Twenty-first Century Mission

Twenty-first Century Mission

A Christian world and a world yet to be evangelised. That situation no longer exists. The people who have not yet heard the gospel no longer live in non-western countries. They are everywhere especially in huge urban areas. In large cities new paradigms are needed. We...
I Protest, Therefore I am

I Protest, Therefore I am

Are rising levels of inequality, exclusion and the denial of participation a reason to protest asks Columban Fr Bobby Gilmore. History is made by successive shocks, of confronting and overcoming successive challenges. Societies progress, and in the end, having...
21st Century Mission

21st Century Mission

Immigrants are the energy band in today’s world. They energise economies at home by their remittances and away by their energy and ingenuity, writes Fr Bobby Gilmore.  “A Christian world and a world yet to be evangelised. That situation no longer exists. The people...
Now is the time for a stronger role for women in the Church

Now is the time for a stronger role for women in the Church

In the fourteenth of our series of articles on the Amazon Synod, Sr Birgit Weiler, MMS looks at the debate about women’s role in the Church which emerged during the synod. Sr Birgit Weiler is a German Medical Mission Sister and theologian, who has worked with...
Author pays tribute to two “very brave” Columbans

Author pays tribute to two “very brave” Columbans

The author of a new book on two Irish missionaries who worked to foster dialogue and promote peace between Muslims and Christians in the Philippines has described the two priests as “very brave men”. Speaking at the launch of Murder in the Missions at Dubray Bookshop...