Filipino Columban Affiliates, pictured here at the Columbans’ Los Angeles house, formed a Christmas caroling group that sang at different homes in the area

Many Catholics want to answer God’s calling for them to become missionaries, but don’t see themselves making a life-long commitment to overseas cross-cultural missionary work.

That’s why the Missionary Society of St. Columban has established the Columban Affiliates program in the United States.

Columban Affiliates are men and women who gather four to six times a year for a faith-sharing reflection with others possessing the mission spirit. This allows Affiliates to experience the spirit of mission within their situation and social reality while deepening their understanding of mission spirituality of Columban missionaries worldwide.

Listen to the voice of God within you. Nourish it with God’s loving grace that you can only find when you reach out to others who are poor and need your love, care and attention.

To learn more, contact one of the following Columban missionary houses closest to you.

Omaha, Nebraska
877/299-1920

Chicago
773/274-9111

El Paso, Texas
915/852-3152

Fontana, California
909/357-4688

Who are the Columban Affiliates?

• Columban Affiliates are people of faith who want to share in the Missionary Society of St. Columban’s participation in Christ’s mission to cross boundaries of language, culture and religion to share the Gospel message with the poor and the marginalized. They do this, however, within the context of their own life circumstances, bringing the richness of their own experiences and insights.
• Columban Affiliates are people of prayer, committed to continual formation in their spirituality, sense of mission and awareness of keeping a balance of reflection and action in their lives.
• Affiliates want to be part of the Columban Society’s evolving and deepening understanding of mission.
• Affiliates identify with Columban missionaries and offer and seek relationships with them based upon mutuality, trust, patience and presence.