February 2026

Sometimes the older Columbans sit around the dinner table sharing stories of the eccentricities of one or another brother Columban — strange habits, eccentricities, etc.…

The old year folds its weary wings
And drift s into the dusk of time,
Its laughter, tears, forgotten things

Weekly, I make it a habit to visit randomly the nine chapels of the Columban parish of San Mathias in Bajos de Mena, Santiago, Chile, where I have been sent.
Riding a…