Refugees

World Refugee Day 2025: Community as a Superpower

Jun 20, 2025
This Jubilee Year, may we also invite refugees as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ into our communities where they can find acceptance and welcome. Such welcoming places inspire hope in the ways people love their neighbours and become super-powerful communities founded on the human dignity each person carries.
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National Refugee Week: Inspiring ‘Welcome and Love’

Jun 16, 2025
During Refugee Week, international campaigning work will remind that refugees flee their own countries because they are at risk of serious human rights violations and persecution there. This week the UN announced that the number of people displaced by war, violence and persecution is around 122 million
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My Classmate Brian Gore

Jun 16, 2025
A reflection on faith, growth and mission. It is a great source of gratitude to appreciate how God works with each of our personalities, gifting us at the right time (Lk 2:52).
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Sewing for the future

May 06, 2025
Columban support facilitates direct support to ten families.
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No words needed

May 06, 2025
Without words, I gently gave her hands and legs a massage. In that way, I could express my care for her.
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When all you hear is thunder and no rain

May 06, 2025
Myanmar goes from one crisis to the next.
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The holy door opens

Mar 17, 2025
The Church in China takes part in a unique celebration that links it to the universal Church.
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A funny thing on the way to the valleys...

Mar 17, 2025
Only the Lord knows what fun and graces await me on the way to those valleys!
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Children walk for Mission

Mar 17, 2025
Students from St Vincent de Paul Primary School, Strathmore walk in support of Columban Mission.
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Led by Faith

Jan 20, 2025
Sometimes, God calls us little by little.
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Week of prayer for Christian unity – A call to believe and unite

Jan 15, 2025
During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, believers around the world are called to be united in prayer through faith in the Lord, who not only raised Lazarus from the grave but raised apostles, prophets, evangelists, priests, and teachers to equip people for works of service so that His body (the…
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2024 International Migrants Day: Respect, Inclusion, and Gratitude

Dec 17, 2024
Pope Francis told us that the movement of people worldwide shows that God journeys with His people (World Day of Migrants and Refugees, September 29, 2024). He notes that throughout Biblical history, God always travelled with the poor and marginalised.
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Advent: a call to open the Inn of our hearts

Nov 19, 2024
As we prepare to enter the Advent season, let us remember those who are suffering. May we never turn a blind eye to their cry nor allow ourselves to become numb or overwhelmed by the magnitude of their pain.
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Reflection - Small things with great love

Aug 14, 2024
Like one of the famous saints in our church who said, “There are no great things, only small things with great love.”
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Columban mission in Korea: War & Peace

Jun 18, 2024
Some Columbans were evacuated to Busan and then sent on to Japan. Some remained in Japan and never returned to Korea.
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Shining brightly together

Jun 18, 2024
Joti Educational and Cultural Centre is the catechetical centre for the Diocese of Hyderabad. Joti (its proper spelling, Jyoti) is the Sanskrit word for light, so it hints at the importance of light as a reality and as a symbol in all religious practices.
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A continuing “sister act”

Jun 18, 2024
“I relish and celebrate the many cultural and spiritual traditions that make seafarers who they are.”
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“Giving means receiving” – a light in Myanmar’s darkness

Jun 18, 2024
In a country racked by poverty, civil war and military dictatorship, Columbans like Fr Francis Xavier help small beacons of hope to shine.
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The Unique Journey of Fr John Wanaurny

May 22, 2024
Fr John Wanaurny was not just the last of his family line - he was also one of a kind!
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A Kuya

May 22, 2024
Arturo sought help from the Hope Workers’ Centre (founded by the Columbans in the 1980s) and filed a complaint against his employer for the following reasons: unsafe working environment, hazardous machinery, long working hours, and hazardous living conditions. He demanded justice and that his company…
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