Laudato Si Week: 16-25 May 2021

Laudato Si Week: 16-25 May 2021

Pope Francis invites us to celebrate Laudato Si Week, writes Sr Caroline Vaitkunas, a Columban Peace, Ecology and Justice team member. In 2015, Pope Francis released his encyclical letter Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, which offers a profound vision...
St Joseph – Worker and Family Man: A Lenten Resource

St Joseph – Worker and Family Man: A Lenten Resource

Pope Francis designated the year from 8 December 2020 to 8 December 2021 as a year honouring St Joseph, earthly father of Jesus and husband of Mary. This Year of St Joseph is the 150th anniversary of St Joseph being named as patron of the Universal Church. St...
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...
Prepare the Future – Vocation for Justice

Prepare the Future – Vocation for Justice

A recent collaboration between the Columbans in Britain and Million Minutes saw young Catholics come together for a series of online formation sessions during lockdown. Special guests included Matthew Van Duyvenbode from The Trussell Trust, discussing foodbanks, and...