Columban leaders welcomed at Birmingham Mosque

Columban leaders welcomed at Birmingham Mosque

Columban leaders from Hong Kong – Fr Brian Vale (Vicar General of the Columbans) and Sainiana Tamatawale (Columban Lay Missionaries Central Leadership Team) – joined the Columban Inter Religious Dialogue team in Britain last week to visit the Birmingham...
Columban Statement on COP28: We Cannot Give Up!

Columban Statement on COP28: We Cannot Give Up!

On the occasion of the United Nations’ COP28 on climate change in Dubai, UAE, (30 November – 12 December), Columban missionaries express our solidarity with people who bear the heaviest burden of climate change and with the earth itself. Columban Vicar General, Fr...
World Religion Day in Hong Kong

World Religion Day in Hong Kong

After presiding at the Japanese Catholic Community’s Sunday Eucharist on 5th February 2023, Columban Fr Brian Vale attended a celebration of World Religion Day hosted by believers of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Network on Religion...
The Bodhisattva Kuanyin in Hong Kong

The Bodhisattva Kuanyin in Hong Kong

When Covid restrictions in Hong Kong eased, a group of Columbans, including Fr Brian Vale, visited the Buddhist Tsz Shan Monastery and that set them thinking about the inculturation of Buddhism into many different Asian cultures. Early in September a small group of...