Advent Greetings from the Columban Leadership

Advent Greetings from the Columban Leadership

Society Leader, Fr Tim Mulroy, offers Advent greetings on behalf of Columban missionaries in 17 countries around the world, and thanks friends and benefactors for their generous ongoing support for Columban projects with the poorest and most marginalised. The message...
Advent Retreat

Advent Retreat

Fr Tim Mulroy recalls a friend’s theory that nothing captures the spirit of Advent like a fishing expedition. Each year, at the beginning of December, as those around him begin preparing their Christmas shopping list, Ben begins preparing his fishing gear. Then, as...
China: Advent as a time of waiting and hope

China: Advent as a time of waiting and hope

Reflection by a Catholic in Wuhan who prefers not to be named. As Zhu Liqing walked towards the altar in the Offertory procession for the first Sunday of Advent in Wuhan, I wondered about what might be happening deep in her heart with each unfolding step along the...
3rd Sunday of Advent: Walk in the light

3rd Sunday of Advent: Walk in the light

On Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent, Fr Tom O’Reilly lit the third candle on the Advent wreath and led the prayers of the community in Dalgan Park. We pray that our lives may continue to be anchored in the joy of the Gospel. That we may rejoice each day in...
2nd Sunday of Advent: Cherish Life

2nd Sunday of Advent: Cherish Life

On the Second Sunday of Advent, the theme is cherishing life. In the chapel in Dalgan Park, Fr Cyril Lovett prayed that, “the Lord will grant us an ever greater sense of the wonderful mystery of his life-giving presence in the bits and pieces of our lives, that human...