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As we step into new year 2025, we look back with gratitude on the journey that has brought us to where we are and look forward with hope. As we
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Be Quiet: Listening to Jesus of Nazareth
By Joan Yap, Columban Lay Missionary in Taiwan What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us?” These words struck me deeply because
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Faith with Feet
By Marivic Mercene “To be a missionary is to be with the people,” Fr. Enrique Escobar reflects. “You walk with them, you eat with them, you suffer with them,
When all you hear is THUNDER and NO RAIN
By Fr. Kurt Zion Pala, SSC It has been two years since we last hosted the Student Leadership Camp, and much have changed since then. While most parts of
The Migrants’ Son and Missionary Who Became Pope Leo XIV
By Fr. Shay Cullen, PREDA Founder The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old Augustinian missionary to Peru, as pope on May 8 signaled a clear desire among his
Prepare for Persecution: When Mission Becomes Witness for the Earth
By Marivic Mercene “We need to prepare ourselves for persecution.” Fr. Brendan Kelly’s words hung in the air, heavy and unsettling. I had asked him how our two mission
Rites and Catechism
By Fr. Louie Ybañez In an Islamic country like Pakistan, Christmas doesn’t cause much of a stir for the majority of people. However, it does matter to many Christians, as
A Humble and Compassionate Caregiver
By Febie Gonzales, Columban Lay Missionary in Taiwan “Compassion is a language of God” -Pope Francis. When I asked, “Why did you choose to come to Taiwan?” Adi, an
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A Time in History (November 17 – 23)
November 20 FR. ABRAHAM SHACKLETON was born at Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland in 1908. He died suddenly at Dalgan on November 20, 1978. Fr. Abe attended various Dublin schools until his father,
A Time in History (November 8-16)
November 8 FR. PAUL RICHARDSON was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA on March 5, 1929. He attended public schools before entering the seminary at Silver Creek in 1945. He continued his
A Time in History (November 1-7)
November 1 FR. THOMAS BRENNAN was born in 1920 at Kilkelly, County Mayo, Ireland. He died at Navan Hospital on November 1, 2004. Educated at Kilkelly, Ballyfin and St. Mary’s College,
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