2025
Meet Columban Fr Patrick McInerney at ACYF 2025
Nov 12, 2025
Come visit the St Columbans Mission Booth and meet Rev Dr Patrick McInerney, Regional Director of Oceania
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Decades of Care for the Earth: A Columban Statement for COP30
Nov 12, 2025
We’re proud to share the Columban Statement on COP30, calling for urgent global commitments to confront the climate crisis and protect vulnerable communities
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Our Mission of Hope
Oct 19, 2025
Mission is God’s work of love for humans. It began with the incarnation – God the Son taking on our humanity in order to be in total solidarity with us in our joys and sorrow, our griefs and hopes.
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Day 1 Reflections - Raising Hope Conference 2025
Oct 03, 2025
Amy Echeverria, Columban International Coordinator for Justice, Peace and Ecology & Adi Mariana Waqa, Columban Partnership Coordinator, Australia, reflect on the highlights of Day 1 of the 2025 Raising Hope Conference for the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’.
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St Columba’s College Collaborate over Season of Creation Activities
Oct 02, 2025
These Season of Creation activities help students understand the interconnectedness of social, economic, and environmental issues by implementing sustainable practices at the College that provide resources and promote solidarity across different age groups.
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Columban Partnership Coordinator to attend Global Laudato Si’ Conference in Italy
Oct 01, 2025
Adi Mariana Waqa, Columban Partnership Coordinator, will attend the invitation-only global conference marking the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’ this October at Centro Mariapoli Internazionale, Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
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UN Day for Awareness of Food Loss and Waste: Food – God's Sacred Gift for All
Sep 29, 2025
The late Pope Francis highlighted the importance of this day in a letter he wrote to the FAO's Director General, Mr Qu Donggyu, on September 29, 2023.
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I was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me
Sep 28, 2025
Please don’t forget the words of Jesus, “When I was a stranger, you welcomed me.” - Migrant & Refugee Sunday - September 28, 2025
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Pakistan recognises the contribution of Columban Fr Robert McCulloch
Sep 23, 2025
Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Human Resources Development, presented Columban Fr Robert McCulloch with the Extraordinary Achievement Award 2025 on 16 September 2025 during a function hosted by Ambassador Ali Javed at the Pakistan Embassy in Rome.
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God’s Presence at Work for Season of Creation
Sep 19, 2025
As we continue to celebrate Season of Creation through the various activities and events happening in schools this month, let us hope that its influence grows each year and draws us closer to one another and to the great outdoors where we connect with nature to meditate upon God’s intricate patterns…
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Social Justice Sunday - 31st August 2025
Aug 31, 2025
Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference Social Justice Statement 2025-26: "Signs of Hope on the Edge – Serving Homeless People with Mental Ill-Health"
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Columban Fr Robert McCulloch visits Nagle College, Bairnsdale
Aug 22, 2025
Columban Fr Robert McCulloch spoke to students about his extraordinary experiences of working on Mission in Pakistan.
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons - July 30, 2025
Jul 30, 2025
The 2024 Columban General Assembly Acts states “our solidarity with migrants, refugees, trafficked persons, internally displaced people, and asylum seekers includes advocating in solidarity with them and people of other faiths and worldviews for their rights and dignity. This is where God is calling…
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A talented and active priest
Jul 27, 2025
Then, having reached his best here on earth, he became eligible for admittance to the woodwind section of the heavenly orchestra!
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Xavier College: Plastic Free Ambitions
Jul 18, 2025
During ‘Plastic Free July’, we will encourage our students and teachers to pack their roti parcels in reusable containers, for the school canteen to use plates when serving lunch, and for all staff and students to refrain from single use plastic wrapped items
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Launching out into the deep
Jul 13, 2025
Seafaring and the Seafarer Sunday: Sunday July 13th, 2025 - As Pope Francis has so simply written in "Dilexit Nos," 'There is a great need to learn to love in a world that seems to have lost its heart.
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Interfaith Dialogue in the Catholic Church: Workshops at John XXIII College, Western Sydney
Jul 11, 2025
The benefits of interfaith education are already evident in the positive relationships among the students and will continue to bear fruit in their future careers and engagement in society.
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NAIDOC WEEK: 6 – 13 July 2025
Jul 09, 2025
Inclusion & Justice for Our First Peoples - I do hope that we can create a new story of Australia that is truly inclusive of its Indigenous people and that we can find a new and common direction for our shared aspirations.
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“The Next Generation; Strength, Vision and Legacy.” - Sent Forth in Strength and Hope
Jul 06, 2025
NAIDOC Week - July 6-13, 2025 - NAIDOC week is a time for First Nations people to celebrate and share their cultural assets which are also called a gift by the Pope.
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In Memoriam – Miss Seini Bulidrau
Jul 04, 2025
The Columban Mission Office sends heartfelt condolences to Seini’s family, to the school community of Xavier College, and to all who were privileged enough to have Seini in their lives. Rest in Peace Seini.
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2025 Columban Christmas Appeal
"The poor can be witnesses to
a strong and steadfast hope."
St Vincent de Paul
Your gift, no matter the size, will bring practical help and hope to people in need across the world. Support our 2025 Columban Christmas Appeal.
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