Columbans prepare to hand over Ba parish to Suva Archdiocese

Columbans prepare to hand over Ba parish to Suva Archdiocese

Fr Pat Colgan is the last Columban to serve in the parish of Ba in Fiji. As the Columbans prepare to hand over the parish to the Archdiocese of Suva he writes about his ministry there and the interfaith friendships which he forged. The Columbans are in our last month...
Christmas rush in Fiji

Christmas rush in Fiji

While the rest of the world shops and parties frenetically in December, the people in Fiji busy themselves too – in providing retreats, carol singing and charitable outreaches to the less fortunate. Last 14th December was one such pre-Christmas Saturday for the...
Newstalk documentary on Columban work in Pakistan

Newstalk documentary on Columban work in Pakistan

A radio documentary broadcast on Saturday 1 September 2018 on Newstalk explored the issue of bonded labour among the Christian minority in Pakistan. In the programme, radio producer, Fergal McCarthy, examines the work of Columban missionaries, Fr Tomas King and Fr...
Mission in a Muslim Country

Mission in a Muslim Country

“Allahu akbar, God is greater,” begins the call to prayer from the loud speakers of the thousands of mosques throughout Pakistan. We absolutely say AMEN to the GREATNESS of GOD. Pakistan has a population of two hundred million people of whom about 96% are...
Greetings from the ‘land of the pure’

Greetings from the ‘land of the pure’

Fr Liam O’Callaghan sends an update on his work in the ‘land of the pure’ which is the meaning of the word Pakistan – the seventh most vulnerable country to climate change in the world. I am based in Hyderabad city, with a population of 1.73 million, the second...