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A Different Summer

I usually spend my summer break walking the sands and enjoying the beach but this time around I d

Redefining Communication

As part of the on-going formation and education of Columban lay missionaries, I was privileged to

A Pioneer Returns

It was a great joy for me to be invited, two years ago, to return to Santiago, Chile, to celebrat

The Loving Father and Two Sons

Fifty years ago I was pastor of an "old Christian" community on Amakusa Island in the far south o

The Mysterious Journey

As a teenager I browsed whatever reading materials were left around my home: Sunday newspapers th

Border People Dream Too

In the 1980s before the onset of cheap air fares and the free movement of people introduced by the European Union Irish immigrants in London were…

The Joy of a Different Vantage Point

"What do you know about Ireland?" I asked the third grade class that was excited to have just lea

Be My Feet and Be My Hands

I started to write these two poems last year during a workshop training on poetry writing in my m

Resilience Admidst Suffering

In the history of human life suffering is what every person will encounter in their lifetime.

Ditching the Desk

Now that I'm home, I realized I do not have a room to call my own.