Last year I decided to go to Pakistan to visit my uncle and get a sense of the work he was doing. Since as far back as I can remember I've been…
"The Columbans are still interested." With those words, Fr. Tom Shaughnessy concluded his letter to Andrei Paz. It was an invitation which put the…
The faithful at Santa Rosa chapel in Lima might at times feel they are suffering from double visi
Sitting down with Patricia Rodriguez amidst a noisy comedor (community center) bustling with activity, boisterous children, cats and dogs, she…
For the five weeks leading up to Christmas 2017, two Adelaide, Australia, diocesan seminarians, Anthony Beltrame and Olek Stirrat, participated in…
In his Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), Pope Francis put his fin
I met a very courageous and determined girl sometime in 2005 in Ozamiz City, Philippines.
The closing of the Columban centennial in Myanmar was held in Myitkyina where Columbans worked fo
The vast majority of Filipinos love their children, they care for them, pamper and spoil them at
Travelling to strange places and leaving familiar things behind entails a mixed feeling of excite