There is no more urgent time than now for world leaders and political decision-makers at COP26 to listen to their consciences and millions of people crying out for an end to the damage, pain and hurt that climate change and global warming are causing, writes Fr...
Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, Fr Bobby Gilmore recalls the toll World War I took on his granduncle who was gassed while serving with the US military. They were young and vibrant full of awe they waved him off to war to end all wars. One a young wife the other a...
Adapted from an obituary of Philip Noel Dunne by Columban Fr Pat O’Donoghue which was published in the Irish Times on 21 May 2021. Philip Noel Dunne died of COVID-19 at his Colorado home in the United States in December last year, but his death means far more than...
These are days of darkness and light for many in the Catholic Church, writes Columban missionary Fr Shay Cullen. The horrific exposes of clerical sexual abuse against children around the world - in the United States, Ireland, Australia, Poland, Germany, Austria and...
Celebrating lockdown Mass in Hindi provided Fr Frank Hoare with an insight into music's ability to cross boundaries of culture and connect people. Fiji’s Archbishop Peter Loy Chong, like many others, realised the importance of social media when Covid19 caused all...
When Covid restrictions in Hong Kong eased, a group of Columbans, including Fr Brian Vale, visited the Buddhist Tsz Shan Monastery and that set them thinking about the inculturation of Buddhism into many different Asian cultures. Early in September a small group of...
Deep in the industrial heartland of northern England, Fr John Boles encountered a parish with a remarkable tale to tell. "Every picture tells a story", goes the expression. However, it could just as well read, "Every parish tells a story". That is certainly the...
Where is the Spirit leading the Church? That is the underlying question in the Acts of the Apostles according to Fr Tom O’Reilly, who suggests it is also the basic question of the synodal process today. The Vatican does not postpone major events without very good...
John Naw Graung from Myanmar is a Second Year Pre-Theology student at the Loyola School of Theology (LST) in Manila. For me, being part of the Loyola School of Theology (LST) is an incredible opportunity to engage with different people, students from different...
Columban Rev Elbert Balbastro was ordained a deacon earlier this year. He writes about his studies at the Loyola School of Theology (LST) in Manila. The Loyola School of Theology (LST) is a component of Ateneo de Manila University and has been providing quality...