Fr Peter Hughes: Living his Best Life

Fr Peter Hughes: Living his Best Life

An interview with 80-year-old Columban missionary, Fr Peter Hughes, co-ordinator of indigenous and human rights for REPAM, a Catholic Church network that promotes the right and dignity of people living in the Amazon by Mike Finnerty of the Mayo News. Imagine becoming...
Two Columbans feature in documentary on the Amazon

Two Columbans feature in documentary on the Amazon

This weekend a documentary airs on Newstalk Radio featuring two Columban missionaries working in the Amazon. In ‘From the Amazon to the Emerald Isle’, producer Brian Kenny looks at the connection between the Amazon and Ireland and the real impact of...
Fr Peter Hughes SSC speaks about the Amazon

Fr Peter Hughes SSC speaks about the Amazon

Fr Malachy Smyth interviews Columban Fr Peter Hughes who is on mission in Peru. He shares some of his knowledge of, and interest in the Amazon Region, which he refers to as the ‘Lungs of Planet Earth’. He stresses that the people of the Amazon “have...
Update from Fr Peter Hughes on the Synod on the Amazon

Update from Fr Peter Hughes on the Synod on the Amazon

In the final week of the Synod on the Amazon, Columban missionary Fr Peter Hughes, who is a participant at the Rome gathering, provided this update on the progress of discussions. Greetings from Rome and a note beginning the final week of this extraordinary event. The...