Past Magazine Stories

As I prepare for Christmas this year, my thoughts are with the people of Myanmar with whom I have celebrated Christmas since 2007. I lived in a community in Mandalay.

Where will the Christmas Festival for the communities be held this year?" asked Carolina, the Coordinator of the active Christian community of Chosicani, one of 20…

Columban Sister Mary Dillon works in Myanmar amongst those living with the HIV virus. We publish below her letter of thanks to her supporters.

When I joined the Columban Lay Missionary orientation program in 2002, I knew that my decision entailed a lot of letting go.

For millions of Filipinos, Christmas is a celebration of the family. They come together from around the world; they delight in the togetherness and sharing of respect.

Taken from the poem Mission Memories by Columban Fr. John McFadden (1894 – 1978), these lines capture his bittersweet mood as he prepares to celebrate Christmas back home…

I was reading a Biblical reflection when word came that my niece's baby had just been born.

I am standing in the center of the spacious main hall, the atrium, of the new Preda children's home for girls.

Retired Christian Brother, Brother Reginald Whitely, shares memories of his Columban brother, Fr.

Today I officiated the wedding of my sister Karen, who is a talented nurse, to her forever Dodo, who is who is a mechanical engineer.

In 1932, the Yangste and Han rivers overflowed and flooded vast areas in China. The members of the Missionary Society of St.

This evening, I had a good chat with Sukh Deo as we drank yaqona together. Sukh Deo is Hindu, but his wife and children are Catholic.