“What am I going to do now?” I asked myself after nearly 40 years of overseas appointments: Japan, Rome, Fiji. The answer wasn’t long in coming. I became a “Thank You Columban.”

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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In one of my afternoon walks here in Murree where I am learning Urdu, I met two Muslim men who approached me. I am always happy to speak with the local people so as I headed back to the house, they walked with me and began asking me...

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Cross-cultural mission today continues to promote the gospel values of caring and love and strengthens our global community.

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The sacrifices, the violence, the struggle, the separation, the destitution, the loneliness, the anguish, the fear experienced by Elena is an everyday experience of poor people, particularly women, in the developing world.

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Because we had preached so much about protecting God’s creation, the fishermen didn’t kill the bird. Instead, they brought it over to my place where we built a makeshift aviary.

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Our first lesson was spent solely repeating each vowel sound up to a hundred times or more. To my great relief my pupil never flinched though the experience must have been woefully boring if not actually painful.

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Next month I am accompanying a group of Columban supporters on pilgrimage ‘In the Footsteps of St Columban' to commemorate the 1400th anniversary of St Columban’s death. Our group is made up of 38 pilgrims ...

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I was told that teenagers were not interested in coming to Mass and prayers. When I heard that, I felt hopeless. The goal I set for myself just collapsed. It was difficult to accept defeat but it was the only direction I seemed to be going.

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Fr Robert was granted honorary citizenship of the City of Seoul in recognition for his community services such as financial services, job counselling, housing the homeless and the dispossessed.

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The hashtag is an incredibly powerful tool that offers a channel of mass-expression. The hashtags that go viral provide an indication of values and priorities that we share as a national and international community.

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