Kitchens in the Sky

Kitchens in the Sky

With Columban support, a religious Sister is helping feed mountain-top shanty-town dwellers in Covid ravaged Peru, reports Columban missionary Fr John Boles. “Die from Covid or die from hunger. Not much of a choice.” Sr Isabel Miguelez spells out the stark dilemma...
Meet a Columban – Fr John Hegerty SSC

Meet a Columban – Fr John Hegerty SSC

In this episode of ‘Meet a Columban’, Fr Jim Mulroney speaks to Fr John Hegerty SSC who has been in Peru since 1971. Born in 1941 in Redesdale, central Victoria in Australia, he grew up on his parents’ 1,700 acre sheep and cattle and rotational cropping holding,...
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...
“Keep on Walking”

“Keep on Walking”

Columban Fr Dylan Tabaco tells Fr John Boles how he thought he knew all about walking, until he came to Peru and met someone who’d walked across half a continent. The Covid-19 pandemic may have brought hardship and tragedy to countless numbers throughout the world,...
Fr Chris Baker reflects on 70 years as a Columban priest

Fr Chris Baker reflects on 70 years as a Columban priest

Fr Jim Mulroney speaks to Fr Chris Baker about celebrating the 70th anniversary of his ordination and being one of three boys in his family who joined the Columbans in Australia. The body may be bent now. An occasional walking stick supports movement. The muscles that...