Labasa picks up the pieces after tropical cyclone Ana

Labasa picks up the pieces after tropical cyclone Ana

Fr Carlo Jung is a Columban missionary from Korea ministering in Fiji. He explains how tropical cyclone Ana, which recently hit the town of Labasa where he is parish priest of Holy Family Parish, left a lot of damage in its wake. “There was widespread flooding in the...
Seminary Life During Lockdown

Seminary Life During Lockdown

Lockdown changed life in the Philippines for Columban seminarian Jerry Lohera and spurred him to get planting fruit and vegetables to ease the stress. From September 2019 up to the first week of March 2020, I and four other Columban seminarians (one from Fiji, two...
Meet a Columban – Fr Pat Visanti

Meet a Columban – Fr Pat Visanti

In this episode of ‘Meet a Columban’, Fr Jim Mulroney speaks to Fijian missionary Fr Pat Visanti who has been working in Pakistan since his ordination in 2017.
New milestone for Xavier College in Suva

New milestone for Xavier College in Suva

Xavier College was established in 1953 as a boys’ school by the Catholic Archdiocese of Suva, writes Fr Pat Colgan, SSC, to provide Christian education, particularly to Indian youth in the western part of Fiji. It was entrusted to the Columban Fathers at the...
Christmas Greetings from our Columban seminarians

Christmas Greetings from our Columban seminarians

This Christmas many families will miss out on meeting up with loved ones due to travel restrictions aimed at combatting the ongoing threat from the Covid-19 virus. Our Columban seminarians in Korea, the Philippines, Myanmar and Fiji send you special Christmas...