Past Magazine Stories

I can still vividly remember the day when we first opened Ladies' Day in Christ Church, Farm Road.

It's been nearly six years since I arrived in Birmingham, England, as a Columban lay missionary.

The other day I walked out of the church after Mass. There is a group of beggars there at the gate of St. Peter’s Church.

The Columban missionaries began their work in Peru in 1951 and continue working throughout the country today.

Cricket is played everywhere in Pakistan. On streets, in parks and wherever there is an area big enough for the game. People of all classes and faiths play it.

When I instructed catechumens in Japan, I spent the first year dealing with ordinary catechetical matters. After Baptism we studied St. Luke's Gospel and Acts.

The Columban missionaries staffed the three parishes on Amakusa Island in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, from 1950 through 1997.

There is something about life on an island. The past number of years I’ve been blessed to spend three weeks on an island called Negros Oriental.

On the night of December 16, 2011, a sendong or typhoon struck the northern coast of Mindanao, the main southern island of the Philippines.

The tall elderly man leaning slightly on his cane, stands out among the people of the Andes.

Aside from my parish involvement, one of the most memorable experiences that I had in Peru was my ministry in Manuel Duato, a special institution which provides basic…

Like the majority of Columban missionaries, it is usual for me to spend the Christmas season far from my family.