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November 2020

In the Hands of the Master Baker

I’ve been working in the parish of Christ the King in Ba, which is located in the western part of Fiji, for more than a year now. Near where I live is St. Theresa’s Primary school which has a statue of St. Therese of the Child Jesus.

By Evangeline "Jinky" Ucol
November 25, 2020
Atonio and friends

New Language

Living with a host family was a blessing for me. I lived with the family of Maria Rene Covarrubias Arze in Cochabamba, Bolivia. She is a widow who lives with her two daughters and three grandsons.

By Atonio Saula Tibema Seeto
November 23, 2020
Columban Fr. Ed O'Connell and parishioners before Mass

My "STABLE" Experience in the Sacred Heart Community

My name is Iowane Naio, and I am from Fiji. I joined the Columban Formation Program in 2014, and I studied for two and a half years in the Pacific Regional Seminary in Fiji before moving to the Philippines in 2016 to continue my theological studies.

By Iowane Naio
November 19, 2020
Inspiring people

Inspiring People

Getting to know the people in this community of Rancho Anapra Corpus Christi Parish, Juarez City, México, was my number one priority when I arrived here after learning Spanish. I visited families and got involved in parish activities such as catechism class and prayer groups.

By Sainiana Tamatawale
November 16, 2020
Rosalia working with children

Hope for a Brighter Future

Casa del Migrante (Migrant House) is one of the shelters in ciudad Juárez, Mexico, under the management of the diocese.

By Rosalia Basada
November 13, 2020
Sacred Heart of Jesus

A Home for the Sacred Heart of Jesus

During a recent visit to Peru, Maritza Upiachiwa and her husband Jorge Sanchez invited me to celebrate Sunday Mass for the community of the chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Chuquitanta in Huandoy parish on the north side of Lima.

By Fr. George Hogarty
November 11, 2020
Cleaning up the remains of the old chapel

Fire!

The phone woke me from a deep sleep. I turned on the light. The clock read 2:35 a.m., and the caller was Saiyun, a church leader in DaGuan village. Her mother is elderly and in poor health. I thought something had happened to her mother, and I answered the call.

By Fr. Larry Barnett
November 9, 2020
Fr. John Boles with parishioners

The Dream of the Amazon

Even before the Pope convoked the Synod on the Amazon in 2019, and issued his dramatic exhortation, Columban missionaries in South America have been eagerly engaged in campaigns to support the local Church, and to protect the ecology and peoples of the Amazon against injustice and exploitation.

By Fr. John Boles
November 6, 2020
Fr. Vincenzo and his team with the bus

Going on Mission

In February 2020 some eighteen priests and Sisters participated in the Mission Education Program for Korean missionaries going overseas at our Center House in Seoul. It was directed by Columban Fr. Thomas Nam Seungwon and the staff at our Mission Center in Seoul.

Fr. Donal O'Keef
November 4, 2020

Wisdom of Heart

During my vacation back home in Ireland, much of my time is spent visiting family members, neighbors and friends in the countryside.

By Fr. Tim Mulroy
November 2, 2020

Keeping Ancient Traditions Alive

In the Gospel of Matthew 13:52 Jesus describes the Kingdom of Heaven as being like a householder who brings forth treasures new and old from his storeroom.

By Fr. George Hogarty
November 2, 2020

Thankfulness, Gratefulness, Praise

A while ago I was feeling discouraged and someone reminded me that “a hundred-yard dash is not over at the 99th yard.” In other words, “don’t give up too early.” It was good advice. Now we all find ourselves heading into the last few weeks of 2020, but we should not just resign ourselves to coasting till the end of the year. Turning this strange year into a successful year means discovering the Lord’s will in the circumstances we find ourselves in each day.

Earlier this year one of my friends quipped that “the most useless purchase he ever made was a 2020 planner.” Indeed, the “at a glance planning calendar” on the wall in my office is full of crossed out commitments and dotted all over with appointments that never happened. It tells quite a story. Who could even have imagined on the first of January that we were headed for a shut-down of so much of the economy and of so many aspects of our personal lives? Who would have

By Fr. John Burger
November 2, 2020

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