to a project supplying light to a village in Sindh Province,…
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Not bad for a non-Christian
Word came into the Church that a homeless man was sleeping rough under Sotohori Bridge, in Japan. The local Church group looking after the homeless…
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The same story 80 years apart
An extract from an address given by the Congregation Leader of the Columban Sisters, Sr Ann Gray, to Australian and New Zealand pilgrims who…
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A present day good samaritan
From that time a great healing began within me. I felt the beginning of a new self-confidence. Over the years this new life has matured.
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Obituary - Fr Patrick Crowley
Obituary - Fr Patrick Crowley
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