Chile
Prison Ministry
Being There for Others Today I was talking to a woman who goes twice a week to visit her son who is serving ten years in prison. Listening to her, I began to understand how the family suffers. Pedro, her …
Categories: Chile, November 2011
Our Earth and My Passion in Life
Dialogue through Labor: Missionary Visitors
It is a curious but blessed fact of missionary life that geographical distances do not produce emotional distances. Columban missionaries often live in countries which are a long way from the countries where they were born and raised. We can …
Categories: Chile Updates, Front Feature, Reflection Writings
Pedaling to Live Housing Program (Philippines)
Each house will consist of two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and an indoor toilet. The materials will be wood and hollow blocks with galvanized metal for roofing. All the materials will be sourced locally. The cost of materials per house is $1,500 including $660 for labor which will be provided locally. The drivers themselves will provide 80% of the labor required to build their own houses.
Categories: Chile Updates
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Family Life: The Privilege of a Loving Home
Family life is something my husband and I take for granted. We were blessed with great parents. They taught us, supported us, and we knew beyond a doubt that their love for us was unconditional. My first job out of …
Categories: Chile Updates
Responses to Chile prison fire
Fr. Michael Hoban, Columban missionary priest from the U.S. and Vicar for the southern zone of Santiago, asks the local Church to pray for victims of the recent prison fire. The Vicar of the southern zone of Santiago, Chile, Fr. …
Categories: Chile Updates
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Photos of Chile (Fr. Mosher)
An outdoor mass A Waterfall in Chile
Categories: Chile Photos, Chile Updates, Photo Gallery
Columban parish takes active role in Chilean community
Dear Columban Friend, As we enter into the hopeful season of Advent, I can think of no better time to share with you the work of one of our most recently ordained Columban Fathers and his joy in living out …
Categories: Chile Updates
Trapped! Faith helps families of miners
Columban Fr. Alvaro Martinez visits the now world-famous Chilean mine of San José to speak to the trapped workers and their families.
Categories: Chile Updates
Chat with the Drapers, Lay Missionaries in Chile
David and Anna Draper are lay missionaries with the Columban Fathers, currently living and working in Chile. Chat with them by asking questions before or during our live chat.
Categories: Chats, Chile Updates
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Who doesn’t have memories of being called to the table with the love and intimacy that comes with a life shared day-to- day? These also were Jesus’ words to His beloved ones
