2020
From the Director - Stay in touch
Sep 09, 2020
In a time of pandemic, the message is not about touch but about not touching. It is about self-isolation and staying at home. The result is that we have become more aware of our need to ‘be in touch’.
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From the Director - After being a priest for 50 years
Aug 10, 2020
Being a Columban meant not only learning more about myself, Christ and God, it also meant learning more about how to converse with people of other cultures about these same things.
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From the Director - Missionary disciples
Jul 08, 2020
Whenever we get out of our chairs to help someone else, we are being missionary disciples of Jesus and we are involved in a bigger project than we might have imagined.
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From the Director - The Acts of the Apostles
Jun 13, 2020
I came away with a very positive impression of the commitment and achievements of the Columban Society over the years. We could not have done it, of course, without our supporters.
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From the Director - Spirit matters
May 11, 2020
It took him forty days of appearances to help them to trust that he would always be with them. It is the same for us.
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From the Director - The drama of Holy Week
Apr 06, 2020
We cannot talk about our own lives meaningfully unless we talk about Jesus’ life. Unless I talk about my belief in Jesus, I am not talking about what is most important in my life, what is most fundamental.
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From the Director - We can all be missionaries
Mar 13, 2020
In his column, Columban Fr Trevor Trotter reflects on how we can all be missionary by living our lives as humanly as possible. He reminds us that God carries on the mission in the ordinariness of our lives.
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From the Director - The vision and mission for the new Region of Oceania
Jan 20, 2020
Our mission is to be part of the mission of the Catholic communities in Oceania. So our questions are part of a bigger question. What is the mission of the Catholic Church in Oceania?
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