My name is Danish Yakoob and I’m from Latifabad, Hyderabad, Pakistan. I have been working as a Columban co-worker in the Hyderabad Diocese since November 1, 2016.
In This Issue
Here are the latest stories from Columban missionaries around the world working with the poor, homeless and those in need. You can find these stories in the current issue of Columban Mission magazine. New stories will be add each week.
When in Pakistan for the First Time
January 11, 2021
It has been nearly a year since I arrived in Pakistan as a lay missionary.
Sharing Food
January 7, 2021
Who would have imagined that I would be cooking food and treating people? I was a total stranger to cooking before joining the lay missionary sending orientation program in Korea.
St. Nicholas Church, Nagar Parkar
January 4, 2021
The Parkari Kohlis are one of many tribal peoples in Sindh, Pakistan, who live in an on-going state of liminality; that is geographically, religiously, economically, politically and socially they...
Subanen Ministries Honor God's Creation
December 28, 2020
The Subanens are an indigenous people whose ancestral habitat is the highlands of northwestern Mindanao in the Philippines.
Christmas Rush in Fiji
December 21, 2020
While the rest of the world shops and parties frenetically in December, the people in Fiji busy themselves too – in providing retreats, carol singing and charitable outreaches to the less...
God's Message at Christmas
December 17, 2020
Christmas always brings joy in my life. As a child, I always looked forward to the coming of that day.
Christmas in Paradise
December 14, 2020
People often boast about having celebrated Mass in churches that are, “centuries old,” such as the great cathedrals of Europe.
Christmas in the Summer
December 7, 2020
Last year, at the beginning of Advent, I received a letter.
The Shimmering Promise of Bethlehem
December 1, 2020
In 2013, after twelve years in administrative assignments with the Columban Fathers, I was given the chance to take a sabbatical. I seized the opportunity and chose to do a six-week course at the...
Bring Hope
December 1, 2020
Fr. Peter O’Neill, the Columban Leader in Australia and the Columban Peace, Ecology and Justice Coordinator, visited Timorese workers at the Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in East Warrnambool...
Coco and Rosa
December 1, 2020
The missionary journey of Jorge Juaregui, called Coco for short, and his wife Rosa Ramirez, began when the Columban Fathers assumed responsibility for the rapidly expanding housing estates being...
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