Far East Launches New Series on Biodiversity

Far East Launches New Series on Biodiversity

In the first of a new series on biodiversity, Columban co-worker Ellen Teague reports on the ‘Raising Hope’ Conference in Castel Gandolfo and explains how protecting and restoring biodiversity is a mission priority of the Columbans. Magnificent cypress and umbrella...
Columbans Attend Global Church Climate Summit

Columbans Attend Global Church Climate Summit

Ellen Teague, a member of the Columbans’ Justice, Peace & Ecology Group, attended the Church’s recent global climate summit ‘Raising Hope’ in Italy. She reports on how 1,000 participants from 80 countries came together to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the...
Far East Magazine Focuses on Season of Creation

Far East Magazine Focuses on Season of Creation

The September/October issue of the Far East has a special focus on the Season of Creation (1st September – 4th October). In this issue Fr Alvaro Martinez writes about water scarcity caused by large monoculture plantations in southern Chile and how he has helped native...
Fr Peter Anthony Hughes

Fr Peter Anthony Hughes

Peter Hughes was born on 9th October 1951 at Cleggan in the parish of Clifden in the Archdiocese of Tuam. He was educated at Cleggan NS and the Franciscan Secondary School in Clifden. He came to Dalgan in September 1970 and was ordained priest on 10th April 1977....
Migrant Workers Celebrate “Our Dear Fr Aodh”

Migrant Workers Celebrate “Our Dear Fr Aodh”

Migrant workers in Britain paid warm tributes to Columban Father Aodh O’Halpin at a Mass they organised for him in London on 28 May, writes Columban co-worker Ellen Teague. Fr Aodh died on 2 April 2022 at the age of 88 in Ireland after illness forced him to move into...