Fr Martin Koroiciri is on mission in Chile

Fr Martin Koroiciri is on mission in Chile

Fr Martin Koroiciri was ordained a priest at Suva Cathedral on St Columban’s Day in November 2018. Born in Suva, (Fiji) Fr Martin spent his childhood in the Columban parish of Labasa. After school he worked for a computer company. He graduated in November 2018...
A Historic First

A Historic First

Francis Xavier La Aung Nbwi and Peter Kyaw Zaw (pronounced Cho-zo) are the first Myanmar seminarians to come through the Columban seminary system, writes Fr Donal McIlraith. They both grew up in the Kachin area of Myanmar, an area evangelised by the Columbans from the...
Missionaries are Human

Missionaries are Human

Fr Frank Hoare recalls the arrival of the first Columban missionaries in Fiji 70 years ago this month and highlights some of the challenges missionaries faced in adapting to a new culture. Thirteen young Columban priests arrived in a hot, humid, and hurricane-ravaged...
Tropical Cyclone Cody Devastates Fiji

Tropical Cyclone Cody Devastates Fiji

Sr Caroline Vaitkunas RSM, Peace, Ecology and Justice Team member at the Columban Mission Centre in Essendon, Australia reports on the urgent need for assistance in Fiji in the wake of Category 1 Cyclone Cody, which hit the country on 10th January and caused...
A Parish Confirmed in Faith on its Feast Day

A Parish Confirmed in Faith on its Feast Day

Fr Pat Colgan, parish priest of Christ the King in Ba, writes about the 20th anniversary celebration of the opening of this church in Fiji, which was marked by a Confirmation ceremony presided over by Archbishop Peter Loy Chong. French Catholic missionaries first...