Think About your Estate
Most of us are reluctant to plan for the future; at least a recent ABC News story indicates that! http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=86992. Over half of all Americans do not have a will and have...
View ArticlePrayers that Rise
There’s a bitter irony in what Jesus said in the gospel last Sunday. This is especially true when you consider that the same scriptures were read here in the islands of the Philippines where the super...
View ArticlePhilippines Update
Dear Columban Friend, Firstly, my sincere thanks to all of you who, either personally or together as a region, have emailed or phoned to let us know that you are in solidarity with us and the people of...
View ArticleEYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON YOLANDA BY FR. SHAY CULLEN
I flew into Cebu City, an hours flight from Manila and drove with two Preda staff starting 3 am to visit the northern towns of Cebu Island on Tuesday, 19 November. The goal was to reach Daanbantayan,...
View ArticlePhilippines Update
Dear Columban Friend, Words don’t come easily when trying to describe the effects of typhoon Yolanda on the people caught in the path of this super typhoon. In recorded history there has never been...
View ArticleA Moment from the Missions
I recently returned from a trip to the Philippines where I spent several weeks visiting Columban missionaries in action and helping where I could. I returned to the United States the day before the...
View ArticleGod With Them
Despite what we read in the newspapers, the Church is not a monolith; it is a living institution. Busy people working their way through a busy agenda instinctively reach out to the Church, seek its...
View Article2014 Prayer Intentions
January General: That all may promote authentic economic development that respects the dignity of all peoples. Mission: That Christians of diverse denominations may walk toward the unity desired by...
View Article2014 Prayer Intentions
January General: That all may promote authentic economic development that respects the dignity of all peoples. Mission: That Christians of diverse denominations may walk toward the unity desired by...
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From the Director-The Gift of Faith and Joy
Fr. Tim Mulroy “How do you celebrate Christmas in your village?” I asked Salustino, as we battled December’s icy wind while walking back together to the Columban International Seminary on the south...
View ArticleDecember Regional Statement
Dear Confreres, LM & Co-Workers, During this Advent season we prepare to welcome Christ into our hearts and world at Christmas. Therefore, just as the shepherds actively sought out Christ among the...
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I WAS A STRANGER AND … ?
Fr. Tim Mulroy During this Advent season we prepare to welcome Christ into our hearts and world at Christmas. Therefore, just as the shepherds actively sought out Christ among the strangers in...
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A Sign of Peace
Sometime in the 1980´s there was the idea that the Church was Communion and community did not need elaborate buildings. What the community needed was communication and so went the argument that with...
View ArticleLooking for Something More
A well known up-market women’s magazine, much devoted to the cult of the body, the latest fashion, the “good life” has appointed a “spirituality editor.” It seems, according to her, that despite having...
View ArticleLifetime Commitment
As a layperson, it is sometimes difficult to comprehend the dedication and commitment of the men who have given themselves and their entire lives to the calling of the missionary priesthood; sometimes...
View ArticleTHE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION
The story of the rescue of Rosemary is heartening and encouraging. When we read about such stories of young children like that of Rosemary being helped and rescued from the clutches of depraved people...
View ArticleThe Survival of Orphan Erica
Columban Fr. Shay Cullen writes about his work in Tacloban, Leyte, following the devastating typhoon: I arrived to give group therapy to the many survivors in the squalid evacuation camps to cope...
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Our Hearts Are the Same as Yours
Fr. Tim Mulroy For months the Japanese villagers close to the city of Nagasaki cautiously eyed the new building that was under construction. They noticed that some people from other countries who had...
View ArticleCasual Cruelty
Recently I came across a term that I had not heard before, but it named a reality that I was familiar with. I encountered it in Mary McEvoy’s book, Where the Light Gets In. This book tells of her...
View ArticleRetirement?
The Missionary road it twists and it bends But you never suspect that it comes to an end Like Elias of old who laid down and pleaded Take my life |O Lord if such is needed. The good news will go forth,...
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