Columban Fr Peter Hughes Recalls Pope Leo in Peru

Columban Fr Peter Hughes Recalls Pope Leo in Peru

Pope Leo is “a person that is totally committed to the Gospel”. He is “calm, compassionate and has a great feeling for people, particularly the poor”, according to Columban Missionary Fr Peter Hughes. Speaking to BBC Radio 4 from Peru following the election of the new...
Fr Peter Anthony Hughes

Fr Peter Anthony Hughes

Peter Hughes was born on 9th October 1951 at Cleggan in the parish of Clifden in the Archdiocese of Tuam. He was educated at Cleggan NS and the Franciscan Secondary School in Clifden. He came to Dalgan in September 1970 and was ordained priest on 10th April 1977....
Fr Peter Hughes: Living his Best Life

Fr Peter Hughes: Living his Best Life

An interview with 80-year-old Columban missionary, Fr Peter Hughes, co-ordinator of indigenous and human rights for REPAM, a Catholic Church network that promotes the right and dignity of people living in the Amazon by Mike Finnerty of the Mayo News. Imagine becoming...
Two Columbans feature in documentary on the Amazon

Two Columbans feature in documentary on the Amazon

This weekend a documentary airs on Newstalk Radio featuring two Columban missionaries working in the Amazon. In ‘From the Amazon to the Emerald Isle’, producer Brian Kenny looks at the connection between the Amazon and Ireland and the real impact of...
Fr Peter Hughes SSC speaks about the Amazon

Fr Peter Hughes SSC speaks about the Amazon

Fr Malachy Smyth interviews Columban Fr Peter Hughes who is on mission in Peru. He shares some of his knowledge of, and interest in the Amazon Region, which he refers to as the ‘Lungs of Planet Earth’. He stresses that the people of the Amazon “have...