New Year’s Message from Fr Ray Husband

New Year’s Message from Fr Ray Husband

On 24 November 1992, Queen Elizabeth II gave a speech at the Guildhall London to mark the 40th anniversary of her accession to the throne. In her speech the Queen referred to recent events as part of an ‘annus horribilis’. She went on to say that “1992 is not a...
Christmas Greetings from our Columban seminarians

Christmas Greetings from our Columban seminarians

This Christmas many families will miss out on meeting up with loved ones due to travel restrictions aimed at combatting the ongoing threat from the Covid-19 virus. Our Columban seminarians in Korea, the Philippines, Myanmar and Fiji send you special Christmas...
Columban formation in the Covid-19 pandemic

Columban formation in the Covid-19 pandemic

The Coronavirus inspires us to be more creative, more patient and more flexible than ever, writes Fr Alvaro Martinez of the General Council, as he explains how the Society’s formation programmes have been affected by the challenges of the Covid-19 crisis.   Manila and...
Fr Bobby Gilmore asks: ‘Who are the Excluded?’

Fr Bobby Gilmore asks: ‘Who are the Excluded?’

It always seems to me that those who are without power, who have to create their own in a makeshift way, know more about life than those who govern. (John Berger) Albert Artwell, Jamaican artist, lived in my area of Jamaica. He was deeply influenced by his Rastafarian...
Fr Eamon secures funding for women’s addiction centre

Fr Eamon secures funding for women’s addiction centre

Columban missionary Fr Eamon Sheridan writes from Myanmar with the good news that he has secured funding from Misean Cara and Missio Germany to start building a women’s centre in Myitkyina to help women suffering from addiction. “We will start building 1 November...