New Year’s Message from Fr Raymond Husband

New Year’s Message from Fr Raymond Husband

In the January/February issue of the Far East magazine, the regional director of the Columbans in Ireland, Fr Raymond Husband, writes in the Editorial: Over the next two years we will hear a lot about synodality in our churches, parishes and in the Catholic media. The...
Behind the Glitter

Behind the Glitter

As we prepare for Christmas, Columban missionary Fr Jim Mulroney reminds us to heed Pope Francis’s words: purchasing is always a moral act and not simply an economic transaction. “Ask about the labour, not the label,” Australian troubadour, Dermot Dorgan, says in his...
Columban Missionaries urge ambitious action at COP26

Columban Missionaries urge ambitious action at COP26

The leadership of the Columban Missionaries is urging governments gathering for COP26 in Glasgow to agree and commit to ambitious policies and processes that protect our common home. We take seriously the warning by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres who spoke of...
World Mission Sunday 24th October

World Mission Sunday 24th October

World Mission Sunday, the Pope’s annual appeal for spiritual and financial support for the work of overseas mission and missionaries, is celebrated on Sunday 24th October. This year’s theme is: ‘We Cannot Remain Silent – We cannot but speak about what we have seen and...
Days of Light and Darkness in the Catholic Church

Days of Light and Darkness in the Catholic Church

These are days of darkness and light for many in the Catholic Church, writes Columban missionary Fr Shay Cullen. The horrific exposes of clerical sexual abuse against children around the world – in the United States, Ireland, Australia, Poland, Germany, Austria...