Proverbs in Mission

Proverbs in Mission

Proverbs are the ancient wisdom of a country’s culture expressed in pithy sentences – and often with humour. Proverbs provide missionaries with an insight into how their adopted people think and act, writes Columban missionary Fr Barry Cairns. To an aged person (I am...
Ecological Conversion: an ecclesial awakening?

Ecological Conversion: an ecclesial awakening?

Fr Patrick McMullan, a member of the regional council in Korea, writes about the need for ecological conversion as a rediscovery and deepening of the Hebrew insight that God creates, not just saves, the entire world. It seems normal now, but when I first came to...
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Columban missionary Fr Barry Cairns notes that 1st September 2020 has been designated ’World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation’ and highlights the particular challenges he faces in getting close to nature where he lives in Japan. Pope Francis asks us to, “Let our...
Our Vocation, Our Spirituality

Our Vocation, Our Spirituality

Ahead of World Day of Prayer For Vocations (Sunday 3 May 2020) Columban missionary Fr Denis Carter has written this reflection on how the Christian vocation is a call to live out a particular spirituality. It is a way of life guided and empowered by the Spirit of...