Migration
Concerns over the Fukushima wastewater release
Aug 28, 2023
The ocean discharge of the Fukushima radioactive water will inevitably lead to widespread contamination across the Pacific, including Korea’s seas, over time. While various forms of radioactive exposure exist, the most concerning is through consumption of contaminated food.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday
Jul 02, 2023
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday takes place on July 2nd 2023. This year marks the fiftieth Anniversary of First National Aboriginal Liturgy in Australia.
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What is God asking of me during Lent this year?
Feb 14, 2023
Taking inspiration from this year's Lenten Resource 2023 - A Short History of Happiness: Lent to Easter by Columban Fr Charles Rue, we ask this question, 'What is God asking of me during Lent this year?'.
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How the Columban Subanen Christmas Cards are made
Dec 05, 2022
Columban Fr Vincent Busch introduces the Subanen Crafters & demonstrates how the Subanen Christmas Cards are made.
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Elimination of Violence Against Women Day
Nov 25, 2022
The United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 25th November launches sixteen days of activism.
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Pakistan: Eyewitness report on devastating monsoon season
Sep 01, 2022
In the Columban-run parish of Badin, about 100 km SE of Hyderabad, in the Sindh province, the danger from the floods has been substantial. The parish is home to people of the Parkari Kholi and Sindhi Bheel tribal groups and the Punjabi community. Columban Fr Pat Visanti, after doing an initial survey,…
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From trail of tears to path of healing
Sep 01, 2022
The water became a conduit between the original Cherokee of this place and myself. This sacred water was mediating a kind of reconciliation with no formal record or recognition but simply the inner authority that comes from the divine presence of a God-encounter in the water, the rocks, the mountains,…
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NAIDOC Week
Jul 11, 2022
Columban missionaries joined NAIDOC Week (July 3rd-July 10th), a focused time each year in which to recognize and celebrate the history, people, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Reflection - Participation - making space for grace
Jul 11, 2022
Such participation needs to be inclusive of our multicultural society. For our Church, community has been enriched by Catholics of varied cultural expressions of faith. But we also need to reach out to those on the fringes of the Church.
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Jun 23, 2022
St Columbans Mission Society endorses the Joint Interfaith Statement Welcoming the First Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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Reflection - Nonviolence or non-existence?
Jun 08, 2022
“The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.”
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Faith leaders endorse Uluru Statement from the Heart
May 27, 2022
“My hope is simply that Catholics will be inspired by Jesus to join the hard work of finding constitutional recognition of the voice of first peoples into our Parliament and that reconciliation will find new energy and witness at this moment in history,” said Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli.
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National Reconciliation Week
May 26, 2022
National Sorry Day (May 26th) and National Reconciliation Week (May 27th – June 3rd) are important annual observances to acknowledge past and ongoing injustice, and “to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.” Everyone has a role to play in contributing to the…
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Vocations Sunday
May 08, 2022
Columban missionaries have received the call from God to leave their homelands and enter into different cultural contexts sharing life with the people among whom they live and serve.
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Feast of St Joseph the Worker – International Workers Day
May 01, 2022
Pope Francis says, “How can we speak of human dignity without working to ensure that everyone is able to earn a decent living?” The Feast of St Joseph the Worker reminds us that work negotiations must be based on respect and their fairness be enforced by governments.
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Intellectual property waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments
Mar 24, 2022
St Columbans Mission Society Peace, Ecology and Justice Office, as a member of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET), endorses the Network’s letter to the Government Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment in support of an intellectual property waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, tests…
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A quest for freedom
Mar 09, 2022
Young people were among the most active in the protests. My students among them. They persistently asked why I did not join them in the street, but I was hesitant. I kept assuring them that I did understand what was going on, but secretly in my heart, I wondered.
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International Women’s Day - March 8
Mar 08, 2022
International Women’s Day is marked annually to raise awareness about equality
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Sweat on your Christmas tinsel
Nov 12, 2021
People do not care what Christmas means. “They just know that Christmas will bring them financial profit and thus it is about an industry, the production of related products and earning commercial profit.
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Migrant ministry during a pandemic
Nov 12, 2021
I am a Chilean Columban and was involved with young people at a university in the city of Mokpo, when I received a phone call from a number I did not recognise.
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2024 Columban Art Calendar
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2023 Columban Mid-Year Appeal
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