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MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF ST. COLUMBAN REGISTERED CHARITY IN & WALES (221594) AND SCOTLAND (SCO38948)

St. Columban’s, Widney Manor Road, Solihull, West Midlands B93 9AB Telephone: 01564 772096 E-mail: [email protected] Visit our website - www.columbans.co.uk

Dear Columban Friend

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:12-13

Do you have 2020 vision? If, like for me, advancing years have compromised the clarity of your eyesight, the simple answer to this question might be ‘no’! Like St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians, however, I am not referring to our physical vision. For the Church, the New Year begins not on 1st January, but on the 1st Sunday of Advent. Christmas is not a feast for the end of the year, but a new beginning, a reminder to us all of the vision that God has for the world and its entire people – a vision of joy and peace.

The Extraordinary Missionary Month celebrated by the Church in October 2019 aimed to bring us all to a new awareness of our call through baptism to participate in making God’s vision a reality. We can accept this commission with confidence, knowing that God has declared his love for us already (1 John 4:19) and “therefore we can move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast” ( from Evangelii Gaudium #24).

Since he was first called to lead the Church, Pope Francis has urged us to remove ourselves from “structures which give us a false sense of security… rules which make us harsh judges… habits which make us feel safe” to experience the joy of sharing God’s love with others. This year, let each of us strive to break free of our ‘comfort zone’ and to bring God’s vision in to sharper focus by the example of our lives. This is the 2020 vision to which we should aspire, where faith, hope and love abide.

This year, for the first time, we will celebrate the feast of Saint John Henry Newman on 9th October. Let his words be our mantra in the year ahead.

“God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.”

Happy New Year! We give thanks for your companionship to Columban Mission through the presence of this calendar in your home. May you and your family embrace the joys and challenges of 2020 and receive God’s blessing on all that you do.

Front Cover: Fr. Peter Hughes Fr. Dan O’Connor (left) and Fr. Liam O’Callaghan Columban Director in Britain (right) discuss their mission work in Pakistan with ‘Invitation to Mission’ participants while walking near St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Karachi.

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The Lord has taken the initiative, he has loved us first (1 John 4:19), and therefore we can move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast. Fr. Larry Barnett baptizes children from among the 170 families attending the annual Christmas Evangelii Gaudium #24 celebration for "DaAn Pastoral Area" in Miaoli County, Hsinchu Diocese, Taiwan. JANUARY 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Jesus answered Nicodemus, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without 1 234 being born of water and Spirit.”

John 3:5 MARY, THE HOLY St Basil the Great First Friday MOTHER OF GOD St Gregory Nazianzen Most Holy Name of Jesus St Elizabeth Ann Seton 5 67891011

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Psalter W2 St Raymond of Penyafort 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Week 1 in Ordinary Time Psalter W1 THE BAPTISM St Hilary OCTAVE OF PRAYER OF THE LORD St Kentigern (Scotland) St Anthony, Abbot FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

PEACE DAY 2nd of Year St Fabian, Pope The Conversion of Psalter W2 St Sebastian St Agnes St Vincent St Francis de Sales St Paul, Apostle 26 27 28 29 30 31

3rd of Year Psalter W3 St Angela Merici St Thomas Aquinas St John Bosco

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Pope Francis

In the present condition of global society, where injustices abound and growing numbers of people are considered expendable, the principle of the common good becomes a summons to solidarity and a preferential option for the poorest of our A Parkari Koli village leader sits with his mother. The Columbans provide health and education brothers and sisters. support to this poor and marginalised community living in the Thar Parkar desert, Pakistan. Laudato Si’ #158 FEBRUARY 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For the rich all contributed out of their 1 abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” Mark 12: 43-44 St Brigid of Ireland 2 345678

THE PRESENTATION PRAY FOR VICTIMS OF OF THE LORD St and TRAFFICKING 4th of Year St Blaise Companions St Jerome Emiliani Psalter W4 St Ansgar St Agatha (Martyrs of Japan) First Friday St Josephine Bakhita 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

RACIAL JUSTICE DAY WORLD DAY OF 5th of Year PRAYER FOR THE SICK Ss Cyril and Methodius, Psalter W1 St Scholastica Our Lady of Lourdes (Patrons of Europe) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

6th of Year The Chair of St Peter, Psalter W2 Seven Servite Founders St Colman of Lindisfarne St Peter Damian Apostle 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

7th of Year ASH WEDNESDAY Psalter W3 FAST AND ABSTINENCE St Oswald of Worcester

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May the church be the place of God’s mercy and love, where everyone can feel themselves welcomed, loved, forgiven and encouraged to live according to the good life of the Gospel. The church must have open doors so that all might enter. Patrick of Raiwaqa parish in Fiji, which celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2019, presents Fr. Pat Raleigh with a bowl of kava to welcome him on behalf of the community. Meditations on the Church MARCH 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1234567

First Friday St. Chad, Bishop WOMEN’S WORLD DAY 1st Sunday of Lent St David, OF PRAYER Psalter W1 Patron of Wales St Casimir LENT FAST DAY Ss Perpetua and Felicity 8 9 1011121314

2nd Sunday of Lent Psalter W2 St Frances of Rome St (Scotland) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

ST JOSEPH, 3rd Sunday of Lent St Patrick SPOUSE OF THE Psalter W3 Patron of Ireland St Cyril of Jerusalem BLESSED VIRGIN MARY St Cuthbert 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

4th Sunday of Lent THE ANNUNCIATION Psalter W4 St Turibius de Mongrovejo OF THE LORD

You shall treat the stranger who stays with you as the native 29 30 31 among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Rededication of England as Mary’s dowry 5th Sunday of Lent Leviticus 19:34 Psalter W1

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Pope Francis It is essential to draw near to new forms of poverty and vulnerability, in which we are called to recognize the suffering Christ… I think of the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned, and Fr. Eamon Sheridan supports these young men who are recovering from drug and alcohol many others. addiction at the Rebirth Rehabilitation Centre, a Church run centre in Kachin State, Myanmar. Evangelii Gaudium #210 APRIL 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will 1234 help you, I will uphold you... First Friday Isaiah 41:10 PRAY FOR SURVIVORS St Francis of Paola OF SEXUAL ABUSE St Isidore 5 67891011

PALM SUNDAY OF THE GOOD FRIDAY PASSION OF THE LORD FAST AND Psalter W2 Holy Week Holy Week Holy Week MAUNDY THURSDAY ABSTINENCE HOLY SATURDAY 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

EASTER SUNDAY EASTER OCTAVE EASTER OCTAVE EASTER OCTAVE EASTER OCTAVE EASTER OCTAVE EASTER OCTAVE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

St George, DIVINE MERCY Psalter W2 Patron of England 2nd Sunday of Easter St Beuno (Wales) St Anselm, Bishop St Adalbert (Wales) St Fidelis of Sigmaringen St Mark

Look at my hands and my feet; 26 27 28 29 30 see that it is I myself. Touch me and see. St Peter Chanel 3rd Sunday of Easter St Louis Marie Grignion St Catherine of Siena Luke 24:39 Psalter W3 de Montfort (Patron of Europe) St Pius V, Pope

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Do not be afraid of holiness; do not be afraid to aim high, to let yourself be loved and purified by God; do not be afraid to let yourself be guided by the Holy Spirit. Let us be infected by the holiness of God.

The Church of Mercy Fr. John Collins celebrates the Feast of Pentecost in the parish of St. Joseph’s, Reddish, one of many parishes visited by Columbans each year for the Mission Appeal. Thank you for your support! MAY 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Come to him, a living stone… let yourselves be built into a 31 spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual 12 sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. PENTECOST 8th Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 2:4-5 First Friday Psalter W4 St Joseph the Worker St Athanasius 3 456789

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS 4th Sunday of Easter Psalter W4 The English Martyrs St Asaph (Wales) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

5th Sunday of Easter Ss Nereus and Archilleus Psalter W1 St Pancras Our Lady of Fatima St Matthias, Apostle St Isadore 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

6th Sunday of Easter THE ASCENSION Psalter W2 St John I, Pope St Dunstan St Bernardine of Siena OF THE LORD St Rita of Cacsia St William of Rochester 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

WORLD St Bede the Venerable COMMUNICATIONS DAY St Gregory VII, Pope 7th Sunday of Easter St Mary Magdalene St Augustine of Psalter W3 de’Pazzi St Philip Neri Canterbury St Paul VI

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The Church must accompany with attention and care the weakest of her children, who show signs of a wounded and troubled love, by restoring in them hope and confidence, like a torch carried among the people to enlighten Katie Howard took part in Columban programme ‘Invitation to Mission’. Here, she visits girls those who have lost recovering from abuse at Fr. Shay Cullen’s PREDA Foundation in the Philippines. their way. JUNE 2020 Amoris Laetitia #291 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 234 56

MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH OUR LORD JESUS Week 9 in Ordinary Time St Charles Lwanga and CHRIST, ETERNAL HIGH First Friday Psalter W1 Ss Marcellinus and Peter Companions PRIEST St Boniface St Norbert 7 8 9 10111213

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 10th Sunday St Ephrem of Syria Psalter W2 St Columba St Barnabas, Apostle St Anthony of Padua 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST THE MOST SACRED The Immaculate Heart 11th Sunday HEART OF JESUS of the Blessed Virgin Mary Psalter W3 St Richard of Chichester St Romuald St Alban 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

DAY FOR LIFE St John Fisher THE NATIVITY OF 12th Sunday St Thomas More ST JOHN Psalter W4 St Paulinus of Nola (Wales) St Etheldreda (Audrey) THE BAPTIST St Cyril of Alexandria

O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory 28 29 30 is higher than the heavens. You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you. Society of St. Columban Foundation Day 13th Sunday Ss PETER and PAUL, The First Martyrs of the Psalm 8:1-2 Psalter W1 Apostles Holy Roman Church

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What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up? We need to see that what is at stake is our own dignity. Leaving an uninhabitable planet for future generations is, first and foremost, up to us. Children from the neighbourhood of San Benito in Lima, Peru, celebrate the international day of play in colourful fashion with the help of Columban project Warmi Huasi. Laudato Si’ #160 JULY 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and in conduct, 1234 in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12 First Friday St Oliver Plunket St Thomas, Apostle St Elizabeth of Portugal 5 67891011

14th Sunday Ss Augustine Zhao Rong St Benedict Psalter W2 St Maria Goretti and Companions (Patron of Europe) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

SEA SUNDAY 15th Sunday Psalter W3 St Henry St Camillus de Lellis St Bonaventure Our Lady of Mount Carmel 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

St Bridget of Sweden (Patron of Europe) 16th Sunday St Philip Evans and Psalter W4 St Apollinaris St Lawrence of Brindisi St Mary Magdalene St John Lloyd (Wales) St Sharbel Makhluf St James, Apostle 26 27 28 29 30 31

17th Sunday Psalter W1 St Martha St Peter Chrysologus St

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The word “solidarity”… refers to something more than a few sporadic acts of generosity. It presumes the creation of a new mind-set which thinks in terms of community and the priority of the life of all over the appropriation of goods A group of women prepare food for a children’s workshop near the Columban House in Myitkyina, by a few. Myanmar. One is a relation of Archbishop Emeritus Paul Grawng, a great Columban friend. Evangelii Gaudium #188 AUGUST 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare 30 31and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope… You will seek 1 me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

22nd Sunday St Aidan and Saints of Jeremiah 29:11-13 St Alphonsus Psalter W2 Lindisfarne Mary de’ Liguori 2 3456 78

First Friday The Dedication of the Ss Sixtus II, Pope, 18th Sunday St Germanus of Auxerre Basilica of Saint Mary THE TRANSFIGURATION and Companions Psalter W2 (Wales) St John Mary Vianney Major OF THE LORD St Cajetan St Dominic 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

THE ASSUMPTION 19th Sunday St Jane Frances St Pontian, Pope OF THE BLESSED Psalter W3 St Lawrence St Clare de Chantal St Hippolytus St Maximillian Mary Kolbe VIRGIN MARY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

20th Sunday The Queenship of the Psalter W4 St Helen St John Eudes St Bernard St Pius X, Pope Blessed Virgin Mary 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Bl Dominic Barberi 21st Sunday St Louis St David Lewis (Wales) St Edmund Arrowsmith The Passion of St John Psalter W1 St Bartholomew, Apostle St Joseph of Calasanz St Ninian (Scotland) St Monica St Augustine the Baptist

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There is a growing sensitivity to the environment and a growing concern for what is happening to our planet… Our goal is to dare to turn what is happening to the world into our own personal suffering and thus to discover what each of us can do about it. Columban Sister Angela visits a village outside Hyderabad, Pakistan, where they have assisted in building new homes for families stranded following a severe flood a few years ago. Laudato Si’ #19 SEPTEMBER 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

And the rain fell, and the floods 12345 came, and the winds blew and WORLD DAY OF beat on that house, … PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF St Gregory the Great, First Friday CREATION Pope St Cuthbert 6 789101112

23rd Sunday The Nativity of the Psalter W3 Blessed Virgin Mary St St Ambrose Barlow St Deiniol (Wales) Most Holy Name of Mary 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

EDUCATION DAY St Januarius 24th Sunday THE EXHALTATION OF Ss Cornelius, Pope St Theodore Psalter W4 THE HOLY CROSS Our Lady of Sorrows and Cyprian St of Canterbury 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

HOME MISSION DAY 25th Sunday St Pio of Pietrelcina Psalter W1 St Matthew, Apostle (Padre Pio) Our Lady of Walsingham Ss Cosmas and Damian

27 28 29 30 … but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

HARVEST FESTIVAL St Wenceslaus Matthew 7:25 26th Sunday Ss Lawrence Ruiz and Ss Michael, Gabriel and Psalter W2 Companions Raphael, Archangels St Jerome

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When we read the Gospel we find a clear indication: not so much our friends and wealthy neighbours, but above all the poor and the sick, those who are usually despised and overlooked, “those who cannot repay you” (Luke 14:14). May we never Lay missionary Sunhee Kim from Korea works in prison ministry and here leads a self-portrait art abandon them. class during a visit to Hsinchu detention centre in Taiwan. Evangelium Vitae #48 OCTOBER 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though 123 you yourselves were being tortured. St Therese of Lisieux, First Friday Hebrews 13:3 Patroness of the HARVEST FAST DAY Missions The Holy Guardian Angels 4 5678910

St Paulinus of York 27th Sunday St Denis and Companions Psalter W3 St Bruno Our Lady of the Rosary St John Henry Newman St John Leonardi 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

St Hedwig PRISONS WEEK St Margaret Mary 28th Sunday Alacoque Psalter W4 St Wilfred St Edward The Confessor St Callistus I, Pope St Teresa of Avila St Richard Gwyn (Wales) St Ignatius of Antioch 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Ss John de Brebeuf and WORLD MISSION DAY and 29th Sunday Companions Psalter W1 St Paul of the Cross St John Paul II, Pope St John of Capestrano St Anthony Mary Claret 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

30th Sunday Psalter W2 St Cedd Ss Simon and Jude

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The Lord asks everything of us, and in return he offers us true life, the happiness for which we were created. He wants us to be saints and not to settle for a bland and mediocre existence, “to be holy and blameless before him in love” (Ephesians 1:4). Young men of Vabea village, Fiji, bear the coffin of Karolo Naituki, a faithful catechist who gave 50 years’ service to his parish and was a good friend to Fr. David Arms. Gaudete et Exsultate #1-2 NOVEMBER 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1234567

THE COMMEMORATION ALL SAINTS OF ALL THE FAITHFUL 31st Sunday DEPARTED St Martin de Porres First Friday Psalter W3 (ALL SOULS) St Winefride St Charles Borromeo St Illtud (Wales) St Willibrord 8910 11 12 13 14

REMEMBRANCE DAY 32nd Sunday The Dedication of the Psalter W4 Lateran Basilica St Leo the Great, Pope St Martin of Tours St Josaphat St Dyfrig (Wales) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

WORLD DAY OF THE POOR St Margaret of Scotland St Hilda Dedication of the Basilicas 33rd Sunday St Gertrude St Hugh of Lincoln of Ss Peter and Paul, The Presentation of the Psalter W1 St Edmund of Abingdon St Elizabeth of Hungary Apostles Blessed Virgin Mary 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. KING OF THE UNIVERSE YOUTH DAY 34th Sunday St Clement I, Pope St Andrew Dung-Lac St Catherine of Psalter W2 St Columban and Companions Alexandria

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just 29 30 as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

1st Sunday of Advent St Andrew, Apostle, Romans 6:4 Psalter W1 Patron of Scotland

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Implicit in our Christian faith is a God who became poor for us, so as to enrich us with his poverty. This is why I want a Church which is poor and for the poor. They have much to teach us. We need to let ourselves be evangelized by them. Rodilyn, Jovie, Marcelita and Andonie are reunited 20 years since they began to make Christmas Evangelii Gaudium cards and crafts inspired by Subanen culture and beliefs under guidance from Fr. Vinnie Busch. #198 DECEMBER 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

For to us a child is born, to us 12345 a son is given; and his name DAY OF PRAYER shall be called… FOR MIGRANTS St , First Friday Patron of Missions St John Damascene St Birinus 6 7 8 9 101112

THE IMMACULATE BIBLE SUNDAY CONCEPTION OF 2nd of Advent THE BLESSED St John Diego Psalter W2 St Ambrose VIRGIN MARY Cuahtlatoatzin St John Roberts (Wales) St Damasus I, Pope Our Lady of Guadalupe 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

3rd of Advent Psalter W3 St John of the Cross 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

DAY OF PRAYER FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS THE NATIVITY OF 4th of Advent THE LORD Psalter W4 St St John of Kanty Christmas Eve CHRISTMAS DAY St Stephen

… Wonderful Counsellor, 27 28 29 30 31 Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY Isaiah 9:6 AND JOSEPH The Holy Innocents St Thomas Becket St Sylvester I, Pope

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From around the wo rld and in many different languages, Columban missionaries say ‘Thank you!’ fo r your prayers and generous support.

Top line – Fr. Oli McCrossan, Fr. Sean McDonagh and Fr. Joe McDonnell (Philippines); Fr. Larry Barnett (Taiwan); Fr. Sean Dwan and Fr. Donal O’Keeffe (Korea) Middle line – Columban students Paula Suka Nawaqaiquma and Ietawa Naaiti (Fiji); Fr. Ed O’Connell and Fr. John Boles (Peru) Bottom line – Son Seon Young Catharina (Korea); Fr. Tomás King and Fr. Jim Fleming (Pakistan); Vida Amor Hequilan (Philippines) and Naanise Pola Mo'unga (Tonga)

We are blessed and grateful to have you as our companions on the missionary journey. Together we share Gospel joy and in God’s compassionate outreach to all. Are you being called to partner with Columban mission in new ways?

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Lord Jesus Christ, you commissioned your apostles to “Go and make disciples of all nations”. You remind us that, through our Baptism, we all share in this mission of the Church. As we follow the example of those saints who have brought your Gospel to us, empower us with the gifts we need to be sent into the world, bringing your saving love and mercy to all we meet. Who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

Stained glass window from Columban parish Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Malate, a district of Manila in the Philippines