Columbans at the Amazon Synod in Rome

Columbans at the Amazon Synod in Rome

Amy Echeverria, Central JPIC Co-ordinator for the Missionary Society of St Columban is in Rome, where the Synod on the Amazon is taking place. She has sent this update: Hope and joy-filled greetings from Rome! At this stage, the Synod on the Amazon is in deep dialogue...
Ellen Teague of Columban JPIC on the Synod on Amazonia

Ellen Teague of Columban JPIC on the Synod on Amazonia

This is the third Columban article published by Independent Catholic News (ICN) on October’s Synod on Amazonia. The theme is taken from the Synod’s preparatory document. The author, Ellen Teague, is a member of the Columban JPIC team in Britain....
Scott Wright on the need to respond to creation’s cry

Scott Wright on the need to respond to creation’s cry

The Director of the Columban Centre for Advocacy and Outreach in Washington DC writes on theme ‘Signs of the Time: Responding to the cry of creation with hearts full of mercy’. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and preparation for Easter by calling us to a...
Fr Peter Hughes writes for ICN about Synod on Amazonia

Fr Peter Hughes writes for ICN about Synod on Amazonia

The Vatican will host a Synod on Amazonia in October 2019. In the first of a series of articles by members of the Columban Missionary Society, Fr Peter Hughes gives the background to the Synod for Independent Catholic News (ICN).   An Irish Columban priest from Mayo,...