I first met Mr. Ikehata when Rev. Tesshu, a Buddhist priest, took Columban Fr. Bede Cleary and me to meet him on a hot summer day. The four of us were sitting round a low…
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August/September 2019
I arrived in Peru thinking that it wouldn’t be very challenging. I was sent straight away to Bolivia to learn Spanish. When I arrived there my host family was waiting for…
August/September 2019
First, I would like to deliver my sincere thankfulness to all the benefactors who support financially and prayerfully the Andean Mountain children in Yanaoca, Cusco. In…
August/September 2019
Shwebo dropped us at our last stop, and he headed off to return to his village, the Shwebo district from which he gets his name. We returned to the Sisters’ house and had…
August/September 2019
I arrived in Fiji as a Columban lay missionary in August 2017. Once in Fiji, I studied the language for three months. Studying a new language for the first time in my…
August/September 2019
One year has passed since I came back to Korea for my second term as a Columban lay missionary. Indeed, time has flown so fast.
August/September 2019
Being a stranger in a foreign land wasn’t always easy, in terms of learning and adopting not only the language and local dialect but also the culture. I was thinking about…
August/September 2019
After a 14-hour flight from Korea, with a fierce wind and torrential rain waiting to greet me in Dublin, I realized that I had finally landed in Ireland. It was the first…
August/September 2019
Each of us could write a book on disappointments, because there are so many in our lives.
August/September 2019
What makes a life a success in the grand scheme of things, that is, a success in God’s plan?
June/July 2019
I have just completed 40 years in Chile and for 25 of these I have been going to the oldest jail in Santiago called the “Peni,” which is pronounced like “penny.” It was…
June/July 2019
More than 20 years ago, I left the Philippines for the first time as a Columban lay missionary assigned to Brazil.