Columbans help families struggling amid pandemic in Peru

Columbans help families struggling amid pandemic in Peru

An update from Fr Ed O’Connell about the Columban outreach to families trying to survive the Covid-19 crisis in Peru.   The total number of cases of coronavirus on the 18 April was 1,704,757 (51.6% in Lima Department and Province of Callao) and 57,230 deaths (49.3% in...
Korean Prayer for Reunification

Korean Prayer for Reunification

“You have the wrong number. This is the North Korean embassy.” It was sometime in 1999 when I did my First Missionary Assignment (FMA) in Peru, recalls Fr Thomas Seungwon Nam, a South Korean Columban missionary. I had to renew my passport. For the first time in my...
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...
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...
Memorial plaque to commemorate Andrea in Peru

Memorial plaque to commemorate Andrea in Peru

A memorial plaque commemorating Andrea Xiomara Alvarez Rojas will be officially unveiled at the Manuel Duato Special Needs School in Peru on the Feast of the Lord of the Miracles. The plaque recognises Andrea’s role in raising donations which helped finance recent...