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Past Magazine Stories

Below are stories from past issues of Columban Mission magazine. The Columban Fathers publish Columban Mission magazine eight times a year. Subscriptions are available for just $15 per year. Sign up to receive our next issue. Read more about Columban Mission magazine.

 

October 2018

If the Philippines have the Chocolate Hills in Bohol, here in the north of Chile we have mountains of "chocolates," no green trees, just all brown soil.

October 2018

A faith born in the shadows cast by a single candle in a tightly curtained room of a small farming village in a China emerging from the repression of the Cultural…

October 2018

I first met Amy from the Philippines after she was brought to the Hope Workers' Center in Taiwan.

October 2018

Not long ago I dared to follow a so called "dream," a dream that became reality when one day I found myself in a place different from my home.

October 2018

When I was ordained a deacon and later a priest, I worked with young people in one parish in the Philippines.

October 2018

God is always leading us in every step of our journey. But there are times that we do not recognize His presence because of situations that separate us from Him.

October 2018

The next day was more adventurous. Fr. Nilton drove us to Navala, a traditional Catholic village in the mountains over Ba.

October 2018

As a teenager Ned Galvin enjoyed seeking out adventure with his friends.

October 2018

This year we recall with gratitude the living faith of Columbans and others that has shaped our individual journeys and that of our Society for our first 100 years of…

August/September 2018

Come the weekend, Americans have their baseball and football. Australians have their cricket and Australian rules football, and the Irish have rugby. Come the weekend,…

August/September 2018

Columban history in the Japan mission is behind this stained glass window of the Risen Christ.

August/September 2018

It is interesting to watch those television programs that deal with people passing through customs as they return from holidays or family visits abroad.