2020 Review by Fr Liam O’Callaghan in Pakistan

2020 Review by Fr Liam O’Callaghan in Pakistan

Last year was turned upside-down by the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused such devastation, death and suffering; worldwide almost 80 million people have been infected with 1.75 million deaths. Many experts see those figures almost certainly to be an under-estimation....
Columbans respond to attack on Christchurch Muslim communities

Columbans respond to attack on Christchurch Muslim communities

16 March, 2019 To Muslims in Aotearoa/New Zealand and around the world The Missionary Society of St. Columban condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attacks which unfolded in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, March 15, 2019 when 49...
Update from Fr Liam O’Callaghan in Pakistan

Update from Fr Liam O’Callaghan in Pakistan

Columban missionary Fr Liam O’Callaghan in Hyderabad in Pakistan has sent this update about the Columbans’ work in 2018. Greetings to you from the ‘land of the pure’ which is the meaning of the word Pakistan, I hope this finds you and your loved ones well and in...
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...