Warmi Huasi: Working on Behalf of Peru’s Children

Warmi Huasi: Working on Behalf of Peru’s Children

Warmi Huasi is quechua for “Women’s House” and is the name chosen for a small Civil Association founded in 2003 by Columbans Missionaries Fathers Ed O’Connell, John Hegerty and Bernie Lane and three lay professionals. By 2018 Warmi Huasi had become well established,...
Fr Thomas Patrick (TP) Reynolds

Fr Thomas Patrick (TP) Reynolds

Fr Thomas Patrick (TP) Reynolds was born on 14th March 1935 at Strokestown, Co Roscommon. His primary education was with the Mercy Sisters and later with the Marist Brothers in Strokestown. His secondary education was at Scoil Mhuire, Bawn Street, Strokestown, which...
Man With a Mission

Man With a Mission

Fr John Boles profiles Columban Missionary Fr Tony Coney whose work with disadvantaged children in a poor area of the Peruvian capital, Lima, has transformed many young lives. “For me, life began at 40,” laughs Fr Tony Coney, remembering how he arrived in Lima on the...
Peru Covid Update from Fr Ed O’Connell

Peru Covid Update from Fr Ed O’Connell

Fr Ed O’Connell reports on a Columban celebration at communal kitchens serving the vulnerable in Peru. At long last we have a president, primary school teacher Pedro Castillo, with an MA in Educational Psychology. He took over on 28 July, coming to power on the 200th...
Kitchens in the Sky

Kitchens in the Sky

With Columban support, a religious Sister is helping feed mountain-top shanty-town dwellers in Covid ravaged Peru, reports Columban missionary Fr John Boles. “Die from Covid or die from hunger. Not much of a choice.” Sr Isabel Miguelez spells out the stark dilemma...