The Plastic That Kills

The Plastic That Kills

Phasing out plastic by reducing demand is the only option writes Columban missionary, Fr Shay Cullen. It is encouraging to see active youth groups walking along beaches and riverbanks scooping up discarded plastic wrappings, bottles, bags, slippers and plastic junk...
Team Xavier – From Mind to Heart

Team Xavier – From Mind to Heart

Fiji is grappling with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. Fr Pat Colgan writes about the efforts of Xavier College in Ba in delivering groceries to the neediest students’ families. According to Fr Pat, “Most of the staff, and donors to this...
Heed the call of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Heed the call of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Columban Fr Jim Mulroney writes about the scourge of nuclear weapons as Japan marks the anniversary of the horrific bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At 8:15 am on August 6, the city of Hiroshima observed a minute’s silence for those who died and those who have born...
AITECE looks forward to renewed activity in 2022

AITECE looks forward to renewed activity in 2022

The Volunteer Teachers for China, a Columban-sponsored programme also known as AITECE, has been facing a number of challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Hugh MacMahon explains. The teachers who never left China were allowed to stay on but those who left for...
Restore Our Earth So We Can Live

Restore Our Earth So We Can Live

There is great hope and enthusiasm among the youth celebrating Earth Day on 22nd April for the restoration of the earth, writes Fr Shay Cullen They see the environmental destruction in all aspects of our lives – the air we breathe, the destruction of forests,...