Reflection: September/October 2022 Far East magazine

Reflection: September/October 2022 Far East magazine

Three significant events keep niggling at me as I reflect on life in recent months: the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the presidential election in the Philippines, and the synodal process in the Church. There might be no obvious connection between these three but there...
Columban Migrant Ministry Chile – Part 2

Columban Migrant Ministry Chile – Part 2

Columban Migrant Ministry in Chile – Part 2 explains how Pope Francis has influenced the development of the migrant house and migrant work within the Catholic church. Columban missionary Fr Daniel Harding gives a tour of St Columban’s House of Hospitality...
Laudato Si Week 2022

Laudato Si Week 2022

The seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter ‘Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home’ takes place on 24th May. Laudato Si Week is celebrated annually in appreciation of the 2015 Encyclical in which the Pope says, “The entire material universe speaks of...
Earth Day Should be Every Day

Earth Day Should be Every Day

Earth Day should be every day, writes Fr Shay Cullen, as we recognise and celebrate the miracle of life itself on this unique planet, with millions of diverse amazing creatures making up wondrous biodiversity that exists nowhere else in the known universe. How blessed...
The Hope of Easter

The Hope of Easter

Let us turn our minds and hearts to the spiritual values of life. This is the sacred time of year when we recall the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, the man from Nazareth, writes Fr Shay Cullen. His life commitment to goodness and self-sacrifice as a champion...