It would be a disservice to truth for me not to acknowledge that there have been and are serious challenges for religious and civil society in China from sections of the…
Past Magazine Stories
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November 2016
St. Columban, a great Irish missionary monk, died in 615 A.D. in Bobbio, Italy. Columban missionaries (who have St.
November 2016
Going on mission to Hong Kong in 1976 was both an exciting adventure and a shock to the system.
November 2016
On a September morning in 2014, I arrived in Iquique in northern Chile on a flight from Santiago.
November 2016
I just came from town for a visit with an Indian family and sat down on the very comfortable chair in the mission house.
October 2016
I met Bishop Jin about 25 years ago on my first visit to China and dined with him in his former residence next to the Cathedral.
October 2016
My pilgrimage in – indeed conversion to – interreligious dialogue started even before I learned the phrase interreligious dialogue.
October 2016
Each one of us will have our own memories of the events that touched and made an impression on us this year.
October 2016
It is said that history has a habit of repeating itself. This seems to be so in one particular case at least. In June 1920 when Columban Frs.
October 2016
Who stole away those golden leaves which recently had fallen from the trees
Decorating those tired and resting fields
October 2016
Each Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Seoul, Korea, believers come to celebrate the Eucharist in Kwang Hwa Mun Plaza in the center of Seoul.
October 2016
It is difficult for us in Myanmar (Burma) to get visas so we have to leave and go to Bangkok, Thailand, frequently to renew our visas.