The Philippines has been battered by devastating storms in recent weeks, writes Columban Missionary Fr Shay Cullen. We endure around 20 powerful typhoons a year and occasionally experience earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Recently, in Liloan, Cebu, several...
Fr Peter Dong spoke to Cecilia Kim about an exchange programme for young people on Jeju Island as part of preparations for a global gathering of young Catholics next year. Last August an exchange programme brought together young people from mainland China,...
As we begin Lent, the Society’s Central JPIC Coordinator, Amy Woolam Echeverria, reflects on Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan women at the well. The story of Jesus meeting the woman at the well is a deep source of hope and comfort for Christians. By encountering...
In the first of a new series on biodiversity, Columban co-worker Ellen Teague reports on the ‘Raising Hope’ Conference in Castel Gandolfo and explains how protecting and restoring biodiversity is a mission priority of the Columbans. Magnificent cypress and umbrella...
Fr Bobby Gilmore looks at the roots of the words ‘xenophobia’ and ‘genocide’ and asks if the word ‘veracide’ should be added to our lexicon to describe the death of truth. Pilate asked; “What is truth?” Frequently one hears the expression, usually after some...
Oxford Street in London is the busiest shopping thoroughfare in Britain and one of the most famous in the world. At the top of Oxford Street, by Marble Arch, you have to cross a traffic island, where most passers-by will have their eyes fixed on the pedestrian...
Warmi Huasi is quechua for “Women’s House” and is the name chosen for a small Civil Association founded in 2003 by Columbans Missionaries Fathers Ed O’Connell, John Hegerty and Bernie Lane and three lay professionals. By 2018 Warmi Huasi had become well...
'Journey of the Magi' is a 43-line poem written in 1927 by T.S. Eliot. The poem opens with a bleak, wintry landscape that mirrors the physical and spiritual hardship of the journey. It is written from the point of view of one of the magi, or wise men, who travelled...
Last Christmas Columban Missionary Fr John McEvoy was invited to celebrate Mass in the ruins of Killoughey’s old church and cemetery where 373 years previously 100 people were brutally killed as they attended Christmas Day Mass. It was a strange invitation. At the...
Fr Jason Antiquera is a Filipino Columban missionary artist working in Korea. Through his art ministry he shares Gospel joy and helps people to connect with God. Here he shares some insights into the Nativity as depicted in his painting of the first Christmas on...