“We all need to nurture the courage to tell the truth”

“We all need to nurture the courage to tell the truth”

Climate activist Dr Lorna Gold has described climate change as “the most important issue facing our planet today”. Addressing student award winners in the 2019 Columban Schools Journalism competition, she said the topic they had written about – ‘The Challenge of...
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...
“An extraordinary story that evolved over 100 years”

“An extraordinary story that evolved over 100 years”

Bishop Michael Smith, the retired bishop of Meath, paid tribute to the “immense giving” of so many Columbans over the Society’s 100 years of mission. In his homily on St Columban’s Day in Dalgan Park, Bishop Smith said the Missionary Society of St Columban had an...