Ecology

Wake Up! The Hour Has Come - The Obedient Face of Jesus

Apr 15, 2025
To us, Jesus might say, "Remain calm as I send you as my messengers in an era of rapid climate change. Learn from scientists. Obey the evolving rhythms of our planet, for they reveal the ways of the Creator."
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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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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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Wake Up! The Hour Has Come - The Troubled Face of Jesus

Mar 19, 2025
The Gospels reveal Jesus' face in different ways - compassionate yet firm, gentle yet confronting, encouraging yet corrective. A powerful exercise is to read any Gospel passage slowly and visualise Jesus’ face as the events unfold.
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A faithful Columban Missionary – Fr Paul Tierney

Mar 17, 2025
Another parishioner said, “He has a wicked sense of humor. He travels by bus and often pays short visits to parishioners, which is a big thing.”
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A half century of missionary dedication - Fr Wally Tudor

Mar 17, 2025
Such an achievement is a testament to his unwavering commitment, faith, and service to the mission of spreading the Gospel and bringing hope to countless lives around the world.
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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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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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Out of the mouths of children a call for hope and action

Nov 19, 2024
The 2024 Season of Creation School Competition was filled with incredible messages of “Hope and Action” from children across Victoria, New South Wales, and Fiji.
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War and the Wounded Earth

Nov 06, 2024
The UN has set aside a day to recognise that the natural world is a victim of war and to highlight the importance of protecting it for conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and sustainable development. The UN's International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict…
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Columban Missionaries Message on the United Nations Biodiversity COP 16

Oct 21, 2024
This commitment to biodiversity restoration and protection was recently affirmed at the international Columban General Assembly in June 2024, Lima, Peru of leaders and delegates from the countries where we are present.
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World Food Day: 'Right to Foods for a Better Life'

Oct 16, 2024
Internationally, 733 million people face hunger, and over 2.8 billion are unable to afford a healthy diet. This is despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognising the right to food as a basic human need. On the other hand, food is often taken for granted and unappreciated by many.
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