Seminary Life During Lockdown

Seminary Life During Lockdown

Lockdown changed life in the Philippines for Columban seminarian Jerry Lohera and spurred him to get planting fruit and vegetables to ease the stress. From September 2019 up to the first week of March 2020, I and four other Columban seminarians (one from Fiji, two...
New Year’s Message from Fr Ray Husband

New Year’s Message from Fr Ray Husband

On 24 November 1992, Queen Elizabeth II gave a speech at the Guildhall London to mark the 40th anniversary of her accession to the throne. In her speech the Queen referred to recent events as part of an ‘annus horribilis’. She went on to say that “1992 is not a...
Keep Going!

Keep Going!

Columban lay missionary Marea Lyn Almirañez explains why one of her favourite Mandarin phrases is 加油 (jiā yóu). The first character ‘加’ (jiā) means “add” and the second character ‘油’ (yóu) means “oil”. 加油 means “to add oil” or “refuel”....