European Columban Way Conference in Dalgan

European Columban Way Conference in Dalgan

The European Association of the Columban Way will hold its general meeting in St Columban’s, Dalgan Park, on Friday 12th April and Saturday 13th April 2019. The gathering will open with a conference on the European legacy of St Columbanus and the advancement of...
Lenten Reflection by Fr Sean Dwan: Fast and Breakfast

Lenten Reflection by Fr Sean Dwan: Fast and Breakfast

Several years ago, on my first visit to Pakistan I made a big social blunder. A Muslim acquaintance arranged to meet me after breakfast, “at about 8 o’clock”. I naturally assumed that he meant eight in the morning, but he was talking about breaking-the-fast which...
Society JPIC Update

Society JPIC Update

By Amy Echeverria As we journey through Lent, may we continue to hold in a special way our Muslim sisters and brothers in New Zealand and around the world. May this be an intentional time to build friendship and understanding that leads to mutual healing, unity, and...
Aasia Bibi – Free at Last

Aasia Bibi – Free at Last

Columban missionary Fr Liam O’Callaghan, who lives in Pakistan, writes about the case of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman falsely accused of blasphemy. On 29 January 2019, almost a decade after being falsely accused of blasphemy, Aasia Bibi was finally free, when...