Twenty-first Century Mission

Twenty-first Century Mission

A Christian world and a world yet to be evangelised. That situation no longer exists. The people who have not yet heard the gospel no longer live in non-western countries. They are everywhere especially in huge urban areas. In large cities new paradigms are needed. We...
Columbans in the US call for renewed moral vision

Columbans in the US call for renewed moral vision

Fr John Burger, Regional Director of the Columbans in the US, calls for a renewed moral vision in response to the assault on the Capitol in Washington earlier this month. “For the last 103 years, the Missionary Society of St Columban has been engaged in the works of...
A Stranger and You Welcomed Me

A Stranger and You Welcomed Me

Fr Mike O’Loughlin pays a personal tribute to the late Fr PJ McGlinchey who died earlier this year. The recent death of PJ McGlinchey brought back a memory of a chance meeting I had with him late one night in the Columban house in Seoul, Korea. I spied him sitting in...
International mission colloquium at Dalgan Park

International mission colloquium at Dalgan Park

The mission colloquium which took place at Dalgan Park last week has been hailed by the Columban Superior General for bringing together missionaries from different parts of the world and different missionary congregations to celebrate missionary life and to...