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Stories from Columban Missions

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…

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…

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…

Rolling hills at sunset
Faith in Action

Last year, in 2025, a major controversy emerged surrounding a proposed wind energy project near Mount Banahaw (in the Philippines), affecting…