Migration

Columbans encounter young pilgrims at ACYF 2025

Dec 27, 2025
The Columban booth provided pilgrims with fun and interactive activities that engaged their sense of curiosity about who the Columban missionaries are and what their mission consists of across 15 different countries. Short but impactful interactions allowed the Columban team to demonstrate a spirit of…
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Healing from atomic devastation through mission

Aug 18, 2025
I came to Japan as a Columban priest-missionary in 1956, 69 years ago. I met A-bomb survivors, some of them suffering from radiation sickness. Their faces had an unhealthy yellow tinge.
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The parable of the dragnet

Aug 18, 2025
Through his parables, Jesus drew pictures based on the experience of fishing people when talking about the kingdom of heaven and how we will all find our way. How we are judged will be based on how we treat others and how we are just and caring towards others.
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A personal reflection on the power of protests

Aug 18, 2025
Let us hope and pray that the protests going on now will result in an end to war and that children who have never known peace will finally be able to experience it.
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The violence that affects childhood

Jul 16, 2025
In San Martin de Porres, Lima, where we are situated, many children face serious challenges. They deal with family violence, live in poverty, or find themselves on the streets. Some children are often left alone for long periods because their parents are not around.
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Seasonal migrant workers: A need for pastoral care

Jul 16, 2025
ACRATH requested His Eminence to appoint a priest to provide the pastoral support and spiritual guidance needed to help Timor-Leste workers achieve their goals and complete work contracts before returning home.
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You are precious and honoured - Retreat to Fiji

Jul 16, 2025
I also entered into the spirit of the retreat and will be grateful for the seriousness and sincerity of my Columban sisters and brothers in Fiji. They helped me experience kairos moments throughout the course of these five days at Wailekutu.
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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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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Jun 26, 2025
Columban Fr. Eamon Sheridan became one of the facilitating priests who helped young men complete a 15-week program that accompanies their healing and recovery, while building skills in areas like carpentry and hairdressing.
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An inspiring reflection on Mission and Leadership by the late Fr Noel Connolly SSC

Jun 11, 2025
True mission flows from communion - the deep, loving relationship the Trinity shares. This divine communion overflows into creation and invites us into relationship with one another.
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A Columban lay missionary's ministry among the indigenous in Taiwan.

Jun 11, 2025
Columban lay missionary Bae Sihyeon Teresa, serving among the Indigenous Atayal people in Taiwan.
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Awakened activism

May 12, 2025
It is not easy to stay in an awakened state. Vigilance can be tiring especially when it goes on for hours, days, weeks, months even years at a time. Remember the disciples who fell asleep despite Jesus asking them to stay vigilant while he prayed in the garden at Gethsemane?
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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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For whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

Feb 18, 2025
Our human condition encompasses a wide range of experiences, challenges, and vulnerabilities. In the midst of our limitations and struggles, there exists a profound truth: God infuses His divine essence and life into our moments of weakness.
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Subanen crafters celebrate Christmas

Jan 15, 2025
The mountainous homeland of the Subanen People is their nurturing oasis. After his traumatic experience in Marawi and after his long convalescence, Jemuel returned to his nurturing homeland where he has clearly benefited in mind and body by working with a group of supportive crafters.
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Mission Priorities

Dec 17, 2024
May Columbans be archers, bow strings, bows, feathers, shafts, and arrowheads, all playing their part. It’s variously called participation, synodality, diversity, inclusivity – but it’s the only way mission priorities will work!
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Human Rights Day 2024: Rights and Responsibilities

Dec 11, 2024
Human rights also come with human responsibilities to love and care for one another.
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The Erosion of Trust

Nov 19, 2024
A lack of trust is problematic as it can prevent social and economic progress by eroding one key resource – collective effort. Some describe trust as the glue that holds society together and allows it to function effectively.
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Mathematics of Faith: My Journey as a Columban Mission Partner

Nov 19, 2024
Looking back, I realise that past failures, pains, and unmet expectations have ultimately contributed to my personal growth. Each day presents new challenges, and I’m grateful for the “COLUMBANS” values instilled in me by my parents, who continue to guide me on this journey.
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Nurturing hope together

Oct 16, 2024
World AIDS Day serves as a reminder that HIV remains a pressing concern. There is an urgent need to prevent the spread of the virus, increase awareness of the impact of HIV on people's lives, fight stigma and discrimination, and improve the quality of life for people living with HIV.
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