Far East archive

March 2021

Fr Neil Magill pays tribute to Archbishop Paul Grawng of Mandalay, a great friend to the Society and successor of Columban Bishop John Howe in Myitkyina.

Jan 2021

Vida Hequilan, Coordinator of the Central Leadership Team in Hong Kong, writes about 30 years of Columban Lay Mission.

Nov 2020

Fr Ed O’Connell writes about the communities linked to the Warmi Huasi project in Peru and how they are providing food for those worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dec 2020

Fr John Boles recalls Christmas Day last year when he celebrated Mass at a 4,000-year old temple complex in Peru.

Jan/Feb 2020

Sr Kate Midgley joined Extinction Rebellion’s ‘Faith Bridge’ at a recent demonstration in London to call for government action on the climate crisis.

March/April 2020

Fr Tae-moon Kwon lived in China. People, he suggests, can be instruments of salvation for other wounded souls when they express the love they have within them

May/June 2020

Fr Cyril Lovett recalls the special qualities and talents of the Far East’s Assistant Editor, and how she brightened the lives of so many in the Columban family.

Sept/Oct 2020

This is a jubilee year for a number of our Columban martyrs. Fr Cyril Lovett writes about these anniversaries and a new booklet on the 24 Columbans who died violently for the Gospel.

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