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Stories from Columban Missions

The Columban mission in Negros celebrated its 75th anniversary with Mass.
Columban Mission in Negros at 75

The 75th anniversary of the Columban mission in Negros (1950–2025), celebrated November 22–24, 2025, commemorates a legacy of “integral…

A group of restoration volunteers in a semi-circle
A Link

I am a link. A link to what? A link between what began decades ago and the imagined future of a recovered and restored forest. Decades ago, San…

Diary - In So Many Words
Shared Hope for a Better World

The relationship between Columban missionaries and the communities they serve is rooted in a spirit of partnership, respect, compassion, and…

Outreached hands open and facing upwards with a daisy held between them.
Connections

Across the red dust roads and rivers wide,
Where hunger once walked barefoot in the sun,
Th ey came with faith not carried as a pride,

A pink lotus flower
Shaolin

Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet and playwright, once wrote, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” (The Decay of Lying: An Observation,…

Shanty town in Lima, Peru
Father Bernie Grady

As a priest of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, I was given permission by my bishop to do missionary service for five years and was accepted by…