Reflection for December 2023

Reflection for December 2023

As I reflect in our small Columban community of three sisters living in the heart of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, the words of the hymn, ‘Longing for light, we wait in darkness’ come to mind. We live in a situation where this longing for light is very real...
Fr Michael John McGuire

Fr Michael John McGuire

Michael John McGuire was born in Limerick on 10 June 1944. He was educated at Clarecastle NS, CBS Limerick and St Kieran’s, Bray. He joined the Christian Brothers and spent four years at the Training College in Marino, Dublin. He then spent two years teaching in...
Two Old Monks

Two Old Monks

Khaing Khaing Mon (Nicole Wong), a teacher and editor at HEC Magazine in Mandalay Archdiocesan Higher Education College pays tribute to Columban missionary Fr Neil Magill. As it is my day-off today, my thoughts wander. I start to miss two old monks. One is a Buddhist...
Joy as Two New Columban Deacons Ordained

Joy as Two New Columban Deacons Ordained

Rev Iowane Naio from Fiji Islands and Rev Francis Xavier La Aung Nbwi from Myanmar were ordained to the diaconate last Saturday in the Columban International Theologate House in Cubao, Quezon City in the Philippines. Francis Xavier is the first Kachin permanent member...
Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Report

Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Report

The Missionary Society of St Columban’s Annual Report for 2022-23 has just been published. Society Leader, Fr Tim Mulroy writes: As I leafed through this Annual Report and reflected on Columban mission during this past year, I was struck by the multiple cords of...