Columbans Lift Up Moral Voice at COP27 and COP15

Columbans Lift Up Moral Voice at COP27 and COP15

As we approach the conclusion of the United Nations’ COP27 on climate change in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, (6-17, November) and anticipate the start of the UN’s COP15 on biodiversity in Montreal, Canada, (7-19, December), Columban missionaries have released a message...
Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Report 2022

Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Report 2022

The Society’s Annual Report for 2022, with updates from every region, has been published. In this year’s report, Society Leader, Fr Tim Mulroy, writes: As I reviewed the materials for the 2022 Annual Report of the Columban Missionaries, the image from the Gospel...
Pentecost’s Flame Tree

Pentecost’s Flame Tree

Fr Tim Mulroy writes about the bright red flowers of Royal Poinciana, more commonly known as the Flame Tree, and sees a resemblance between its astonishing flowers and the tongues of fire through which the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles.  The morning after...
Holy Thursday: A Call to be of Service to Others

Holy Thursday: A Call to be of Service to Others

On Holy Thursday we commemorate Jesus’ washing of the feet of the apostles. Fr Tim Mulroy explains how that ritual reminds priests that they are called to be of service to those who feel worn and faded by the demands and suffering of the world. The wrapping on the...
Columban JPIC Coordinator appointed to Vatican Taskforce

Columban JPIC Coordinator appointed to Vatican Taskforce

Society leader of the Missionary Society of St Columban, Fr Tim Mulroy, has announced the appointment of the Society’s Central Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Coordinator, Amy W. Echeverria, as a Co-Coordinator of the Vatican’s Ecology...