Stories from Columban Missions
Children Are the Most Important of All
Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the greatest man who ever lived, the one man that gives meaning and purpose and values…
The Light that Overcomes the Night
Christmas night in 1983, Father Leo and I trudged up the long street bringing us up to our house in a working-class neighborhood of the capital…
Dumingag
Families develop their own unique ways to celebrate Christmas. Many have vivid memories of Christmas family rituals. The warmth and joy may even…
Subanen Crafters Celebrate Christmas
Every year the Subanen crafters and their families hold our annual Christmas reunion. The occasion has its usual games and food. We crown a queen…
Healing Body and Spirit
The Subanens are an indigenous people whose ancestral homeland is in the mountains of northwest Mindanao, Philippines. Like other indigenous…
Let Heaven and Nature Sing
Here in Hong Kong, during the final week of Advent, so much of my time and attention is divided between two things: preparing for the Christmas…