Columbans provide food to Pakistan’s flood victims

Columbans provide food to Pakistan’s flood victims

An update from Pakistan from Fr Pat Visanti on Columban efforts to help some of those worst affected by the recent floods in the parish of Badin. Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish is located in a rural city of Badin. It is about three hours’ drive from Pakistan’s...
Devastation in Pakistan

Devastation in Pakistan

This year has seen one of the worst monsoon seasons in Pakistan in decades. The rain that started in June is still continuing. Up to 1,136 people have lost their lives, writes Columban missionary Fr Liam O’Callaghan. The Government has declared a national emergency as...
Fr Pat Visanti on life as a Columban missionary in Pakistan

Fr Pat Visanti on life as a Columban missionary in Pakistan

Columban missionary Fr Pat Visanti is from Rotuma, a Polynesian island in Fiji. On a recent visit home he shared with our Columban seminarians some of his experiences of being on mission in Pakistan. Fr Frank Hoare recalls a few stories he told. Mistaken Identity When...
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.