Columbans Lift Up Moral Voice at COP27 and COP15

Columbans Lift Up Moral Voice at COP27 and COP15

As we approach the conclusion of the United Nations’ COP27 on climate change in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, (6-17, November) and anticipate the start of the UN’s COP15 on biodiversity in Montreal, Canada, (7-19, December), Columban missionaries have released a message...
A Conversation about Climate Justice for Fiji

A Conversation about Climate Justice for Fiji

Sr Caroline Vaitkunas of the Columban Peace, Ecology and Justice team in Australia talks to Tevita Naikasowalu of the Columban Peace, Ecology and Justice team in Fiji about the impacts of climate change on communities in Suva and elsewhere around Fiji, particularly...
Laudato Si Week 2022

Laudato Si Week 2022

The seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter ‘Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home’ takes place on 24th May. Laudato Si Week is celebrated annually in appreciation of the 2015 Encyclical in which the Pope says, “The entire material universe speaks of...
Tropical Cyclone Cody Devastates Fiji

Tropical Cyclone Cody Devastates Fiji

Sr Caroline Vaitkunas RSM, Peace, Ecology and Justice Team member at the Columban Mission Centre in Essendon, Australia reports on the urgent need for assistance in Fiji in the wake of Category 1 Cyclone Cody, which hit the country on 10th January and caused...