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Stories from Columban Missions

Fr. Iowane Naio celebrates Mass with the Sindhi Bheels community in Pangrio Village.
The Burning Bush

It has been ten months now since I arrived in Pakistan. I have just completed formal language studies, which took around eight months, and now I…

Prayer car
The Seven Million Miracle

Time has flown for Carol Beck, Co-founder of The Prayer Trust, one of the most enduring — and endearing — features of Columban mission ever to…

Taize Prayer with the Malate Parish volunteers
Encountering the Presence of God in Everyday Life

A small bird flew in through the sunlit window. It rested for a moment near the ceiling above the altar, then flew away again. Seeing this little…

Pilgrims pause on their walk
City of Hope

“I smelled the Spring on the smoky wind, dirty old town, dirty old town.” These words from Salford songwriter Ewan MacColl’s classic 1949 ballad “…

A pot of soup
“Give them something to eat yourselves!” (Luke 9,13)

My name is Zenobius Cho, and I was born and raised in South Korea. I did not become a Catholic until I was an adult. Of course, my spiritual…

A farm field surrounded by mountains
Parish Mission

I recently finished as pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Fontana, California, after thirteen years. t was a great experience for me with 93% of the…