Plenty to Read This Christmas in the Far East!

Plenty to Read This Christmas in the Far East!

The December 2025 issue of the Far East is now available in print and digital editions with plenty content to help you prepare for Advent and Christmas. Fr Tim Mulroy recalls a conversation he had with an elderly missionary about his prayerful preparations for a quiet...
Advent: A Call to Open the Inn of our Hearts

Advent: A Call to Open the Inn of our Hearts

Advent, a unique time of waiting and preparation in the liturgical year, can mirror the anticipation Mary felt as she carried the baby Jesus in her womb, writes Columban Lay Missionary Nathalie Marytsch. For many across the world, this joyful season is marked by...
Changing the Narrative

Changing the Narrative

World Day of Migrants and Refugees is Sunday 29th September 2024. Nathalie Marytsch has been a Columban Lay Missionary in Birmingham for more than twenty years. The call to mission has seen her accompanying refugees and diverse communities of people newly arrived in...
Engaging in Interreligious Dialogue

Engaging in Interreligious Dialogue

Columban Lay Missionary Nathalie Marytsch explains how her faith has changed and what she has learned through interreligious dialogue in Britain. Engaging in interreligious dialogue (IRD) is both a joy and challenge in my experience as a lay missionary in Britain. As...
Advent at Fatima House

Advent at Fatima House

Columban lay missionary, Nathalie Marytsch reflects on Advent and suggests that the constant waiting in hope which the asylum seekers at Fatima House in Birmingham go through means every day is Advent for them. When we Christians think of Advent we immediately...