Fascinated by their crafting tradition, I worked with Subanens to form a project called Subanen Crafts. Each year, we create Christmas cards depicting the ordinary and thoughtful ways that Joseph and Mary cared for each other.
NEWS AND FEATURES
Around the world, the Season of Creation is celebrated starting on September 1st and ending on October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
On August 28, the Missionary Society of St. Columban commemorated the 20th death anniversary of Fr. Rufus “Popong” Halley, a man best known for his decades of work promoting peace and dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
The first part features the reflections from newly ordained deacons, Rev. Jerry Lohera and Rev. Elbert Balbastro and Larry Duerme, a third year Theology student.
Missionary Society of St. Columban: ANNUAL REPORT 2021
The second part includes the musings of Theology sophomores
Students welcome the Spiritual Year and take time to reflect on their hopes and expectations for the Formation program.
From June 2020 until now, we have been organizing a virtual monthly recollection with the objective of staying in touch with our partners and benefactors and being able to listen to their experiences.
A few months ago, I had this strange experience of having my hands washed by an old lady in the village. She grabbed my hands and started washing them. I tried to stop her but in the end, I surrendered to the moment.
Throughout the years of my stay at the border, I have felt overwhelmed and saddened by the increasing reports and tragic experiences of migrants and their children. Stories about family separation are common.
My faith gets nourished by my burning desire and commitment to encounter God and it is through my daily encounters with people that I meet Jesus. Sometimes, I find myself in doubt or lacking in my knowledge of God, but all I have to do is look at the statue of the Sto. Niño and draw inspiration from it.
During my time of fear, I realized that people around me helped me from the culture of fear to the culture of care…
The French philosopher Alain Badiou says that, “Love, the essence of which is fidelity to the meaning I give to this word, demonstrates how eternity can exist within the span of life itself.”
Gifts come in different shapes and forms. It is either something material or in the form of presence, deeds or gestures.
We celebrated the feast day of St. Columban, the Society’s patron saint, with a Mass at the Our Lady of Remedies Parish in Malate
"This is a time to celebrate the great vibrancy of faith and commitment to the Gospel of tens of millions of Filipinos here and all over the world. It is a time to be grateful for how the values of the Gospel of Jesus have endured for 500 years despite being historically so enmeshed with colonial oppression."
The Missionary of St. Columban employees and staff in the Singalong House wish you a Merry Christmas!
For our beloved mission partners, benefactors and friends. Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and a grace-filled new year.
“Sir, are you aware of what is happening to our country?” A question asked by my students in Banmaw, my mission place in Myanmar.
Looking back, I am reminded of Pope Francis’ Encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, on love and brotherhood. For a couple of years, I erected a wall high enough for self-preservation, to avoid any encounter with my neighbours.
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