Amazonia Synod 10: Change cannot just be cosmetic

Amazonia Synod 10: Change cannot just be cosmetic

This reflection by Fr Jim Mulroney is the tenth in a series of Columban articles published in preparation for the Synod on Amazonia at the Vatican in October 2019. High on a mountain in Australia’s southern island-state of Tasmania, an enthusiastic young guide...
Amazonia Synod’s Implications for the Philippines

Amazonia Synod’s Implications for the Philippines

John B. Din is the Columban Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Co-ordinator in the Philippines. Here he reflects on October’s Synod on the Amazon. The Synod of the Amazon has a particular interest to me not only because I worked for almost 20 years in two of the...
Society JPIC Update

Society JPIC Update

By Amy Echeverria As we journey through Lent, may we continue to hold in a special way our Muslim sisters and brothers in New Zealand and around the world. May this be an intentional time to build friendship and understanding that leads to mutual healing, unity, and...
Columban JPIC Coordinator writes about Synod on Amazonia

Columban JPIC Coordinator writes about Synod on Amazonia

This is the second Columban article published by ICN on October’s Synod on Amazonia. Author, Amy Woolam Echeverria, is the Washington-based Columban International JPIC Coordinator. This October the Church will hold its first ever Synod of Bishops on the...
Fr Peter Hughes writes for ICN about Synod on Amazonia

Fr Peter Hughes writes for ICN about Synod on Amazonia

The Vatican will host a Synod on Amazonia in October 2019. In the first of a series of articles by members of the Columban Missionary Society, Fr Peter Hughes gives the background to the Synod for Independent Catholic News (ICN).   An Irish Columban priest from Mayo,...