Happy Easter from the Columbans!

Happy Easter from the Columbans!

Christus surrexit! Surrexit vere, alleluja! – Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! May we take this opportunity to wish all our Columban family, friends, benefactors and supporters a blessed and joyful Easter. Thank you for your support for Columban...
Way of the Cross on the Streets

Way of the Cross on the Streets

Last Easter Fr Colin McLean staged a contemporary Way of the Cross. He recalls how it brought the reality of Jesus’ suffering and death to a deeper level for parishioners.   In 1972, at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines in Manila, I saw my first version of the...
Lent and St Kevin

Lent and St Kevin

Fr Tim Mulroy recalls a legend concerning St Kevin’s devotion not only to God but also to the natural world which has a special resonance for Lent. The season of Lent invites us to alternate between meditating on Jesus as he embraces his cross and going with...
“He is not Here”

“He is not Here”

Easter reflection by Fr John McEvoy on Scripture passages Acts 10:34, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 Some years ago, I visited the Holy Land, and one stand out moment was the Shrine of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Pilgrims from all over the world visit an empty tomb,...
“Christ is the Life of the Rejected”

“Christ is the Life of the Rejected”

Twelve months ago, the Far East magazine had a striking picture of a young man, stripped down and tied to a cross in Fiji, while soldiers in mock cardboard uniforms alternately derided and worshipped him. It came from a Good Friday liturgy I had led. I commented then:...