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Past Magazine Stories

Below are stories from past issues of Columban Mission magazine. The Columban Fathers publish Columban Mission magazine eight times a year. Subscriptions are available for just $15 per year. Sign up to receive our next issue. Read more about Columban Mission magazine.

 

March/April 2017

In my early days as a missionary in Fiji, I worked mainly among the Hindu Indo-Fijians around the town of Labasa.

March/April 2017

In the history of human life suffering is what every person will encounter in their lifetime.

March/April 2017

Ethnic Indian people are traditionally obsessed with matters of pollution and purity. Purity is a central value in the culture. The caste system in India is based on this…

March/April 2017

I still have vivid memories of my first awakening in Lima, Peru, on June 24, 1971.

March/April 2017

It was about three in the afternoon on a Tuesday.

February 2017

In the not-too-distant past it was almost impossible to get governments and institutions to discuss immigration and immigrant issues.

February 2017

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

February 2017

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

February 2017

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.

February 2017

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

February 2017

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.