Team Xavier – From Mind to Heart

Team Xavier – From Mind to Heart

Fiji is grappling with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. Fr Pat Colgan writes about the efforts of Xavier College in Ba in delivering groceries to the neediest students’ families. According to Fr Pat, “Most of the staff, and donors to this...
Meet a Columban: Fr Frank Hoare

Meet a Columban: Fr Frank Hoare

In this episode of ‘Meet a Columban’, Fr Jim Mulroney speaks to Fr Frank Hoare from Ireland. He is a member of the Columban Regional Council in Fiji and is one of the team working in formation of Columban seminarians. He has been missioned in Fiji since...
Our newest Columban priest

Our newest Columban priest

Amid all the challenges and sadness of the Covid pandemic – loss of employment, restriction of movement, lockdowns and many deaths, there have been moments of uplift. For the Missionary Society of St Columban, one of these was the ordination of our newest...
What to do with the Eucharist in a Time of Lockdown

What to do with the Eucharist in a Time of Lockdown

This time last year, Columban missionary Fr Pat Colgan wrote an article entitled, ‘How to be People of the Eucharist, when there is no Eucharist?’ It was during Fiji’s first lockdown when Mass was not celebrated with a public congregation for three months...
A Dead Man Can’t Witness a Marriage

A Dead Man Can’t Witness a Marriage

Fr Frank Hoare writes about an Indo-Fijian marriage ceremony he celebrated near the town of Savusavu in Vanua Levu, the second main island of Fiji. The marriage ceremony was almost finished. It was time for the civil wedding. The groom’s younger brother had informed...