News and Features
World Interfaith Harmony Week in Mindanao
By Fr Paul Glynn... The author is a Columban priest from Ireland, ordained in 1994. He is the Intercultural Coordinator and also the Coordinator for Interreligious Dialogue in the Columban Region of the Philippines.
Columban Interreligious Dialogue
Over the years Columbans have been at the forefront of promoting peace and understanding between Christians, Muslims and Lumads in Mindanao, Philippines. Fr Paul Glynn is the Coordinator for Interreligious Dialogue in the Columban Region of the Philippines.
COLUMBAN FORMATION UPDATE as of August 2017
The Columban Formation Program in the Philippines started the new academic year 2017-2018 with the students’ annual retreat at St. Scholastica’s Center of Spirituality, Tagaytay City from July 30 till August 5. The students were privileged to have Fr. Patrick O ’Donoghue, the former Director of the Philippine region, presently assigned to Myanmar, as the retreat director. The opening mass for the academic year was held at the Singalong chapel on August 6. The students began their classes for the first semester on August 7.
The Moment I Felt God Embraced Me in the Community Life
By Columban Hkun Myat Aung...The author is a Columban seminarian from Myitkina, Myanmar who joined the Columban formation program here in the Philippines in 2015. At present he is studying Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas.
