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...
Happy Easter from the Columbans!

Happy Easter from the Columbans!

Christus surrexit! Surrexit vere, alleluja! – Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! May we take this opportunity to wish all our Columban family, friends, benefactors and supporters a blessed and joyful Easter. Thank you for your support for Columban...
Fr Neil’s College in Mandalay Severely Damaged by Quake

Fr Neil’s College in Mandalay Severely Damaged by Quake

Columban Fr Neil Magill founded the Higher Education College (HEC) in Mandalay after realising that many young people in Myanmar were struggling in life and had difficulty in finding jobs. The college has been “severely damaged” in Myanmar’s...
The Mystery of Christmas

The Mystery of Christmas

Some years ago, on Christmas morning, I met an old woman in an Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camp in Myanmar. This is her story. Three times in her life she was forced to flee for survival. Firstly, during World War II, when she was just a couple of months old,...
‘There is a Season for Everything…’

‘There is a Season for Everything…’

‘There is a season for everything, a time for every purpose under heaven’ (Ecclesiastes 3:1) We human beings like to mark special moments in time – a birthday, a wedding anniversary, a golden jubilee, a centenary. This year as we, Columban Sisters, mark 100 years of...