Radio documentary hears migrants’ stories

Radio documentary hears migrants’ stories

A new radio documentary reveals some of the incredible stories of migrants and refugees who have made their home in Ireland. ‘Don’t Look Back’ is produced by Brian Kenny and Fr Malachy Smyth. It will be broadcast on Newstalk Radio at the end of the month. Speaking to...
Missing Fr Leo Clarke

Missing Fr Leo Clarke

A tribute to the recently deceased Columban missionary, Fr Leo Clarke, which was published in the Columban missionary magazine in South Korea. From my childhood up to when I was a young man our country was dirt poor. I grew up seeking to fill my stomach with potatoes,...
Criminalising Compassion?

Criminalising Compassion?

Fr Bobby Gilmore asks: Are we in an age in which animals are humanised, humans are animalised, and compassion is a crime? “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes him who sent me…And if anyone even gives a cup of cold water to one of these little ones,...
Amazonia Synod’s Implications for the Philippines

Amazonia Synod’s Implications for the Philippines

John B. Din is the Columban Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Co-ordinator in the Philippines. Here he reflects on October’s Synod on the Amazon. The Synod of the Amazon has a particular interest to me not only because I worked for almost 20 years in two of the...