From the Editor
Hopefully Easter will provide a time to reflect on the fact that Christ died so that we might no longer live for ourselves alone. In this edition…
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A slim chance of education
In having the opportunity to study at the Higher Education Centre thanks to the Columbans and their benefactors. After graduating, I hope to…
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Passover then handover
As Columban missionaries in Peru we will move out to the current existential fringe of the still expanding Lima. Together with the people of…
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Reflection - The devil is in the detail
We are then told in the text that the fish caught that morning numbered 153. Did someone actually count them? A man had been raised to life,…
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Where are they now? Columban Centenary - Fr Robert McCulloch
In 1978 Fr McCulloch was appointed to Pakistan where he remained for 34 years. On February 15, 2012 Fr McCulloch received the Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam,…
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Your Columban story - Benefactors share with us...
Your stories are key to our past and our future. With your permission we would like to publish your Columban story in The Far East and on our…
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A boat ride to his first Mass
The Columbans had hired a commercial boat called the Brianna so that up to 140 people could accompany Fr Pat to his home island for his First…
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A faith born in the shadows
“I began to feel a God of warmth, a God who laughs and is close to his people, not distant as I had experienced in China. Everyone was the same…
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Mission World - April 2018
New Vatican publication highlights Indigenous art, culture
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From the Director - Post resurrection experiences
Many people throughout the world today are trying to escape trauma including after release from prison or escaping persecution as refugees or…
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My return to Chile
Luckily I arrived back in Santiago on September 13, 2017, a few days after the blackouts, barricades of burning tyres, broken glass, tear gas…
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Seminarians spend time in Chile
For the five weeks leading up to Christmas 2017, two Adelaide diocesan seminarians, participated in a pastoral experience with Columban Fr Dan…
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Always a Columban at heart
Former Columban Lay Missionary, Losana Ve’ehala from Tonga passed away unexpectedly at the Lay Missionary House in Suva on Sunday December 10,…
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Your Columban Legacy
Leave a gift to Columban Missionaries in your Will.
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