The December 2025 issue of the Far East is now available in print and digital editions with plenty content to help you prepare for Advent and Christmas.
Fr Tim Mulroy recalls a conversation he had with an elderly missionary about his prayerful preparations for a quiet Christmas, each day remembering some of the people and places from his life’s journey.
Last Christmas Columban Missionary Fr John McEvoy was invited to celebrate Mass in the ruins of Killoughey’s old church and cemetery where 373 years previously 100 people were brutally killed as they attended Christmas Day Mass.
As we contemplate the Christmas miracle, Fr John Boles invites us to learn about a Columban miracle – the Prayer Trust – which has published an astonishing seven million booklets and is marking its silver jubilee this year.
Sr Mihwa Kim recalls a gathering at Christmastime for young people in a rural part of China in which the focus was St Joseph, the quiet and faithful man entrusted with the care of Mary and her child, Jesus.
Christmas is a special time for family. Columban Lay Missionary Naanise Mo’unga recalls her holiday last year at home in Tonga and the importance of family, connection, and the joy of spending time together.
Plus Columban Lay Missionary, Nathalie Marytsch, writes about the Hope Garden in Birmingham which provides a sanctuary for those marginalised due to ethnicity, disability or social status.
Fr Tim Mulroy pays tribute to Columban Missionary Fr Barry Cairns who celebrates 70 years of priesthood this month.
Fr Pat Colgan recounts a recent visit of a Fijian family to Dalgan as part of their search for their Irish ancestors and how they “connected the circle” between Fiji and Ireland and the Chutes and the Columbans.
Happy Reading!