May/June 2025 Issue of the Far East Magazine

May/June 2025 Issue of the Far East Magazine

The May/June 2025 issue of the Far East is now available both in print and digital editions. There is a range of stories from our mission projects including a piece by Fr Dan Troy about Columban efforts to establish ecology spaces at retreat houses, pastoral centres...
Manila’s ‘Beacon of Hope’

Manila’s ‘Beacon of Hope’

Fr John Boles speaks to Lydio Mangao Jr about how Columban seminarians are bringing hope to one of Manila’s most notorious slums. “This’ll be a real eye-opener”, Lydio told me, and he wasn’t joking. Lydio Mangao Jr is a Columban seminarian from the Philippines. He...
The Mountain Man

The Mountain Man

Born and raised in the mountains of Peru, Columban missionary Fr Salustino Villalobos now finds himself serving God’s people in the mountains of Taiwan, writes Fr John Boles. The Holy Spirit is a great mover. In the Bible, the Spirit moves Jesus from Galilee to...
Man With a Mission

Man With a Mission

Fr John Boles profiles Columban Missionary Fr Tony Coney whose work with disadvantaged children in a poor area of the Peruvian capital, Lima, has transformed many young lives. “For me, life began at 40,” laughs Fr Tony Coney, remembering how he arrived in Lima on the...
Martyr to a House Divided

Martyr to a House Divided

The Korean War ended seventy years ago, but memories of the victims are still fresh. Amongst those who died was Columban martyr Fr Jim Maginn. Fr John Boles visited Korea to learn more about his story. Panmunjeom must rank as one of the world’s most bizarre tourist...