Vida Hequilan, Coordinator of Lay Missionary Central Leadership Team in Hong Kong, writes about 30 years of Columban Lay Mission. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Columban Lay Missionaries (CLM). Looking back on the past three decades has made me realize...
Columban Lay Missionary Angie Escarsa reflects on the Covid-19 crisis and believes that God is not silent but is speaking to us more than ever during this pandemic. For months, my family has been faithful in praying the rosary as requested by Pope Francis after the...
It always seems to me that those who are without power, who have to create their own in a makeshift way, know more about life than those who govern. (John Berger) Albert Artwell, Jamaican artist, lived in my area of Jamaica. He was deeply influenced by his...
Fr Paul Glynn is the Regional Director of the Columbans in the Philippines. He has drawn on his experience of confinement some years ago when the situation was tense in the Southern Philippines to help him through the Covid-19 lockdown. Like many other Columban...
Can humanity ever be united in doing good, asks Fr Shay Cullen. Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti - ‘Brothers and Sisters All’ is one that should touch every heart, stimulate our minds, awaken our conscience, warm our emotions and motivate us to do...
One hundred years ago the first Columbans arrived in China. Fr Neil Collins recalls the challenges they faced in places like Hanyang – “a city of no Catholics”. "Didn’t this luggage belong to the Irish missionaries to China?" asked a dock worker in Liverpool. Fr...
Ahead of World Day Against Human Trafficking on 30th July, Columban missionary Fr Shay Cullen highlights the corrupt businesspeople, politicians and police that protect the evil trade in innocent vulnerable humans. When the group of eight teenagers was first...
Columban missionary Fr Barry Cairns notes that 1st September 2020 has been designated ’World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation’ and highlights the particular challenges he faces in getting close to nature where he lives in Japan. Pope Francis asks us to, “Let...
Fr Bobby Gilmore considers the challenge of getting the politically deaf to hear the politically unheard in order to achieve equality before the law. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice for justice (Mt 5-6) Protest is the work of hope. Protest at...
In the week in which we celebrate our Foundation Day, Fr Cyril Lovett recalls the life of Bishop Edward Galvin, co-founder of the Missionary Society of St Columban. Edward Galvin, the eldest of nine children, was born in Newcestown, Co Cork, Ireland. He had his...