Far East Magazine

The Far East is the official magazine of the Columban Missionaries in Britain. Subscribe today and gain unique insights into Columban Mission work worldwide.

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Filled with news, stories, reflections, and photos, the Far East magazine will deepen your understanding of diverse cultures, religions, and the effects of global challenges on the many communities we serve.

Whilst highlighting issues like poverty, exploitation and injustice, the magazine also showcases the solidarity of Columban missionaries working with local communities to improve lives, guided by the teachings of Jesus Christ.

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The Far East magazine is published seven times a year and there is an annual subscription.

£15 for UK subscribers
£25 for subscribers living in Europe
£35 for subscribers living in the rest of the World

Subscribe or renew your subscription online, or via one of the following options.

Standing Order

Email fareast@columbans.co.uk and we will send you our bank account details and a payment reference.

By Telephone

Call the Mission Office on 01564 772096 to pay your subscription via credit or debit card (Monday to Friday, 10AM to 4PM).

By Post

Send a cheque, postal order or charity voucher payable to ‘Columban Missionaries’ to the address at the bottom of this page.

If you would prefer to receive fewer than seven issues of the magazine per year, please tell us how many you would like to receive when paying your subscription. The subscription amount remains the same. We direct any funds not used for the production and distribution of the magazine to Columban ministries and projects worldwide.

If you have a query about the Far East magazine or your subscription, please email fareast@columbans.co.uk

“I grew up reading my parent’s copy of the Far East and I am now a subscriber of the magazine myself! I enjoy learning more about various Columban Mission programmes around the world and seeing how donations made to the Columbans are being used to support those less fortunate than ourselves.”

Philip, Bristol

Recent editions

September/October 2025

Water security caused by monoculture plantations in southern Chile is an issue close to Fr. Alvaro Martinez’s heart. Thanks to his efforts, some native trees and wild flora are flourishing and enhancing biodiversity.

July/August 2025

If Columban Mission is a “mad thing to do”, as our co-founder Bishop Edward Galvin once said, then there can be none more mad – nor more inspiring – than the three members of the Collier family who joined the Society, writes Fr. John Boles.

May/June 2025

In her ministry at the Hope Workers Centre and her local church in Taiwan, Columban Lay Missionary Reins Mosqueda has discovered that hospitality goes beyond kindness.

March/April 2025

Last Easter Fr. Colin McLean staged a contemporary Way of the Cross. He recalls how it brought the reality of Jesus’ suffering and death to a deeper level for parishioners.

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