From the Editor
This issue gives us a broad picture of mission from Columban priests, seminarians, lay missionaries, lay leaders like Jean Vanier and ‘backstage…
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Life on the streets
He is only one of many who spends his nights sleeping rough in Hong Kong streets and parks, although his story is very different from most.
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Five things that struck me in Pakistan
I have a strong sense of wanting to share some stories of the people of God in this amazing but challenging country of Pakistan. I cannot tell…
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Reflection - I think I met a Prophet
We don’t want to hear about the downsides of these things especially those that may be damaging our health and well-being - like the chemicals…
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The priest of Bali Hai
The following morning was dark with smoke and for three hours the people used torches only to find that everything was covered in ash. Roofs…
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Racism - a slip of the tongue?
Columban Fr Bobby Gilmore is concerned by recent incidents of casual racism and suggests there is a leadership deficit, nationally and internationally,…
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Jubilarians
This year the Australian and New Zealand Region of St Columbans Mission Society is celebrating the 50th anniversaries of ordination of four Australian…
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Mission World - July 2019
Pope Francis pays tribute to Jean Vanier as he travelled back to the Vatican after a three-day apostolic visit to the Balkan nations of Bulgaria…
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From the Director - We are called into the one people of God
My first significant learning was that being a Catholic is not just about going to Mass on Sunday and receiving the sacraments.
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Crying out for survival
I saw the negative and damaging impact of climate change on the lives of ordinary Filipino people when I went to visit the Aeta indigenous farmers
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A pearl in the Orient
90 years of Columban Mission in the Philippines
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Backstage missionaries
Former editor of the Misyon magazine in the Philippines, Fr Sean Coyle explains why he believes lifelong readers of Columban magazines are in…
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Your Columban Legacy
Leave a gift to Columban Missionaries in your Will.
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Audio Playlist - The Far East - July 2019
Listen to all the articles in this edition of the Far East.
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