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Stories from Columban Missions

The first group of Columban Sisters along with Columban Fathers go on mission to China.
Centennial Celebration

Celebrating 100 years of the Missionary Sisters of St. Columban is one of the most significant milestones for me since I joined the Congregation…

Diary - In So Many Words
Mission Today

“A Christian world and a world yet to be evangelized. That situation no longer exists.

Maps laying on a table
90 Years of Columban Mission in Korea

Columban missionaries arrived in Korea in 1933 at the invitation of the Paris Foreign Missions (MEP) Bishop Demange of Daegu Diocese. As many of…

Group of people sitting on a beach at sunset
Love for Young People

For almost three decades, working with young people has been part of my ministry as a parish catechist in my home country of the Philippines and…

Homeless person sleeping on park bench
A Challenging Encounter

It was a sweltering afternoon when I was travelling back home, and it reminded me that God’s love is for anyone, not just a few chosen pious or…

dancer twirling
Dance with Me

I stand at the perimeter, never seen, never heard.
When I am noticed, they call me names:

Parishioners at St. Columbans in Fiji
When Our Lady Changed Her Mantle

It was Easter 2012 and I was acting Parish Priest of the Columban Parish of Ba in Fiji. The Ba River had burst its banks once more on the Saturday…

Students at the Learning Resources Center
A Burst of Light

Before a huge crowd of young people in Portugal Pope Francis said, “Dear young friends, today we too need something of this burst of light, so…

Pride Parade
What Have I Learned?

Back in September 1990 I came home from Korea for a sabbatical after two terms as pastor of two parishes. It was a blessing for me to be able to…