Past Magazine Stories

Each one of us will have our own memories of the events that touched and made an impression on us this year.

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.

Who stole away those golden leaves which recently had fallen from the trees
Decorating those tired and resting fields

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.

Since I joined the Columban lay mission program in 2000, I have learned three different languages: English, Filipino (Tagalog) and Spanish.

Growing up in New York City, summers for me were times for relaxing, recreation and fun.

Almost six months ago, I arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, to begin my mission assignment.

From our earliest days, almost a century ago, Columban missionaries have employed people to assist us in a variety of roles to support our mission.

On my first visit to Nagasaki’s Atomic Bomb Museum, the obscenity of the atomic bomb left me angry and disturbed.

Lumen Gentium emphasizes the “universal call to holiness” which applies to all the “people of God”– clergy, religious and lay people, stating that “all…

Founded by Columban Fr. Bernard Wade in 1939, St.

Earlier this year, two Columban Fathers—an Irish farmer by way of decades of mission in Pakistan and an Iowa farmer by way of decades of mission in Korea—and I visited…