Columban Schools Journalism 2020 Winning Article

Columban Schools Journalism 2020 Winning Article

Tacking Our ‘Throwaway Culture’ This is the winning article in the 2020 Columban Schools Journalism Competition in Ireland. It is by 16-year-old Trinity McKeever, a student of Thornhill College, Derry.  There has been such a focus on the waste from...
Our Common Home

Our Common Home

Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ is five years old this month and captures the social, economic and environmental justice in building and protecting Our Common Home. It details a pathway of hope as we face the plant’s environmental crisis. Watch as...
The faith of the people remains strong

The faith of the people remains strong

Churches closed on Sundays! No Sunday Mass! It is a shock. Yes, many people had stopped going to Mass for different reasons, but to have the official church telling priests not to have public Masses in their parishes was a remarkable event. Since this new regime came...
Columban message for Laudato Si’ Week

Columban message for Laudato Si’ Week

      Missionary Society of St Columban 2020 Laudato Si’ Week Message Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another. LS 42 24 May 2020 marks the 5th...
Pedalling to Live Eco Farm Update

Pedalling to Live Eco Farm Update

Virgie Vidad and Fr Oliver McCrossan provide an update on the Pedalling to Live Eco Farm in the Philippines. The Pedalling to Live project was initiated by Fr Oliver McCrossan and the management of Ozamiz City People’s Bank to uplift the lives of the tricycle drivers...