Fr Donal O’Keeffe helped Catholic groups articulate their faith in terms of challenging structural injustice. They also sat in front of bulldozers, blocking the machines that were demolishing houses...

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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After death there is the solemn transferral of the body into the coffin. This small but important rite is done in the home. The priest blesses the body which is laid out on a strong cloth...

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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A lovely side effect is that at 80 I feel free from stress. I feel that I am a more effective missionary than the days of my do-it-yourself youthful vigor! My prayer is still, “O Lord keep causing holy disquiet and keep giving me the courage to face it.”

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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Fr Pat Colgan writes about a new Columban chapter about to begin. A team of Columban missionaries will begin work in 2015 with the Kachin minority in Myanmar where Columbans who had previously worked from 1936 to 1979.

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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Fourteen hundred pupils now enjoy fine facilities and dedicated teachers whose efforts have led to the school being given international accreditation for the quality of its education.

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There are numerous problems facing the community –poverty, unemployment, drug use, violence- and a sense that the entire area is being neglected by the government in terms of development and infrastructure.

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Recently Pope Francis invited us to get to know the poor, whoever they are. He asks us to treat them as persons and respect them. He prays that we might learn what they have to teach us.

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A fire broke out on the edges of the city of Valparaiso, located on the coast of Chile. The unseasonably high temperature and strong winds spread the fire rapidly and destroyed 2,900 homes. Most of these homes belonged to the poor.

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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The Far East Magazine congratulates Fr Walter as he celebrates his 40th anniversary. Columbans wish him God's blessing on his ministry into the future.

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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Officials of the Pakistan government’s Board for the National Language have praised the translation project because it represents an encounter between the culture and language of Urdu and Catholic doctrine and theology.

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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