Competition: Who are Society’s Changemakers?

Competition: Who are Society’s Changemakers?

There is just two weeks to the deadline of this year’s Columban Schools Media Competition. The theme is: ‘Anyone can make a difference: 21st Century Changemakers’ and students are invited to enter an article or an image by 11 February 2022. Young people aged 13-18...
Walking to Save the Planet

Walking to Save the Planet

Ahead of COP26 Columban Fr John Boles joins a group of young Christian activists walking for climate justice. The ripening corn sparkled in the sunlight as we set off. Birds chattered in the bushes around the fields. Two copses of trees perfectly framed the tower of a...
Eco theologian disappointed by COP25

Eco theologian disappointed by COP25

COP25, the Climate summit in Madrid, concluded in frustration as the major problems were kicked down the road writes Fr Sean McDonagh, SSC Expectations for COP25 in Madrid where high for several reasons. The slogan for that COP was ‘Time for Action’. Furthermore, the...
Impact of Irish climate strikes discussed at Dalgan conference

Impact of Irish climate strikes discussed at Dalgan conference

Today Friday 6th December 2019 marks the first anniversary of the launch of the Fridays for Future climate strike in Ireland. At a conference last weekend in Dalgan Park, hosted by the Columban Ecological Institute on the topic ‘Climate Change: Where Are We Now?’, Dr...