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eBulletin - December 2025

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Our monthly eBulletin featuring the latest Columban mission news and stories.


2025 Columban Christmas Message - Fr Patrick McInerney, Regional Director of Oceania

Christmas is a joyful time to give thanks for Jesus Christ, who embraced our humanity as a helpless infant. He is Emmanuel, God with us, offering…
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2025 Australian Catholic Youth Festival

The 2025 Australian Catholic Youth Festival was an amazing event because it put into perspective the breadth of the Church and the ways faith…
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A Benediction for the New Year

The Lord who shaped the stars above, Who knows each breath before it’s drawn, Now crowns the year with steadfast love And clothes with mercy…
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Outreach to migrants and refugees

We, as New Zealand Columbans, with our long overseas experience of living and working among people of other cultures and languages and experiencing…
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Reflection: Two Christmas narratives

The two narratives collide. They are contrary to each other. One, the Jesus story, is all about people. Jesus came to bring his message of love,…
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Episode 136 - Let us be peacemakers during this Christmas time.

As we approach Christmas and celebrate the Prince of Peace, it's important to focus on the beauty of preparing ourselves and our world for this…
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Light of Christmas Pack

This pack includes 1 x 2026 Columban Art Calendar and 1 x The Gift of Christmas Prayer Book. This prayer book is a companion for your personal…
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