2025

Celebrating Earth Day 2025

Apr 23, 2025
Earth Day has been a global advocate for the health of the planet, calling for the protection of our air, oceans, soil, ecosystems, wildlife, and human health.
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Media Release - Death of Columban Father Brian Gore 1944 – 2025

Apr 22, 2025
Fr Brian was a fearless advocate for the rights of the poor and for integral human development. May he receive merciful judgement and enjoy the rewards he so richly deserves. May he rest in peace.
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Remembering two men of great faith

Apr 22, 2025
We remember Columban Fr Brian Gore and Pope Francis, two men of exceptional faith.
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Laudato Si’: A Rewilding of the Trinity

Apr 11, 2025
Laudato Si’ and its companion text Laudate Deum should be understood as one important expression in an ongoing evolution of the Catholic church’s teaching on how we live our faith in an interdependent and interconnected world
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Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations and Diocese of Parramatta Co-Host Iftar Dinner

Apr 04, 2025
This annual event brought together more than 150 representatives from diverse religious backgrounds, including Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh communities, in a spirit of unity.
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High Desert

Mar 28, 2025
As I write these things, it dawns on me that in many ways this is precisely how I imagine early Christians ordered their days and spaces. It feels to me that our modern Church has lost this mission of connectivity, welcome, comfort, restoration. I believe that Pope Francis is calling and working for…
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International Day of Forests

Mar 21, 2025
The 2025 theme for International Day of Forests is “Forests and Food,” highlighting the critical role of forests in food supply and security.
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Harmony Day 2025

Mar 21, 2025
Harmony week is full of festivities with school assemblies, national costume days, morning teas, concerts, and fairs across schools, businesses, community groups, and federal, state, and local government agencies.
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Why does this Christian priest fast during Ramadan?

Mar 20, 2025
In an interview with SBS Urdu, Rev. Dr. Patrick McInerney shares his experiences and reasons for fasting during Ramadan and celebrating Eid al-Fitr with Muslims.
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Roots and wells

Mar 14, 2025
My child’s heart knew that these names and places told a deep story of another time and people I did not know… If we continue to live with broken relationships with the earth, we lose those memories and future generations of all life will not be able to create new memories.
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Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue - Ramadan Message 2025

Mar 12, 2025
The Vatican's message underscores that both Ramadan and Lent are times of inner transformation, where believers are invited to deepen their faith and refocus on their spiritual lives. For Muslims, fasting during Ramadan is a way to control desires and cultivate piety, while for Christians, Lent is a…
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A Reflection on International Women’s Day - March 8, 2025

Mar 08, 2025
Focusing on the need to Accelerate Action emphasises the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality. It calls for increased momentum and urgency in addressing the systemic barriers and biases that women face, both in personal and professional spheres.
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Columbans sign Joint Interfaith Statement on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Mar 05, 2025
In the Columban Region of Oceania, we have experienced environmental damage and dislocation of local people because of nuclear testing in Maralinga in South Australia and Mururoa in the Pacific.
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What about Lent?

Mar 05, 2025
Lent places before us that Easter is coming, the time of celebrating our salvation from sin through God’s love shown in the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.
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Celebrating World Wildlife Day - March 3, 2025

Mar 03, 2025
On this World Wildlife Day, the prophetic Columban mission work on Biodiversity will be celebrated.
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Strawberry Fields Forever

Feb 28, 2025
I remember my dad holding my hand in his as he showed me how to plant a seed and the seed showed me how life is transformed by loving conditions
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We All Have a Vocation, Including the Earth

Feb 14, 2025
I draw on these memories because they help me feel a closeness to Jesus as I wonder how he discovered and discerned his vocation.
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2025 International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking - Feast of Josephine Bakhita

Feb 08, 2025
In the spirit of this Jubilee year, we are called to be pilgrims of hope in the midst of human agendas that revolt against God’s love and justice
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Mater welcomes visitors from ‘flourishing’ Catholic hospital in Pakistan

Feb 03, 2025
Mater is building ties with a Catholic hospital serving some of the most impoverished communities in Pakistan.
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2025 International Day of Education: AI and Education

Jan 24, 2025
Columban Fathers aim to safeguard the dignity of the children and teachers by ensuring that artificial intelligence will complement rather than replace the human process of learning, understanding, and application in their schools.
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