Stories from Columban Missions
A Little Girl from Narulang
When I attended Mass in Narulang, I noticed a little girl who was walking with difficulty. After the Mass, I had a conversation with the girl’s…
The Crosses We Carry
Myanmar, formerly Burma, was for a little while hopeful after it held its very first democratic elections after a long time. But it did not last…
Writing Everyone’s Apocalypse — Again
The Columbans sent me to study scripture in Rome back in the 1970s. Eventually, the Jesuits gave me a doctorate for finding “love” in the…
A Neighbor in Need
The season of Lent invites us to alternate between meditating on Jesus as He embraces His cross going with outstretched arms to assist our…
Darkness Would Not Be Dark to You
Last April I sowed wildflower seeds — I just raked the ground and scattered the seeds, as did the Sower whom Jesus talks about in the Gospels. As…
Big Black Water Buffalo
When the Covid-19 pandemic and the political conflict happened in Myanmar, formerly Burma, many people suffered economically, physically, mentally…