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October 2025

Columban Mission Magazine October 2025
October 2025
 

By Gertrudes C. Samson

Happy Halloween! The phrase came from the phrase, “Hallow Eve.” “Hallow” is an Old English word that means “holy.” It is just like in the Old English Version of the Lord’s…

 

By Fr. Frank Hoare

Columban Fr. Frank Hoare has been on mission in Fiji for over 50 years. On April 4, 2025, his two books, A Missionary Diary and A World of Difference, were launched at the…

 

By Fr. Alvaro Martinez

Mirrihue Alto is a rural town located a little more than three miles from the village of Antuco in the Bio-Bio region of southern Chile. Some of its inhabitants work in…

 

By Columban Missionaries

Art and religion have been intertwined throughout human history, each influencing and shaping the other in profound ways. At their core, both art and religion strive to…

 

By Fr. John Boles

Fr. Cathal Gallagher recalled the incident vividly. “It was in 1998. I was working in a poor parish in Lima. I got a call from a local clinic, run by the Mercy Sisters,…

 

By Fr. Al Utzig

Art and culture and faith – what a broad topic. And it’s a beautiful topic! As Columban missionaries all of us get to leave our homes and go somewhere else to work, to in…