Proverbs in Mission

Proverbs in Mission

Proverbs are the ancient wisdom of a country’s culture expressed in pithy sentences – and often with humour. Proverbs provide missionaries with an insight into how their adopted people think and act, writes Columban missionary Fr Barry Cairns. To an aged person (I am...
Holy Thursday: A Call to be of Service to Others

Holy Thursday: A Call to be of Service to Others

On Holy Thursday we commemorate Jesus’ washing of the feet of the apostles. Fr Tim Mulroy explains how that ritual reminds priests that they are called to be of service to those who feel worn and faded by the demands and suffering of the world. The wrapping on the...
Christmas in ‘Paradise’

Christmas in ‘Paradise’

Columban Father John Boles celebrated Christmas Mass in ‘Paradise’ last year. It was not the future paradise we all aspire to but something from the past – a 4,000-year-old temple in Peru. People often boast about having celebrated Mass in churches that are...
“Our missionary call is rooted in baptism”

“Our missionary call is rooted in baptism”

A message from our regional director, Fr Raymond Husband, published in the January/February 2019 issue of the Far East magazine. As we begin a New Year, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers of the Far East, our benefactors and friends a Happy...