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Warm Easter greetings of peace and joy to you all. In this blessed season, we proclaim with hope: Christ is Risen! Alleluia! The Resurrection is the heart of our faith,
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A Pen and a Promise
By Fr. Rex Rocamora, SSC, Columban IRD Coordinator On the 4th of May 2026, I found myself walking once again toward the Sheikh Karimul Makhdum Mosque on the
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Fr. Brian Gore, SSC
FR. BRIAN GORE, SSC Brian Gore was born on 6 January 1944, in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia, to Frank Gore and Thelma Edwards. Brian joined the Columbans in 1960.

The Easter “Salubong”
By Fr. Vinnie Busch, SSC Fifty years ago, during my first parish assignment in Mindanao, I was struck by how frequent the people use statues in their spiritual lives.

Giving a Chance to Change
By Ana Flores, Columban Lay Missionary I met these women sometime 2011-2012 when we relocated some families affected by typhoon Sendong to the Mother of Divine Mercy Village in Opol. Some

From the Director
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

“Those Crazy Columban Colliers”
By Fr. John Boles, SSC “If Columban Mission is a “mad thing to do,” then nothing could be madder – or more inspiring – than three members of the

Father Roque and the CBR Legacy
By Mavic Mercene, Communications Team Member In February of this year, Regional Director Fr. Leo Distor, Mission Promotion Coordinator Fr. Rolly Aniscal, Mission Promotion Animator Evelyn Sabate, and I
A Time in History

A Time in History (August 24-31)
August 24 FR. RUDOLPH HOZA was born in the parish of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA in 1918. He died on August 24, 2001 in Rose Hawthorne Hospice Home, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

A Time in History (July 1-7)
July 1 FR. JOHN DENNEHY was born in 1933 at Headford, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. He died at St. Anne’s Hospital, Cahirciveen, County Kerry on July 1, 2009. Educated at Rathmore

A Time in History (July 17-23)
July 19 FR. JAMES COLLINS was born at Swatragh, County Derry, Ireland in 1906. He died at Candelaria, Philippines on July 19, 1959. He was an uncle of Columban Neil Collins.
