“I smelled the Spring on the smoky wind, dirty old town, dirty old town.” These words from Salford songwriter Ewan MacColl’s classic 1949 ballad “Dirty Old Town” sum up…
March/April 2026
March 2026
My name is Zenobius Cho, and I was born and raised in South Korea. I did not become a Catholic until I was an adult. Of course, my spiritual journey did not end with my…
I recently finished as pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Fontana, California, after thirteen years. t was a great experience for me with 93% of the people there being…
Water is a significant symbol in many cultures. We cannot live without water. Water is life. Indeed, in the Catholic and Christian Churches, we enter into new, everlasting…
Just a few weeks ago, we embarked on a new adventure--our participants from various migrant nationalities, who participated in our pastry cooking workshops at CCEM, have…
After I finished my term as Columban Lay Mission Coordinator in Britain, I asked God: “What do you want me to do next, Lord? Which former ministry would you like me to go…
What is the “spirituality” of the Columbans? “Spirituality cannot be understood simply as an individual and private relationship to God. Our response to God takes place…
Among the seventeen women who had come to live in the city of Lima, Peru, several were migrants from Ecuador, while others had arrived from Venezuela. Some were Peruvians…
