Columban Fr Patrick Cunningham is a member of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative and the Catholic Solidarity Movement for Peace on the Korean peninsula. He believes that the ongoing threat of nuclear war means the only choice is between nonviolence and...
The ongoing debate over the British Government's decision to deport those seeking asylum in Britain to Rwanda has thrown up all kinds of reasons to justify such a policy, not all rational, well thought out or legal, writes Fr Bobby Gilmore. For the first time in...
Mr Zawng is interviewed by a Columban who wishes to remain anonymous and asked what he learnt from being a member of the Catholic Student Action Myitkyina (CSAM) back in 2019. “Wa Jau ngai hpe hkan ya rit.” (Father come and follow me. This is a short way to the...
The Covid pandemic has caused great harm, warns Columban missionary Fr Shay Cullen. The rich became richer while the poor became poorer. During the pandemic, an additional 4.27 million Filipinos fell into extreme poverty. People like Maria Mahirap, one of the...
Our recently retired Columban colleague, Scott Wright, who is a Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace, has written this wonderful reflection on nonviolence. Fifty years ago, in June 1972, I returned my draft card to my local draft board in Lincoln, Nebraska. They...
China's state examination for senior high school students is seen a major event in life, not only for the students but also for the extended families of the students. As Lily Zhang awaits the results of her recent exams, the news that will arrive very soon is seen...
While Ukrainians are welcomed to Britain, dark-skinned asylum seekers are deported, like 160,000 Irish, writes Fr Shay Cullen. Colonial crimes and atrocities are always with us. Colonial rulers have stamped their cruel laws and vices on the occupied and exploited...
In Wuhan, central China, where I live, I frequently visit the Sisters of Our Lady of Hanyang, a diocesan congregation founded by Bishop Edward Galvin, co-founder of St Columbans Mission Society, writes Fr Dan Troy. Their convent is located right beside St...
Although all Columbans may not agree with me, I think our life as Columbans has three important hallmarks. Community The first of these is our community life; despite living quite separately, we are a brotherhood. Many of us have lived alone in isolated places for...
Fr Tim Mulroy writes about the bright red flowers of Royal Poinciana, more commonly known as the Flame Tree, and sees a resemblance between its astonishing flowers and the tongues of fire through which the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles. The morning after...