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A Stranger in a Strange Land

Being a stranger in a foreign land wasn’t always easy, in terms of learning and adopting not only the language and local dialect but also the…

They All Sound the Same!

I have been studying the Fijian language for almost 3 months now.

Dealing with Disappointment in Pakistan

Each of us could write a book on disappointments, because there are so many in our lives.

Grateful Beyond Words

After a 14-hour flight from Korea, with a fierce wind and torrential rain waiting to greet me in Dublin, I realized that I had finally landed in…

Immigrant Spouses Journeying Towards Empowerment

The presence of immigrant spouses in Korea, together with the even larger population of immigrant laborers, has challenged the long-held…

Children in Jail

We entered the so-called Bahay Pagasa, ??House of Hope.? It turned out to be a children's jail.

Light in the Darkest Places

I have just completed 40 years in Chile and for 25 of these I have been going to the oldest jail

Twenty Years

More than 20 years ago, I left the Philippines for the first time as a Columban lay missionary as

A Belief Challenged

I arrived in Pakistan in 1994 after joining the Columban lay missionary orientation program which

Life Is a Mission

I am Irma Lara Cantago, a Columban lay missionary for many years. A high school teacher by profession, I was teaching for 15 years and at the same…