I live with the Atayal community, who call me by my aboriginal name, MaHong. I serve in the eight churches which make up the parish nestled in the mountains of the Hsinchu…
Columban Mission Magazine Stories
A Letter from Taiwan
August/September 2025
Those Crazy Columban Colliers
August/September 2025
Joy, Love, and Commitment
August/September 2025
Rekindling “Care for the Earth”
August/September 2025
A-Bombs
August/September 2025
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Here are the latest stories from Columban priests and lay 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 added each week.
Since 2017, I have been living and working in Fiji. In December last year, I returned home to Tonga for my home vacation, intending to spend time with my elderly parents…
“Wajau, do you remember me? I was in the minor seminary and you came to visit us one night. You talked about Pilemon. Then you taught us a song about Pilemon. Do you…
It’s not surprising that many of Jesus’s contemporaries felt He was crazy. All that stuff about “love your enemy, give away your possessions, lay down your life for others…
On January 18, 2025, twelve Columban missionaries representing different countries gathered in Hong Kong for a Columban Formation Committee meeting. We had a guest speaker…
I have been reflecting on my experiences in the tribal ministry – among both the Parkari Kohlis and the Punjabis. Over the past five years, I have witnessed various…
A training on Regenerative Agriculture/soil regeneration was conducted and held at Living Soils Farm, Sitio Kakawan, Patrocenio, Claveria, Misamis Oriental, Philippines,…
It has been 80 years since two atomic bombs were detonated, one over Hiroshima and one over Nagasaki, Japan. On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the first of these explosions…
When I asked, “Why did you choose to come to Taiwan?,” Adi, an Indonesian caregiver, replied, “To earn money for my family, to provide for their needs and well-being, to…
“Priest of Jesus Christ celebrate this Holy Mass as if it were your first Mass, your last Mass, your only Mass.” This saying is on the vesting bench in the sacristy where…
In the Catholic tradition, prayer and spirituality are at the very heart of our relationship with God. They are not peripheral practices but essential means through which…
Greetings to our Columban supporters once again. The theme for this month’s magazine is “Prayer and Spirituality.” Very profound and personal to all of us.
For many…
