Who stole away those golden leaves which recently had fallen from the trees
Decorating those tired and resting fields
Past Magazine Stories
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October 2016
October 2016
Each Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Seoul, Korea, believers come to celebrate the Eucharist in Kwang Hwa Mun Plaza in the center of Seoul.
August/September 2016
Earlier this year, two Columban Fathers—an Irish farmer by way of decades of mission in Pakistan and an Iowa farmer by way of decades of mission in Korea—and I visited…
August/September 2016
“I couldn’t manage without them.” That is a phrase one often hears in a discussion between the parish priests in Fiji, whether indigenous or foreign born.
August/September 2016
Columban missionary Fr. Tanvir O’Hanlon invited me to work with the Columbans for the promotion of mission in our local church.
August/September 2016
Since I joined the Columban lay mission program in 2000, I have learned three different languages: English, Filipino (Tagalog) and Spanish.
August/September 2016
Growing up in New York City, summers for me were times for relaxing, recreation and fun.
August/September 2016
Almost six months ago, I arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, to begin my mission assignment.
August/September 2016
From our earliest days, almost a century ago, Columban missionaries have employed people to assist us in a variety of roles to support our mission.
August/September 2016
On my first visit to Nagasaki’s Atomic Bomb Museum, the obscenity of the atomic bomb left me angry and disturbed.
August/September 2016
Lumen Gentium emphasizes the “universal call to holiness” which applies to all the “people of God”– clergy, religious and lay people, stating that “all…