Far East archive

May/June 2022

Marking 70 years of Columban mission in Fiji, Fr. Frank Hoare highlights how young Pacifi can Columbans are now taking up the missionary flame.

March/April 2022

With the help of archives and the memories of those who knew him, Fr John Boles recalls the career of Fr Mick Fitzgerald, a prime mover of Columban mission in Peru

January 2022

Columban missionary Fr John Hegerty never thought he would be able to go back to his life as a farmer, writes Fr John Boles, until the pandemic struck!

December 2021

Deep in the industrial heartland of northern England, Fr John Boles encountered a parish with a remarkable tale to tell.

November 2021

Fr Vincent Busch explains how the images on this year’s Subanen Christmas cards celebrate the ordinary, thoughtful ways that Joseph and Mary cared for each other

Sept/Oct 2021

Fr John Boles writes about the Columbans’ response to Pope Francis’s dream of promoting evangelisation and justice in the world’s greatest rainforest.

July/ Aug 2021

Fr Donal Hogan remembers the outpouring of grief at the memorial services for Fr Rufus Halley twenty years ago in Mindanao, Butlerstown and Dalgan Park.

May/June 2021

Fr Seán McDonagh is renowned for his leadership on care for the earth. His latest book sheds light on the challenges of AI and robotics.

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