Update from Fr Tomás King on the Flood Situation in Pakistan

Update from Fr Tomás King on the Flood Situation in Pakistan

In recent years, my main ministry in Hyderabad is as director of the Joti Centre, the catechetical centre for the diocese, writes Tomás King. Like all other organisations within the church, as well as NGOs and civil society, the staff of Joti Centre got involved in...
Diocese of Kerry’s Webinar with Fr Liam O’Callaghan SSC

Diocese of Kerry’s Webinar with Fr Liam O’Callaghan SSC

The Diocese of Kerry’s Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Committee held a Mission Month webinar on 20th October in which Columban missionary Fr Liam O’Callaghan spoke from Pakistan about the recent flooding disaster and the impact of the climate crisis. The aim...
Devastation in Pakistan

Devastation in Pakistan

This year has seen one of the worst monsoon seasons in Pakistan in decades. The rain that started in June is still continuing. Up to 1,136 people have lost their lives, writes Columban missionary Fr Liam O’Callaghan. The Government has declared a national emergency as...
The Blessing of St Nicholas Church in Pakistan

The Blessing of St Nicholas Church in Pakistan

Columban Fr Tomás King assisted Bishop Samson Shukerdin OFM of the Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad in the special dedication liturgy for St Nicholas church. This beautiful Church is designed like hut because the people of the surrounding Nagarparkar area in Sindh...
Greetings from the ‘land of the pure’

Greetings from the ‘land of the pure’

Fr Liam O’Callaghan sends an update on his work in the ‘land of the pure’ which is the meaning of the word Pakistan – the seventh most vulnerable country to climate change in the world. I am based in Hyderabad city, with a population of 1.73 million, the second...