A Path to Gospel Joy – or are you happy? - By Fr Barry CairnsMar 06, 2024
Just last week I was asked by one of our community in Yokohama this question: “At the moment I feel empty and downhearted. In the scriptures and constantly in our liturgy I hear about the joy of faith, and the joy of a follower of Jesus. What is this joy, and how can I taste it?” Read more
Meaning in Life - by Fr Barry CairnsFeb 27, 2024
Some words in Japanese are hard to translate. The reason is that there are many, many years of cultural feeling and experience behind the words. Read more
Proverbs in Mission - by Fr Barry CairnsApr 20, 2023
Proverbs are the ancient wisdom of a country’s culture expressed in pithy sentences – and often with humour. Proverbs provide missionaries with an insight into how their adopted people think and act Read more
The Numbers GameMay 03, 2017
How Japanese Catholics have been part of the international support network of Columbans on mission. Read more
August in JapanAug 01, 2016
Columban Fr Barry Cairns tells us about how August in a special month in Japan Read more
Not bad for a non-ChristianFeb 15, 2016
Word came into the Church that a homeless man was sleeping rough under Sotohori Bridge, in Japan. The local Church group looking after the homeless went to visit him Read more
Tanaka KunNov 11, 2015
I silently said goodbye to this world and from the top of the bridge I jumped into the river below. But I could not sink. I kept coming up for air. I jumped again but the same result. Read more
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