Columban Pentecost

Columban Pentecost

As the Church prepares for Pentecost on Sunday 28th May 2023, Fr Donal McIlraith considers the Columban Pentecost which has seen between one and two thousand priests, brothers and Lay Missionaries, like Peter, speaking foreign tongues and bringing the good news of the...
We are an “Easter people”

We are an “Easter people”

A reflection by Fr John McEvoy in Fiji to wish all our supporters, families and friends a Happy Easter!  “He is not here.” Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 I can spend hours wandering through graveyards, reading dates and names on headstones. I...
Pentecost’s Flame Tree

Pentecost’s Flame Tree

Fr Tim Mulroy writes about the bright red flowers of Royal Poinciana, more commonly known as the Flame Tree, and sees a resemblance between its astonishing flowers and the tongues of fire through which the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles.  The morning after...
Columbans Call for End to Racism after Murder of George Floyd

Columbans Call for End to Racism after Murder of George Floyd

On 25 May 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American father of two daughters, was stopped by police officers in Minneapolis and cruelly pinned to the ground. A police officer’s knee continued to pressure his neck for a period of eight minutes, even as he cried...
The faith of the people remains strong

The faith of the people remains strong

Churches closed on Sundays! No Sunday Mass! It is a shock. Yes, many people had stopped going to Mass for different reasons, but to have the official church telling priests not to have public Masses in their parishes was a remarkable event. Since this new regime came...